Hi all We're looking for presenters to talk at the upcoming Open Source Developers' Conference (4-7 November 2014, Griffith University Gold Coast Campus, QLD). Register on the http://2014.osdc.com.au/ site, and propose a presentation. You can submit as many proposals as you wish, and come back to edit them later, so why not get started today? We have space for sessions, tutorials, hands-on workshops with keyboard or soldering iron (or both!) and yes, Miniconfs. Speakers attend the conference for free; travel and accommodation is still your own gig, although we may be able to make arrangements in some special cases. Initial CfP period closes soon, but you only have to get your abstract in at this stage, after that you've got quite a bit of time to prep your talk or workshop! Topics ====== While we're looking for presentations related to creation or use of open source, naturally, there are many aspects that you could address: - Cultivating an open source community – What tools, processes, or skills are required to ensure the human aspect of a project are supported? - Show casing a successful, or unsuccessful open source implemenntations – What did you do well? What did you learn? What would you do differently next time? - Open source in the physical world – How does open source software or hardware help the Internet of Things? Arduino, Raspberry Pi, 3D printing, EEG sensors, ... - Open source in education - Do you have awesome resources, or perhaps you're a teacher or facilitator? We want to hear from you! - Open source in the business world – How do you run your open source business? What revenue model do you employ? What benefits and drawbacks have you experienced? - Closed source in an open source world – Closed- and open source have not just coexisted, they have collaborated. How have you come to successfully use both? - Open Standards and Open Data - for documents, audio, video, telephony, etc. Again, we'd love to hear about tools and use cases! These, and many more topics that are relevant to today's open source developers are desirable to help provide a diverse range of subjects at this years conference. Contribute! =========== Remember, we have ample space for sessions, tutorials, hands-on workshops with keyboard or soldering iron (or both!) and Miniconfs. Go on, put in your cool ideas today! http://2014.osdc.com.au/ Cheers, Arjen. (on behalf of the OSDC 2014 organising committee)