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== Call for content ==
== Call for content ==
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The Maemo community invites you to participate in the second Maemo Summit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from October 9th to October 11th 2009. The core themes of the conference will be Fremantle and Harmattan; the forthcoming and future releases of the Maemo platform.
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The Maemo community invites you to participate in the second Maemo Summit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from October 9th to October 11th 2009. The core themes of the conference will be Fremantle and Harmattan, the forthcoming release of the Maemo platform and the planned future release.
The Maemo community invites talks, lightning presentations and BOFs in three main tracks:
The Maemo community invites talks, lightning presentations and BOFs in three main tracks:
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* Users: Presentations for people who want to get the most out of their Maemo-based hardware, or contribute to the Maemo community
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* Users: Show off something cool that lets people get the most out of their hardware, or present an aspect of the Maemo community where you need help
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* Application developers: Developers who want to take the platform as it is, and use it to make useful stuff
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* Application developers: Help people get the most out of the Maemo platform, and write great apps
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* Platform developers: Hardcore hackers working on the Maemo platform, or one of its components.
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* Platform developers: You're hacking on the platform and want to show off great low-level hacks, this is the place for you
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We are asking for two types of submissions:
We are asking for two types of submissions:
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* 30 minute long presentations, BOFs or workgroup sessions.
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* 30 minute long presentations, BOFs or workgroup sessions
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* 5 minute long lightning talks.
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* 5 minute long lightning talks
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We invite people to submit a short description of the session they would like to give, including the talk title, intended audience, a short description, a short biographical note and contact details of the presenter(s).
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We invite people to submit a short description of the session they would like to give, including the talk title, intended audience, a short description, and the name, a short biographical note (1 or 2 sentences) and contact details of the presenters, in the Maemo wiki. Instructions for submitting proposals can be found at http://wiki.maemo.org/Maemo_Summit_2009/Proposals
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We also welcome proposals for 5 minute lightning talks which will be held each day during the conference.  
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We also welcome proposals for 5 minute lightning talks which will be held during the conference on each day. Proposals for lightning talks will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis, in the limits of available space.
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All submissions should be made [[Maemo_Summit_2009/Submissions|on the Maemo wiki]].
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The deadline for submissions is Friday July 3rd, 2009.
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The submissions received will be reviewed periodically by the content committee starting on July 5th. Sessions approved will be communicated to the speakers and published in a draft schedule asap.
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Successful candidates will be selected and notified by the organizing committee by July 24th, 2009.
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The final deadline for submissions will be September 13th but the sooner you submit your proposal the better chances you will have to get a slot.
 
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The final schedule will be published on the week of September 13th.
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==Call for content template (DRAFT)==
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==Call for content template ==
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=== Title(provisional) ===
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See [[../Submissions]] for details of how to submit a proposal for the summit.
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The following template should be used for submissions:
 
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=== Talk Title Goes Here ===
 
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*Author name and contact details
 
*Intended audience (users/application developers/platform developers)
*Intended audience (users/application developers/platform developers)
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*Talk type (presentation/lightning talk)
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*Duration
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*Abstract/description
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*Abstract/short description
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: Abstract goes here. A two paragraph overview of the proposed talk content is sufficient.
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*Additional Information (optional)
*Additional Information (optional)
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: Additional information on extra equipment you might need or something else goes here
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*Author name and contact details
*Author bio
*Author bio
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: A short (1 paragraph) note about who the author is goes here
 
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[[Category:Maemo Summit 2009]]
 

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