[Boost-users] [CfP] 5th Annual BoostCon, Aspen (CO, USA), May 15-20, 2011

Subject: [Boost-users] [CfP] 5th Annual BoostCon, Aspen (CO, USA), May 15-20, 2011
From: Hartmut Kaiser (hartmut.kaiser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-16 10:51:34

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5TH ANNUAL BOOST CONFERENCE 2011
Aspen CO, USA, May 15 - 20, 2011, www.boostcon.com

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

We invite you to submit session proposals to the 5th Annual Boost
Conference: 
BoostCon 2011 (Aspen CO, USA, May 15 - 20, 2011).

Traditionally the main face-to-face event for all things Boost
(www.boost.org), 
BoostCon 2011 will present leading speakers from the whole C++ community.
>From 
using the Boost libraries to writing and maintaining them, from evangelizing
to 
deploying Boost within your organization, from infrastructure and process to

vision and mission, and the new C++ Standard, BoostCon brings together the 
sessions, the colleagues, and the inspiration to support your work with C++
and 
Boost in particular for the next year.

To reflect the breadth of the Boost community, the conference includes
sessions 
aimed at three constituencies: Boost end-users, hard-core Boost library and
tool 
developers, and academics focusing on researcher. The program fosters
interaction 
and engagement within and across those groups, with an emphasis on hands-on,

participatory sessions.

SESSION TOPICS

Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following:
* General tutorial sessions introducing one or more Boost libraries
* In-depth sessions on using specific Boost libraries
* Case studies on using Boost
* Experts panels
* Advanced sessions on implementation techniques used within Boost libraries
* C++0x and how it changes life for users and library writers
* Development workshops to extend or enhance existing Boost libraries
* Workshops on design process
* Infrastructure workshops such as Build tools, Website, Testing
* Concepts and Generic Programming
* Hardware and infrastructure presentations focused on how libraries can
make 
  better use of the technology
* Software development tools and their application to C++ and or Boost
* Other topics likely to be of great interest to Boost users and developers

Interactive and collaborative sessions are encouraged, as this is the nature
of 
both the on-line Boost community and the style of learning and participation
that 
has proven most successful at such events. Sessions can be tutorial based,
with 
an emphasis on interaction and participant involvement, or workshop based,
whether 
hands-on programming or paper-based, discussion-driven collaborative work.

SESSION FORMATS

Presentations 
-------------
Presentations focus on a practitioner's ideas and experience with anything 
relevant to Boost and Boost users.

Panels 
-------------
Panels feature three or four people presenting their ideas and experiences 
relating to Boost's relevant, controversial, emerging, or unresolved issues.

Panels may be conducted in several ways, such as comparative, analytic, or 
historic.

Tutorials 
-------------
Tutorials are sessions at which instructors teach conference participants 
specific Boost-relevant skills.

Workshops 
-------------
Workshops provide an active arena for advancements in Boost-relevant 
topics. Workshops provide the opportunity for experienced practitioners to 
develop new ideas about a topic of common interest and experience.
Author's Corner Presentations 
These were introduced at BoostCon 2008, and were a great success. They are 
short (30 minute) sessions, focusing on tips on usage and design. In
addition, 
we're looking to uncover the hidden design gems in Boost libraries. 
Tool Vendors Presentations
We actively encourage tool vendors and ISP's to submit proposals for a
special 
Tool Vendors Session Track aimed at products related to Boost and C++ 
(compilers, libraries, tools, etc.).

Other formats may also be of interest. Don't hold back a proposal just
because it 
doesn't fit into a pigeonhole.

SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL

Standard Sessions are 90 minutes. You may submit a proposal for fractions or

multiples of 90-minutes. Fractional proposals will be grouped into 90 minute

sessions covering related topics. Longer sessions, such as tutorials and
classes, 
will be assigned 90 minute, three hour (i.e. half day), or six hour (i.e.
full day) 
time slots.

Please include:
* The working title.
* Type of session: presentation, panel, tutorial, workshop, authors corner, 
  vendor track, other.
* A paragraph or two describing the topic covered, suitable for the
conference 
  web site.
* Proposed length: 10-20 minute short talks, 45 minutes, 90 minutes, half
day, 
  full day.
* Alternate lengths, if you are willing to make adjustments: 10-20 minute 
  short-talks, 45 minutes, 90 minutes, half-day, full day.
* Audience: users, developers, both.
* Level: basic, intermediate, advanced.
* A biography, suitable for the conference web site.
* Your contact information (will not be made public).

SUBMISSION DETAILS

All submissions have to be done through the EasyChair conference management
system: 
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=boostcon2011. If you have not
already 
registered at EasyChair, you will need to do so in order to submit your
proposal.

All submissions will go through a peer review process.

Authors are invited (but are not required) to submit PDF versions of full
papers of 
up to 10 pages in ACM conference proceedings format 
(see http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates). The full
papers 
are not required unless you want them published in the proceedings.

All accepted proposals will be made available in the Association for
Computing 
Machinery (ACM) Digital Library (approval pending). Best papers, after
further 
reviews, will be considered to be book chapters or journal articles in a
renowned 
journal. 

The session materials go on the BoostCon website and will be available to 
attendees.

For general information on the BoostCon 2011 paper submission or the scope
of 
technical papers solicited, please refer to the conference website at 
www.boostcon.com. For any other questions about the submission process or
paper 
format, please contact the Program Committee at boostcon2011_at_easychair.com.
If 
you have any technical problems with EasyChair, please contact EasyChair for
help.

Note: Presenters must agree to grant a non-exclusive perpetual license to
publish 
submitted materials, either electronically or in print, in any media related
to 
BoostCon.

IMPORTANT DATES

Proposal submissions due: December 10th, 2011. 
Proposals decisions sent (tentative program available): January 17th, 2011.
Fully scheduled program available: February 7th, 2011.
Session materials due: April 15th, 2011. 

Hartmut Kaiser, email: hartmut.kaiser_at_[hidden] (Program Committee Chair)
David Abrahams, email: dave_at_[hidden] (Conference Chair)

On behalf of the conference organizers