[Boost-users] [BoostCon 2011] 2nd Call for participation

Subject: [Boost-users] [BoostCon 2011] 2nd Call for participation
From: Hartmut Kaiser (hartmut.kaiser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-12-11 09:49:43

Hey all, please find below the updated CfP for BoostCon 2011. 
Note, we extended the submission deadline. 

The new submission deadline is January, 10th 2011.

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

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

Workshops 
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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 
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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
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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

New proposal submissions due: January 10th, 2011. 
Proposals decisions sent (tentative program): February 17th, 2011.
Fully scheduled program available: February 25th, 2011.
Session materials due: April 15th, 2011. 

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

On behalf of the conference organizers