A friendly reminder that KVM Forum 2015 accepts proposal submissions until next Friday. Thanks on behalf of the KVM Forum 2015 Program Committee. Paolo On 11/03/2015 18:53, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > ================================================================= > KVM Forum 2015: Call For Participation > August 19-21, 2015 - Sheraton Seattle - Seattle, WA > > (All submissions must be received before midnight May 1, 2015) > ================================================================= > > KVM is an industry leading open source hypervisor that provides an ideal > platform for datacenter virtualization, virtual desktop infrastructure, > and cloud computing. Once again, it's time to bring together the > community of developers and users that define the KVM ecosystem for > our annual technical conference. We will discuss the current state of > affairs and plan for the future of KVM, its surrounding infrastructure, > and management tools. Mark your calendar and join us in advancing KVM. > http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/kvm-forum/ > > This year, the KVM Forum is moving back to North America. We will be > colocated with the Linux Foundation's LinuxCon North America, CloudOpen > North America, ContainerCon and Linux Plumbers Conference events. > Attendees of KVM Forum will also be able to attend a shared hackathon > event with Xen Project Developer Summit on August 18, 2015. > > We invite you to lead part of the discussion by submitting a speaking > proposal for KVM Forum 2015. > http://events.linuxfoundation.org/cfp > > > Suggested topics: > > KVM/Kernel > * Scaling and optimizations > * Nested virtualization > * Linux kernel performance improvements > * Resource management (CPU, I/O, memory) > * Hardening and security > * VFIO: SR-IOV, GPU, platform device assignment > * Architecture ports > > QEMU > > * Management interfaces: QOM and QMP > * New devices, new boards, new architectures > * Scaling and optimizations > * Desktop virtualization and SPICE > * Virtual GPU > * virtio and vhost, including non-Linux or non-virtualized uses > * Hardening and security > * New storage features > * Live migration and fault tolerance > * High availability and continuous backup > * Real-time guest support > * Emulation and TCG > * Firmware: ACPI, UEFI, coreboot, u-Boot, etc. > * Testing > > Management and infrastructure > > * Managing KVM: Libvirt, OpenStack, oVirt, etc. > * Storage: glusterfs, Ceph, etc. > * Software defined networking: Open vSwitch, OpenDaylight, etc. > * Network Function Virtualization > * Security > * Provisioning > * Performance tuning > > > =============== > SUBMITTING YOUR PROPOSAL > =============== > Abstracts due: May 1, 2015 > > Please submit a short abstract (~150 words) describing your presentation > proposal. Slots vary in length up to 45 minutes. Also include in your > proposal > the proposal type -- one of: > - technical talk > - end-user talk > > Submit your proposal here: > http://events.linuxfoundation.org/cfp > Please only use the categories "presentation" and "panel discussion" > > You will receive a notification whether or not your presentation proposal > was accepted by May 29, 2015. > > Speakers will receive a complimentary pass for the event. In the instance > that your submission has multiple presenters, only the primary speaker for a > proposal will receive a complementary event pass. For panel > discussions, all > panelists will receive a complimentary event pass. > > TECHNICAL TALKS > > A good technical talk should not just report on what has happened over > the last year; it should present a concrete problem and how it impacts > the user and/or developer community. Whenever applicable, focus on > work that needs to be done, difficulties that haven't yet been solved, > and on decisions that other developers should be aware of. Summarizing > recent developments is okay but it should not be more than a small > portion of the overall talk. > > END-USER TALKS > > One of the big challenges as developers is to know what, where and how > people actually use our software. We will reserve a few slots for end > users talking about their deployment challenges and achievements. > > If you are using KVM in production you are encouraged submit a speaking > proposal. Simply mark it as an end-user talk. As an end user, this is a > unique opportunity to get your input to developers. > > HANDS-ON / BOF SESSIONS > > We will reserve some time for people to get together and discuss > strategic decisions as well as other topics that are best solved within > smaller groups. > > These sessions will be announced during the event. If you are interested > in organizing such a session, please add it to the list at > > http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/KVM_Forum_2015_BOF > > Let people you think might be interested know about it, and encourage > them to add their names to the wiki page as well. Please try to > add your ideas to the list before KVM Forum starts. > > > PANEL DISCUSSIONS > > If you are proposing a panel discussion, please make sure that you list > all of your potential panelists in your abstract. We will request full > biographies if a panel is accepted. > > > =============== > HOTEL / TRAVEL > =============== > KVM Forum 2015 will be taking place at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel. We > are pleased to offer attendees a discounted room rate of US$199/night > (plus applicable taxes) which includes wifi in your guest room. > > http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/kvm-forum/attend/hotel-and-travel > includes further information on the Sheraton Seattle and the discounted > room rate, as well as on transportation and parking options for the hotel. > > =============== > IMPORTANT DATES > =============== > Notification: May 29, 2015 > Schedule announced: June 3, 2015 > Event dates: August 19-21, 2015 > > > Thank you for your interest in KVM. We're looking forward to your > submissions and seeing you at the KVM Forum 2015 in August! > > -your KVM Forum 2015 Program Committee > > Please contact us with any questions or comments. > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
