A friendly reminder that the deadline for abstract submission is end of day this Thursday, June 14th. On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 12:52:35PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > ================================================================ > KVM Forum 2018: Call For Participation > October 24-26, 2018 - Edinburgh International Conference Centre - Edinburgh, UK > > (All submissions must be received before midnight June 14, 2018) > ================================================================= > > KVM Forum is an annual event that presents a rare opportunity > for developers and users to meet, discuss the state of Linux > virtualization technology, and plan for the challenges ahead. > We invite you to lead part of the discussion by submitting a speaking > proposal for KVM Forum 2018. > > At this highly technical conference, developers driving innovation > in the KVM virtualization stack (Linux, KVM, QEMU, libvirt) can > meet users who depend on KVM as part of their offerings, or to > power their data centers and clouds. > > KVM Forum will include sessions on the state of the KVM > virtualization stack, planning for the future, and many > opportunities for attendees to collaborate. After more than ten > years of development in the Linux kernel, KVM continues to be a > critical part of the FOSS cloud infrastructure. > > This year, KVM Forum is joining Open Source Summit in Edinburgh, UK. Selected > talks from KVM Forum will be presented on Wednesday October 24 to the full > audience of the Open Source Summit. Also, attendees of KVM Forum will have > access to all of the talks from Open Source Summit on Wednesday. > https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/kvm-forum-2018/program/cfp/ > > Suggested topics: > * Scaling, latency optimizations, performance tuning, real-time guests > * Hardening and security > * New features > * Testing > > KVM and the Linux kernel: > * Nested virtualization > * Resource management (CPU, I/O, memory) and scheduling > * VFIO: IOMMU, SR-IOV, virtual GPU, etc. > * Networking: Open vSwitch, XDP, etc. > * virtio and vhost > * Architecture ports and new processor features > > QEMU: > * Management interfaces: QOM and QMP > * New devices, new boards, new architectures > * Graphics, desktop virtualization and virtual GPU > * New storage features > * High availability, live migration and fault tolerance > * Emulation and TCG > * Firmware: ACPI, UEFI, coreboot, U-Boot, etc. > > Management and infrastructure > * Managing KVM: Libvirt, OpenStack, oVirt, etc. > * Storage: Ceph, Gluster, SPDK, etc.r > * Network Function Virtualization: DPDK, OPNFV, OVN, etc. > * Provisioning > > > =============== > SUBMITTING YOUR PROPOSAL > =============== > Abstracts due: June 14, 2018 > > Please submit a short abstract (~150 words) describing your presentation > proposal. Slots vary in length up to 45 minutes. Also include 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 August 10, 2018. > > Speakers will receive a complimentary pass for the event. In the instance > that case your submission has multiple presenters, only the primary speaker for a > proposal will receive a complimentary 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_2018_BOF > > Let people you think who might be interested know about your BOF, 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 the abstract. We will request full > biographies if a panel is acceped. > > > =============== > HOTEL / TRAVEL > =============== > > This year's event will take place at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. > For information about discounted hotel room rate for conference attendees > at the nearby Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, Edinburgh, please visit > https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/kvm-forum-2018/attend/venue-travel/ > > =============== > IMPORTANT DATES > =============== > Submission deadline: June 14, 2018 > Notification: August 10, 2018 > Schedule announced: August 16, 2018 > Event dates: October 24-26, 2018 > > Thank you for your interest in KVM. We're looking forward to your > submissions and seeing you at the KVM Forum 2018 in October! > > -your KVM Forum 2018 Program Committee > > Please contact us with any questions or comments at > kvm-forum-2018-pc@xxxxxxxxxx > Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
