Call for Presentations
Call for Presentations
Linux.conf.au 2011 Systems Administration Miniconf
The 2011 Call for Presentations is now closed. (A list of
Accepted Presentations is now online.)
As part of the
linux.conf.au
conference in Brisbane, Australia in January 2011 we will be
holding a one day mini conference oriented to Linux Systems Administration.
The organisers of the Systems Administration Miniconf would like to
invite proposals for presentations to be delivered at the Miniconf.
Please forward this CFP to your colleagues and other relevant mailing lists.
This is our 5th year at Linux.conf.au. To see presentations from our
previous years, see the miniconf website
http://sysadmin.miniconf.org/.
Presentation Topics
Topics for presentations could include (but are not limited to):
Systems Administration, Backups, Security, Troubleshooting, Buying
Decisions, Virtualisation and Cloud Computing, DevOps, Enterprise
Monitoring and Management, Identity Management, Web and Email management,
Wiki, Clustering and High Availability, Log Management, Spam and
Virus Filtering, VOIP, Ticketing systems, Bootstrapping and automated
installation, Configuration Management, packaging and provisioning.
We strongly welcome topics on best practice, new developments in systems
administration and cutting edge techniques to better manage Linux hosts
and environments.
Presentations should be of a technical nature
and speakers should assume that members of the audience have at least
a couple of years experience in Unix/Linux administration.
Format of Presentations
We are now seeking proposals for presentations at the mini-conference.
We have openings for:
- 45 minute double-length presentations
- 20 minute full presentations
- 10-20 minute "How we do things" presentations
- 5-10 minute "lightning talks"
Please note, due to the single day available, we expect the
majority of available timeslots to be 20 minutes long or less.
The 10-20 minute "How we do things" presentations are intended for people to
talk about their sites. Information could include: Servers, talks, tools,
people and roles, experiences, software, operating systems, monitoring,
alerting, provisioning etc. The intent is to give attendees a picture
of what is happening in the "real world" and some understanding of how other
sites work, as well as offer you a chance to get suggestions on other
tools and practices that might help your site.
Submitting talks
Please note that in order to give a presentation or attend the miniconf
you must be signed up for the main linux.conf.au conference. Presenting
at the Miniconf does not entitle you to discounted or free registration
at the main conference nor priority with registration. Unfortunately the
Miniconf has no budget for sponsorship of speakers.
Submissions have now closed
Questions should be sent to:
lca2011 @ sysadmin.miniconf.org
Dates and Deadlines
To encourage early submissions priority (both of inclusion and scheduling)
will be given to presentations submitted before the 20th of September.
- 2010-09-30 - Deadline for early submissions
- 2010-10-08 - Early submissions confirmation
- 2010-10-22 - Deadline for submissions
- 2010-10-25 - Confirmation of all presentations
- 2011-01-24 - Start of conference
Contact and Questions
Please see our website at
http://sysadmin.miniconf.org for more information
on the miniconf, past presentations and presenting at it.
If you have any questions please feel free to email the organisers at:
lca2011 @ sysadmin.miniconf.org
