Call for Presentations

Call for Presentations
Linux.conf.au 2020 Systems Administration Miniconf

There will be a one day mini conference on Linux Systems Administration held as part of linux.conf.au 2020. LCA2020 will be held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia on 13 - 17 January 2020.

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, peers, social networks, and other relevant mailing lists. Please help by encouraging submissions from people you would like to hear present at this Miniconf.

This is our 14th Sysadmin Miniconf at Linux.conf.au. Previous presentations can be found at the website https://sysadmin.miniconf.org/.

Presentation Topics

We welcome talks on best current practice, new developments in Systems Administration, cutting edge techniques and technologies, and ways to better manage Linux environments large and small.

Topics for presentations could include (but are not limited to):

Virtualisation and Cloud Computing
Kubernetes / Docker / Containers / Orchestration
Infrastructure/Platform/Software as a Service (IAAS, PAAS, SAAS)
Sysadmin Administration in a "serverless" environment (FAAS)
DevOps and SysAdmin Culture
Systems Administration Best Practice
Monitoring and metrics. Collection, storage and presentation
Networkng: IPv6, SDN (Software Defined Networking), performance
DevOps, Configuration Management and provisioning
Bootstrapping systems, Lifecycle Management
Dealing with BYOD
Backups in a virtual/distributed world
Troubleshooting techniques
Keeping legacy systems functioning
War stories from the "Real World"

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 professional Unix/Linux administration (many in the audience will have decades of experience).

Format of Presentations

We are now seeking proposals for presentations at the mini-conference. We have openings for:

5-10 minute "lightning talks"
15-20 minute "medium" presentation
25-30 minute "long" presentations

Please note, due to the single day available (and whole-LCA opening before morning tea), we expect the majority of available timeslots to be 20 minutes or less, with possibly 1-2 slightly longer talks if there is space in the schedule.

We have a general policy of accepting a high proportion of proposals but handing out relatively short timeslots. Please see previous years Miniconf schedules for examples of how the programme is organised.

Submitting talks

Please note that in order to give a presentation or attend the Miniconf you must be registered (and paid up by the time the conference happens) 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 to priority with registration. Unfortunately the Miniconf has no budget for sponsorship of speakers.

To submit a talk to the LCA2020 Sysadmin Miniconf, create an account on the LCA2020 website:

https://linux.conf.au/dashboard

create a speaker profile, and then select "System Administration Miniconf Talk" (in the "New Proposal" section of the Dashboard), or while logged into the LCA2020 site, go directly to:

https://linux.conf.au/proposals/submit/sysadmin-miniconf/

Please pick a preferred length for your presentation from Lightning Talk (5/10 minutes), "Medium" presentation (15-20 minutes), or "Long" presentation (25-30 minutes) in the submission form; if you could do various lengths (eg, with more or less detail depending on time) please use the Private Abstract field to describe the options and what you would prefer. In some cases we maybe able to add a few extra minutes to a few Short Presentations if there is any spare time left in the programme. Use the Private Abstract field to let us know a few more minutes would be useful for your presentation.

Questions should be sent to:

lca2020 @ sysadmin.miniconf.org

Dates and Deadlines

To encourage early submissions, priority (both of inclusion and scheduling) will be given to presentations submitted by 23:59 (any time zone) on 17th of November 2019. If you have a good presentation idea, please let us know early, even if you need time to finalise the presentation abstract. (You can tweak the presentation abstract up until the week before the Miniconf begins.) Please let us know directly if you need an early confirmation to assist you in arranging time off work or travel; we will do our best to help.

2019-11-17 - Deadline for early submissions
2019-12-08 - Deadline for submissions
2019-12-16 - LCA2020 Sysadmin Miniconf programme published
2020-01-13 - LCA2020 Sysadmin Miniconf held (Gold Coast, Qld, Australia)

Contact and Questions

Please see our website at https://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:

lca2020 @ sysadmin.miniconf.org

linux.conf.au Systems Administration Miniconf Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, January 2020

Call for Presentations