Summer Speaking Sessions and Call for Papers

Summer is in full swing and there are some great industry events coming up on the calendar, as well as Call for Proposals deadlines!

The Global Events Calendar is the primary resource to know what events are approaching. It is fully editable, so you can update the following criteria:

  • If your organization is attending, sponsoring or exhibiting (COLUMN G)
  • Provide feedback or ideas on events (COLUMN H)
  • Add vendor-independent industry events to the calendar (complete ALL criteria)

Here are the upcoming industry events planned for July:

OSCON: July 20 – 24, Portland OR

  • No charge Expo Plus registration using OPENSTACKEHO.  Or 25% discount on any other conference pass using OPENSTACK25.  Pass these on!
  • Open Cloud Day: July 21, featuring Chris Launey from The Walt Disney Company, OpenStack user, Thierry Carrez from the OpenStack Foundation, and Rob Hirschfeld, OpenStack Board Director.  Open to all registrants, including Expo Plus.
  • If you’re attending, be sure to attend the OpenStack birthday party Tuesday, July 22nd at Union/Pine. Details coming soon!

EuroPython: July 21 – 27, Berlin, Germany
PyCon AU: August 1 – 5, Brisbane Australia – There will be an OpenStack miniconf on Friday, August 1, a full day event with several community speakers
CloudOpen NA: August 20 – 22, Chicago  – Looking for a well-known speaker and community volunteers

Here are the approaching CFP deadlines:

DEVIEW 2014: June 30
LinuxCon/CloudOpen Europe: July 11
Software Defined Enterprise World Forum: No deadline listed
FSOSS: No deadline listed

If you have any questions, or you would like to plan a regional OpenStack Day, please contact [email protected]

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