{"id":4961,"date":"2013-08-15T22:05:57","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T03:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/?p=4961"},"modified":"2013-08-15T22:05:57","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T03:05:57","slug":"voting-is-open-help-choose-who-will-speak-at-the-next-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/voting-is-open-help-choose-who-will-speak-at-the-next-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting is Open &#8211; Help Choose Who Will Speak at the Next Summit!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Which speakers would you like to see at the next Summit? \u00a0It\u2019s time to vote!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve received a record breaking 600+ speaking submissions for the Summit in Hong Kong &#8211; more than double the quantity of submissions received for the\u00a0Portland\u00a0Summit!<\/p>\n<p>Now it\u2019s time to vote! \u00a0We\u2019d like your help shaping the agenda for the next OpenStack Summit, November 5-8 in Hong Kong, by rating the submissions you\u2019d like to see.\u00a0\u00a0We\u2019ve made all 600+ submissions public for your input. \u00a0<strong>You have until Sunday, August 25 at 22:00 UTC to vote up your favorites.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/rate\/\" target=\"_blank\">VOTE HERE<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our voting interface is designed for easy use via mobile devices so you can continue selecting your favorites when you&#8217;re on the go. \u00a0Please note that you need to create login credentials in order to access the voting system.<\/p>\n<p>While the Design Summit and more technical content will run Tuesday \u2013 Friday, the General Session track and keynote presentations will be Tuesday and Wednesday.\u00a0We\u2019re hoping to have the agenda locked and published by the end of\u00a0September, but in the meantime you can see a preview of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/openstack-summit-hong-kong-2013\/agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\">agenda here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A big thank you to our Summit sponsors for their continued support of the OpenStack community. See our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/openstack-summit-hong-kong-2013\/sponsors\/\" target=\"_blank\">current list of sponsors here<\/a>. \u00a0If you are interested in sponsoring the summit as well, it&#8217;s not too late. Please email\u00a0events@openstack.org no later than September 20.<\/p>\n<p>Early Bird Registration closes October 4, so <a href=\"http:\/\/openstacksummitnovember2013.eventbrite.com\" target=\"_blank\">register now<\/a> for discounted rates. \u00a0 We also encourage you to book your\u00a0travel now &#8211; hotel rooms are going fast. \u00a0Our block at the SkyCity Marriot has already sold out,\u00a0but we still have room block availablility at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/openstack-summit-hong-kong-2013\/hotels\/\" target=\"_blank\">Novotel and Regal<\/a>, near Asia\u00a0World-Expo where the Summit will take place.<\/p>\n<p>Only three short months before we kick off the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/openstack-summit-hong-kong-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack Summit<\/a>,\u00a0and we look forward to seeing you in Hong Kong!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which speakers would you like to see at the next Summit? \u00a0It\u2019s time to vote! We\u2019ve received a record breaking 600+ speaking submissions for the Summit in Hong Kong &#8211; more than double the quantity of submissions received for the\u00a0Portland\u00a0Summit! Now it\u2019s time to vote! \u00a0We\u2019d like your help shaping the agenda for the next&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/voting-is-open-help-choose-who-will-speak-at-the-next-summit\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read Voting is Open &#8211; Help Choose Who Will Speak at the Next Summit!\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,450,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4961"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4961"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4970,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4961\/revisions\/4970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}