jns writes "The yapc::Europe Call For Participition (CFP) is here !
The text of the CFP will be posted to the website Real Soon Now but for all of you impatient folk here it is in full."
European Yet Another Perl Conference YAPC::Europe 19100
http://www.yapc.org/Europe Friday to Sunday, September 22-24, 2000 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts London, UK
*** Abstract Deadline : August 11, 2000 ***
YAPC::Europe is an inexpensive (40 pounds/person) Perl users and developers conference, with tutorials and technical talks. The conference is set in central London, down the road from Buckingham Palace, although we are reliably informed that Her Royal Highness will "probably not" attend. The theme of the conference is "The Art of Perl", with a track on Saturday dedicated to the topic of creating old media and new with Perl, as well as looking at Perl as an art form.
All are welcome to this grassroots conference, to learn and share in the benefits of belonging to the Perl community.
Many well-known Perl developers and authors will be there:
- Randal Schwartz: co-author of "Learning Perl" and professional trainer. - Graham Barr: author of the IO::* and Net::* modules, including Net::LDAP. - Tim Bunce: author of "Programming the Perl DBI" and the DBI database interface module. - Andreas Koenig: one of the CPAN wizards. - Nick Ing-Simmons: author of the Perl/Tk system.... and YOU!
We are looking for tutors and speakers at YAPC::Europe. Presentations will be:
TUTORIALS: 3 hours (half-day) or 6 hours (full-day). LONG TALKS: 40 minutes. SHORT TALKS: 25 minutes. LIGHTNING TALKS: 5 minutes.
If you wish to make a presentation, we will need to know:
Type of talk (tutorial, long, short, or lightning) Title A 200-300 word abstract One or two sentences on you and your affiliation Whether you will have course notes or other materials if you are proposing a tutorial Any special presentation needs (e.g., you can only talk in Hindi Sign Language with the aid of a UN-trained fruitbat)
Mail this to:
euro-speakers@perltoys.com
in plain ASCII text (strictly no Microsoft Word or HTML) by August 11, 2000. We would like that your materials be available online, but it is not required.
Topics are unlimited, but some suggestions include:
* ART! (Music, dance, poetry, mime,...) * Text processing (XML, regular expressions) * Perl and the Web (CGI, HTML, mod_perl) * Databases (DBI, Access, replication, administration) * Graphics (Tk, GTk, controlling 3rd party software) * Scientific computing (PDL, distributed computation) * Practical Perl Programming * Module guts and usage of any particular module * Visionary or position papers on Perl * Anything cool :)
Because YAPC::Europe is about producing the biggest communal bang for smallest attendee buck, there is no financial compensation for presenting. Tutors and speakers will, however, be richly rewarded with the appreciation of their fellow Perl programmers which the canny will be able to convert into beer.
Any questions about the conference should be directed to: european-yapc@othersideofthe.earth.li
