[OpenFontLibrary] Who's Coming? Libre Graphics Meeting 2011 in Montreal

[Ed]

Hi, Jon,

I am hoping to come.

I am preparing a talk on the Hariphunchai Tai Tham font project,
http://hariphunchai.unifont.org/ .

I also would like to talk about Key Curry, http://unifont.org/gc/ .

Best - Ed Trager

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On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:24 AM, jon at rejon.org <jon at rejon.org> wrote:
> I just wanted to get a head count on who will be coming to LGM this
> year? Also, if you want to speak, please submit your presentation.
> Accepted presenters, I work my butt off to get enough sponsorship to
> support flight costs of speakers if needed.
>
> And, if you can't come, please do consider supporting our conference.
> Its where we get a lot of work done each year!
>
> One way or the other, we need you! Who is interested in coming?
>
> See below.
>
> Jon
>
> ###
>
> Libre Graphics Meeting 2011 in Montreal, May 10-13
>
> Cutting edge creative tools meet free culture
>
> May 10-13, Ecole Polytechnique Engineering School - Programmers and
> artists from around the world are headed to Montreal for the 6th
> annual Libre Graphics Meeting in May. The Libre Graphics Meeting is an
> annual gathering for the users and developers of free and open source
> creative software: artistic tools that are free for anyone to use and
> modify. LGM gives software developers, artists, musicians, designers
> and other creative professionals the opportunity to collaborate, share
> their work and learn from each other.
>
>
> A Preview
>
> Every year, Libre Graphics Meeting focuses on individual and group
> interaction, emphasizing
> free media and the software that produces it. This year's attendees
> can expect a similar
> format that will include workshops, presentations, demonstrations, and
> birds-of-a-feather
> (BOF) sessions. Leading up to the conference, special lab sessions
> bring developers and artists face-to-face to make improvements in
> creative software. Gaps can form when developers and their users don't
> meet face to face; LGM gives artists and educators a voice in the
> building of their tools. Both content creators and developers will
> present, bringing a diverse community together to advance the
> technologies and strategies of high-quality free creative software.
>
>
> Submit a talk!
>
> LGM's strength comes from the presenters who talk about their work and
> inspire others by
> sharing their experiences, techniques, and best practices. Whether you
> are a developer, an
> artist, or an enthusiast, you can be a part of this year's event by
> sharing your story and
> your work.
>
> The LGM community wants to hear your proposal for a session. Submit
> your idea any time between now and April 1, 2011 by visiting
> http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Conference_2011/Submit_Talk
>
> Topics of interest include: development of the applications, color
> standards and color
> management, designer and developer collaboration, web services,
> workflow, exchange between floss and artists, power-user techniques,
> and graphics business best practices.
>
> • Proposals should have a title
> • Describe your proposal in at most two paragraphs
> • Include a short bio & contact informations
> • Include any special technical setup you require other than
> radio-microphone, projector,
> laser pointer, computer, network
> • Talks are 30 minutes including Q&A and setup.
> • Lightning talks are 5 minutes
> • Tell us if you have specific date & time constraint to present your talk
> • Tell us if your trip to LGM is already sponsored or if you need help
> from LGM to get to Montreal. In the last case, please evaluate your
> needs (cost of economy plane ticket for the round trip, for instance)
>
>
> Help keep LGM free
>
> Libre Graphics Meeting is an invaluable meeting ground for industry
> leaders and end users alike. It has also been free of charge since the
> very beginning -- but as the open source community continues to
> expand, attendance keeps increasing.
>
> Your support is a vital means for the continued success of LGM,
> whether you are a readers, an attendee, or simply a fan of free
> graphics software.  Click here to make a donation:
> http://pledgie.com/campaigns/14610
>
>
> Highlights from LGM 2010
>
> Last year's Libre Graphics Meeting, the fifth since the project's
> inception, took place in Brussels and was highlighted by important
> work on open color management systems and data interchange formats.
> The vector graphics standard file format, SVG, headlined many of the
> the discussions and interaction that took place, as it has become an
> integral element in communicating freely created content through
> websites and printed pieces. All major projects represented at LGM
> 2010 -- Scribus, Gimp, Inkscape, and Open Font Library -- spent time
> planning activities for the months and years ahead. Other hot topics
> in presentations and discussions included Blender, Krita, Open Web
> Graphics and Services, Python, Rawstudio, and many more.
>
> Continuing with the success of recent LGM incarnations, more attention
> was given to the rising numbers of professional graphics users and
> youth attendees. In fact, of the 51 sessions held during the 4 day
> extravaganza, 20 were given by creative professionals. Specific
> workshops were organized to engage students from art and design
> schools around the world. Nathan Willis writes of one such event:
>
> ''Denis Jacquerye, widely known from his work with the DejaVu fonts,
> discussed font design and features for African languages, encouraging
> the community to build more such fonts.''
>
>
> About the Libre Graphics Meeting
>
> The Libre Graphics Meeting exists to unite and accelerate the efforts
> behind Free, Libre and Open Source creative software. Organised by
> volunteers from the international Libre Graphics Community since 2006,
> this annual meeting is the premiere conference for developers, users
> and supporters of projects such as GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/),
> Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/), Blender
> (http://www.blender.org/), Krita (http://koffice.org/krita/),  Scribus
> (http://www.scribus.net/), Hugin (http://hugin.sourceforge.net/), Open
> Clipart Library (http://www.openclipart.org/), and Open Font Library
> (http://www.openfontlibrary.org/). At LGM, teams gather to work on
> interoperability, shared standards, and new ideas. Work at prior LGMs
> has pushed the state of the art in important areas such as color
> management, cross-application sharing of assets, and common formats.
>
>
> For More Information
>
> For more information, visit http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org
>
> Get involved by joining the Create mailinglist
> (http://create.freedesktop.org) or propose a talk via
> http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Conference_2011/Submit_Talk
>
> ----
>
> ''LGM 2011 is hosted by the [http://create.freedesktop.org Libre
> Graphics Community] and Polytechnique''
>
>
> Press Contact
>
> • Sponsoring Organization: Libre Graphics Meeting and Create Project.
> • Contact: Jon Phillips
> • Contact email: jon at fabricatorz.com
> • Phone (USA): +1.415.830.3884
> • Website: http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/
> • Pledgie campaign: http://pledgie.com/campaigns/14610
> • Photos: http://ur1.ca/a34y
>
>
> Organization Contact
>
> • Contact: Louis Desjardins
> • Contact email: louis.desjardins at gmail.com
> • Phone (MONTREAL): +1.514.994.9351
>
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