[CREATE] LGM 2009 Call for Presentations

[Jon Phillips]

Haven't receive a lot of proposals yet...how is/was the press pickup?
I'm reblogging this right now...

Jon

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 4:25 AM, Nathan Willis <nwillis at glyphography.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
> Below is the official Call for Presentations for LGM 2009, which we have
> sent to press outlets.  It also needs to go out to mailing lists and forums
> associated with the free graphics projects that make LGM possible -- so
> please forward or post it (preferably without this redundant preamble) to
> whichever lists and forums that you belong to that are appropriate.  Well
> ... be sure and check that someone else hasn't beaten you to the punch,
> first.
>
> I know most of the people who are likely to present a talk are already in
> the loop about LGM, but there may be someone out there who isn't, or who
> simply needs a reminder.  Similarly, there may be subscribers who get the
> announcement and decide they are interested in attending for the first time,
> or are interesting in helping out with the Pledgie campaign.
>
> So please, spread the word!  Thank you, and now on to your
> regularly-scheduled CFP....
> Nate
>
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>
> Call for presentations - Libre Graphics Meeting 2009
>
> <p>Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM), the premiere workshop and conference for
> developers and enthusiasts of free software graphics, will be held May 6-9,
> 2009, at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.</p>
>
> <p>LGM invites you to share your work with the community.  Topics of
> interest include reports on major open source graphics projects, technology
> previews, engineering talks, power-user techniques, graphics business best
> practices, and general issues such as open file formats and
> collaboration.</p>
>
> <p>Interested projects and individuals should submit proposals for
> presentations, demonstrations, and birds-of-a-feather (BOF) sessions by
> visiting the <a
> href="http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Conference_2009/Submit_Talk">talk
> submission page</a> at the CREATE project wiki.  Proposals should be at most
> two paragraph abstracts and should include any special technical
> requirements.</p>
>
> <p>Individuals who already plan to attend can now <a
> href="http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/2009/signup.php">register</a> free
> of charge at the LGM Web site.</p>
>
> <p>The call for participation ends April 1, so don't delay!</p>
>
>
> <p><b>About Libre Graphics Meeting:</b></p>
>
> <p>For four years, the Libre Graphics Meeting has been the premiere
> conference for developers, users and supporters of free software graphics
> applications.  Developers from projects such as <a
> href="http://www.gimp.org/">GIMP</a>, <a
> href="http://www.inkscape.org/">Inkscape</a>, <a
> href="http://www.blender.org/">Blender</a>, <a
> href="http://koffice.org/krita/">Krita</a>, <a
> href="http://www.scribus.net/"> Scribus</a>, <a
> href="http://hugin.sourceforge.net/">Hugin</a>, the <a
> href="http://www.openclipart.org/">Open Clipart Library</a>, and the <a
> href="http://www.openfontlibrary.org/">Open Font Library</a> 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 brushes and other assets, and common
> formats.</p>
>
> <p>The face-to-face meetings and opportunities for collaboration are
> important to developers, but LGM offers plenty for end users as well.
> Tutorials, talks, and birds-of-a-feather (BOF) meetings to help free
> software users get the most out of their applications fill out the LGM
> schedule, and demonstrations from artists showcase what is possible.</p>
>
> <p>For more information, visit <a
> href="http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/">www.libregraphicsmeeting.org</a></p>
>
> <p>To support LGM 2009's community fundraising campaign, visit <a
> href="http://pledgie.com/campaigns/2926">pledgie.com/campaigns/2926</a></p>
>
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