[CREATE] Libre Graphics + Libre Video = ?

[Jon Phillips]

great opportunity nate! I hope people will submit!

Jon

On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Nathan Willis <nwillis at glyphography.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I happened to bump into Edward Hervey (of PiTiVi/Collabora fame) a while
> back, and we were discussing LGM and the bringing-teams-together and
> bringing-users-together dimensions.  Turns out they have more or less the
> same principles guiding the annual GStreamer Conference, which is set for
> October in Prague.
>
> To jump right to the end of the conversation, we thought it would be really
> interesting to see if any of the libre graphics community wanted to go, and
> perhaps even give talks or set aside some meeting time.  Because honestly,
> the division we think about between still graphics and motion graphics is
> pretty arbitrary -- you just have to look at the number of video-related
> talks we get at LGM every year to see that.  The long and the short of it
> is, it's good to get developers together when they share a common problem
> space, and mixed media is here to stay, so all sorts of interesting things
> could happen if we don't try and keep our conferences separated.
>
> So here's the opportunity: GStreamer's Conference is October 24 and 25 at
> the Clarion Congress hotel in Prague.  They'd like to have LGM / libre
> graphics people propose some sessions.  The "official" CFP window is
> actually closed, but program director Christian Schaller is holding open
> three or so session slots to try and bring in some graphics talks.  You're
> all also just invited to come and listen, of course.  Christian even said
> they might could get extra meeting room space if any project teams wanted to
> get together during the event to work -- you'll have to contact him.
>
> Obviously, there's no pressure here.  It's just an opportunity.  But
> GStreamer Conference *is* co-located with the Linux Foundation's Kernel
> Summit, so the thought was that some people might already be there and want
> to do both.  Plus, of course, since LGM was in North America this year,
> there might be people who weren't able to get there but could make it to
> Prague.  And why wait until May, anyhow -- just like the various Libre
> Graphics Day mini-events, there's a good opportunity to meet face to face
> with people from the video side of the "fence" and to talk to users.  After
> all, there are doubtless a lot of video artists who use the still graphics
> tools to tackle important parts of their workflow, and you could get
> valuable insight into the problems they face during this event.  And who
> knows, there could also be people there who are working primarily in video
> media, but just happen to not have heard of Krita, or hadn't thought to try
> MyPaint or Inkscape as part of their process.
>
> If you're interested in participating, there is more information about the
> GStreamer Conf itself at http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/conference/ .
> Including hotel info and links to the Kernel Summit site.  If you think
> you'd like to propose a talk for one of the reserved slots, then contact
> Christian, at christian.schaller at collabora.co.uk .  I know the video talks
> at LGM are always fun to see; I think that graphics talks at GStreamer Conf
> would be fun to see, too.  Hope you'll all consider submitting a talk, as
> well as just joining everyone else for the excitement in Prague!
>
> Thanks,
> Nate
>
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