[Tango-artists] [Inkscape-user] SVG Open conference, looking for a Inkscape presentation and course

Tue Apr 15 23:32:59 PDT 2008

G'day andreas,

You might want to talk to the many competent Inkscape user who work
for Novell there in Nuremberg.   Most Inkscape developers live outside
of Europe.

- Andy

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net> wrote:
> Hello Inkscapers,
>
>  We are very interested to have Inkscape at the conference. However, we
>  don't have a big budget for reimbursing traveling/hotel costs for many
>  people. I am pretty sure there would be interesting discussions at the
>  conference, since most of the people of the W3C SVG working group will
>  be present at the conference. W3C will also open up the process for
>  working on future SVG versions, which means that all interested
>  persons/projects can participate no matter if they are paying W3C
>  members or not. By opening up this process we hope to get projects like
>  Inkscape or others more involved in the process.
>
>  We can offer free conference passes for the keynote speaker and course
>  instructors and maybe I can come up with some funding for one or two
>  persons for covering at least parts of the traveling/hotel costs.
>
>  Having a booth at the technical exhibition would be free for open source
>  projects. I can also help out for the Inkscape booth for parts of the
>  exhibition - however, not for the whole time. I am also an Inkscape user.
>
>  The deadline for abstracts is very close, but we can make a few
>  exceptions if you are still working on proposals. Tell me how many extra
>  days you need for working on abstracts/course proposals.
>
>  I am looking forward to contributions from the Inkscape community and to
>  fruitful discussions at the conference.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Andreas
>
>
>
>  Jon A. Cruz wrote:
>  >   Hey guys,
>  >
>  > Is there anyone slightly local who might be up to making SVG Open and
>  > giving a talk or teaching a class? I'm going to see what I can do,
>  > but the more people we have getting involved the better. And as we
>  > saw at SCALE, with different people submitting proposals on different
>  > subjects, there's a better chance of at least something matching the
>  > need and being accepted.
>  >
>  > Additionally, is there anyone who might be able to make it to man a
>  > booth? From things like SCALE and LugRadio Live I've seen how just
>  > having *anyone* there can be helpful. In fact, some times the booths
>  > manned by people who might not be core developers but who are users
>  > and just excited about the project can be some of the best.
>  >
>  > Thanks, and I hope we get a few more people stepping up, despite the
>  > deadline being so close.   :-)
>  >
>  >
>  > On Apr 11, 2008, at 2:22 AM, Andreas Neumann wrote:
>  >
>  >> Hello Inkscape Developers and Users,
>  >>
>  >> The SVG Open 2008 will take place in Nuremberg, Germany, from
>  >> August 26
>  >> to 29.
>  >>
>  >> We would appreciate if we could have one or more presentations and a
>  >> course on Inkscape. We could also have a Inkscape presentation as a
>  >> keynote at the conference. See
>  >> http://www.svgopen.org/2008/index.php?
>  >> section=participate_presenters for
>  >> more information.
>  >>
>  >> We are also still looking for course instructors: courses will be 150
>  >> minutes in length, course instructors will receive a free conference
>  >> pass. See
>  >> http://www.svgopen.org/2008/index.php?section=participate_workshops
>  >> for
>  >> more information.
>  >>
>  >> Please contact me if you have questions and submit your paper
>  >> abstracts
>  >> and course proposals at http://www.svgopen.org/
>  >>
>  >> Official Call for Papers:
>  >> -------------------------
>  >>
>  >> Call for Papers, SVG Open 2008
>  >> http://www.svgopen.org/
>  >>
>  >> The 6th international conference on Scalable Vector Graphics will take
>  >> place from August 26 to 28 in Nuremberg, Southern Germany. At this
>  >> conference you can learn about subjects varying from specialized
>  >> technical visualizations to interactive multimedia art. On the program
>  >> there are presentations, beginner and advanced level workshops, a
>  >> technical exhibition, and the opportunity to meet people from the SVG
>  >> community, industry and the W3C SVG Working Group.
>  >>
>  >> The SVG Open 2008 organizing committee is looking for contributors
>  >> presenting a paper or teaching a course. Presenters are asked to
>  >> submit
>  >> an extended abstract in English with an approximate length of 400
>  >> to 800
>  >> words by April 18, 2008. The abstracts are reviewed by a reviewing
>  >> committee and presenters will be informed about acceptance on or
>  >> before
>  >> May 15, 2008. If your abstract is accepted, you will be asked to
>  >> submit
>  >> your full paper by August 1, 2008, according to instructions that will
>  >> be sent to you. Accepted abstracts, papers and presentations will be
>  >> published on the conference hand-outs and web proceedings. Paper
>  >> Abstracts can be submitted at http://www.svgopen.org/ until April 18.
>  >> Following is a list of potential presentation topics:
>  >>
>  >> * Mobile (handheld, in-car) Solutions
>  >> * SVG Authoring Tools
>  >> * Publishing and Printing with SVG
>  >> * SVG Text and Internationalization
>  >> * Accessibility of SVG
>  >> * Location-based Services
>  >> * Business Cases and Case Studies
>  >> * Workflow for Creating and Using SVG
>  >> * SVG and Digital Television
>  >> * Graphic Design with SVG
>  >> * SVG for Webmapping and Online GIS/GML
>  >> * SVG for Multimedia Presentations
>  >> * Server-side SVG Generators and Manipulators
>  >> * SVG Authoring Techniques
>  >> * Making Graphics Acessible
>  >> * Interactivity and Scripting
>  >> * GUI Frameworks for Web Applications
>  >> * File Format Conversion
>  >> * Case Studies
>  >>
>  >> Course Instructors are asked to submit a course outline by April 18,
>  >> 2008. The outlines are reviewed by a reviewing committee and
>  >> instructors
>  >> will be informed about acceptance on or before April 29, 2008.
>  >> Accepted
>  >> course instructors will receive a free conference pass and may
>  >> participate at the come together event for free. Accepted course
>  >> outlines will be published as course descriptions in the program.
>  >> Therefore they should be directed at those who might register for the
>  >> course rather than the reviewers. Courses are 150 minutes in length,
>  >> scheduled for the morning and afternoon of August 29, 2008. We are
>  >> interested in proposals for both beginner courses and advanced
>  >> courses,
>  >> to cater to the diverse interests of all conference attendees. Here
>  >> is a
>  >> list of topics of potential interest for courses. Feel free to either
>  >> volunteer for one of these or propose your own topic.
>  >>
>  >> * Introduction to SVG
>  >> * SVG Authoring Techniques
>  >> * Creating Mobile SVG content
>  >> * UI Design
>  >> * Using SVG Tools
>  >> * CSS
>  >> * XSLT
>  >> * SMIL Animation
>  >> * ECMAScript and the DOM
>  >> * Graphic Design
>  >> * SVG Filter Effects
>  >> * Rendering Algorithms
>  >> * Generating SVG from Database Content
>  >>
>  >> Thank you for considering a paper or course abstract submission.
>  >> Hope to
>  >> see many of you in Nuremberg!
>  >>
>  >> The SVG Open 2008 organizing committee.
>  >>
>  >> ------------
>  >>
>  >> Thanks,
>  >> Andreas
>  >>
>  >> --
>  >>
>  >> --
>  >> Andreas Neumann
>  >> Böschacherstrasse 6
>  >> CH-8624 Grüt (Gossau ZH)
>  >> Switzerland
>  >> Phone: ++41-44-2736668
>  >> Email: a.neumann at carto.net
>  >>
>  >> Web: http://www.carto.net/neumann/
>  >> SVG Examples: http://www.carto.net/papers/svg/samples/
>  >> SVG.Open: http://www.svgopen.org/
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>  Andreas Neumann
>  Böschacherstrasse 6
>  CH-8624 Grüt (Gossau ZH)
>  Switzerland
>  Phone: ++41-44-2736668
>  Email: a.neumann at carto.net
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