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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Hello!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Registration & Call for Proposals are now open for XDC 2021, which will<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">take place on September 15-17, 2021. This year we will repeat as<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">virtual event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><a href="https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/1/" title="https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/1/">https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/1/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">As usual, the conference is free of charge and open to the general<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">public. If you plan on attending, please make sure to register as early<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">as possible!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">In order to register as attendee, you will therefore need to register<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">via the XDC website. As XDC moved to a new Indico infrastructure, if<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">you previously registered on the XDC website, you need to create a new<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">account again.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><a href="https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/1/registrations/1/" title="https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/1/registrations/1/">https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/1/registrations/1/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">In addition to registration, the CfP is now open for talks, workshops<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">and demos at XDC 2021. While any serious proposal will be gratefully<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">considered, topics of interest to X.Org and freedesktop.org developers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">are encouraged. The program focus is on new development, ongoing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">challenges and anything else that will spark discussions among<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">attendees in the hallway track.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">We are open to talks across all layers of the graphics stack, from the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">kernel to desktop environments / graphical applications and about how<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">to make things better for the developers who build them. Head to the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">CfP page to learn more:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><a href="https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/1/abstracts/" title="https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/1/abstracts/">https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/1/abstracts/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">The deadline for submissions is Sunday, 4 July 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Last year we modified our Reimbursement Policy to accept speaker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">expenses for X.Org virtual events like XDC 2021. Check it out here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.x.org/wiki/XorgFoundation/Policies/Reimbursement/" title="https://www.x.org/wiki/XorgFoundation/Policies/Reimbursement/">https://www.x.org/wiki/XorgFoundation/Policies/Reimbursement/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">If you have any questions, please send me an email to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:radoslaw.szwichtenberg@intel.com" title="mailto:radoslaw.szwichtenberg@intel.com">radoslaw.szwichtenberg@intel.com</a>, adding on CC the X.org board (board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">at foundation.x.org).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">And don't forget, you can follow us on Twitter for all the latest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">updates and to stay connected:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><a href="https://twitter.com/XOrgDevConf" title="https://twitter.com/XOrgDevConf">https://twitter.com/XOrgDevConf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Radek<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">P.S: a DNS redirection (xdc2021.x.org) is work in progress. Please use<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">the mentioned links for the moment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PL" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Radosław Szwichtenberg</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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