Call for Presentations / Workshops

The Calgary Open Source Systems Festival (COSSFEST) will be held April 9th and 10th, 2010 at the Coast Plaza Hotel – a short distance from the airport and mass transit. We need presentations, AND workshops. COSSFEST is about sharing information and know-how. Here's your chance to share what you know.

Presenters need to know the following:

  • Expected attendence: 400+ techies, managers, and executives
  • Presentation Room Capacity: up to 180 people each
  • Timeslots: 50 minute slots (including Q&A time) between 10:00am and 5:00pm
    (consecutive slots can be requested if needed)

And for workshops:

  • Workshop room capacity: up to 20 each
    (larger rooms can be arranged if needed)
  • Timeslots: flexible / as needed

Submission Deadline: 15 February 2010

Presenters receive a free pass to COSSFEST.

Selected presentations/workshops will be notified before 1 March 2010.

Submitting a presentation/workshop proposal:

Send an email to info@cossfest.ca with the following information:

  • Title of the presentation/workshop
  • A brief description
  • Desired day / time (no guarantees, but we'll try). If not specified, we'll pick one for you.
  • Setup Instructions. Anything special that may need to be set up beforehand. Usual presentation items will be available (projector with VGA hookup, screen, mics, etc.)

Suggested Topics:

Friday is intended for business oriented topics. Any topic related to Open Source and business is fair game. i.e. “Integrating Open Source into a Windows network”, “Office productivity with Open Source”, “Network monitoring”, “Finding support”, etc. Workshops may be hands on “Building Drupal moduals for your company”, “Installing and configuring your own Apache server”, “Marketing in the Open Source world”, etc.

Saturday is more open and community oriented. Topics here may be similar to Friday's, but can expand to “My favorite Free/Open Source program”, “Open Source in the Arts”, “How to contribute”, etc. Workshops may include things like “Robotics for rookies”, “Setting up a Drupal website”, etc.