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Note, it is likely that we will be using OCS this year to help us manage OOoCon, which means the process will change from previous years.

Call for Papers

The OpenOffice.org Community invites potential speakers to submit proposals for papers for OOoCon 2009. Whether you are a seasoned presenter, or have never stood up in public before, if you have something interesting to share about OpenOffice.org - we want to hear from you. Please note the Conference main language is English, but this year we have a specific session dedicated to education where it will be possible to submit proposals both in English and Italian.

Do you have something to share?

If you do, then this conference is the place to do it! We particularly welcome proposals from developers with information to share with fellow developers, ranging from how to get started on simple extensions, to the deepest most complex technical aspects of the OpenOffice.org codebase. We also look forward to many proposals on other topics, such as design, education, localization, testing, documentation, guidelines, support, marketing, or any other topic of interest to the OpenOffice.org community. In addition, we would like to encourage individuals, groups, or companies to submit case studies - whether successful or unsuccessful, as long as there are lessons to share!

See Call for Papers in OCS

Track Policies

Development

• The source and how to work with it
• The roadmap
• Tools for development
• Integration and localization
• QA, UI, and development processes
• Writing and distributing documentation
• Packaging for distribution
• Porting and platform specifics
• System integration with OpenOffice.org (ODF, UNO, API, extensions)
• Macros and extensions
• User Experience (UX)

OpenDocument Format

• ODF State of the art
• ODF Future directions
• ODF interoperability

Community

• Celebrating and promoting OpenOffice.org
• Commercializing, integrating, and supporting OpenOffice.org
• Migration methodology
• Marketing OpenOffice - the product and the community
• Branding and artwork
• Funding the project, defining the product, and extending it

Native Languages

• More than translation: building local language communities
• Tools and techniques for localisation
• The OpenOffice.org release process

Case Studies

• OpenOffice.org in government and public administrations
• OpenOffice.org in the private sector (SME - Small to Medium-sized Enterprise)
• Building a successful business around OpenOffice.org (training, migration, support, development of extensions, technical authors...)
• UX (user experience, usability and design)

OOo/FLOSS in education (in Italian or English language)

• Educational projects with OOo and FLOSS
• OOo/FLOSS experience in primary, secondary, tertiary, or professional education
• OOo/FLOSS learning projects for teachers
• Qualification experiences and projects with OOo and FLOSS

See Track Policies in OCS

Key Dates

• 14th August: deadline for regular submissions for consideration by the OOoCon Jury. Your paper will be considered on its merits against all the other proposals.
• 28th August: we will let you know if your proposal has been accepted.
• The Conference Programme will be published on 4th September with all accepted proposals. Registration will open at this point.
• Your Conference Presentation must be submitted by 31st October in both .odp and .pdf formats via the Conference website.

Types of Session

A presentation is a general discussion of some topic, including (but not limited to) the software, the community, relationships with other software or communities, and political or philosophical issues. Presentations should be limited to 50 minutes (including questions and answers).

A workshop is a "hands-on labs" session, in which the presenter takes the audience step-by-step through a task, or provides hands-on tuition for audience in a classroom format. Presenters may request extended workshop sessions up to half a day in duration for complex tasks (e.g. how to set up a build environment).

A BoF (Birds of a Feather meeting) is an informal gathering of people in a particular group, or interested in a specific topic. Examples include the members of a native-language group, the marketing project, documentation writers, or Apple Mac porters.

A panel discussion involves a group of people (usually 3 or 4) led by a moderator. The participants make opening and closing statements on the topic, may discuss the topic among themselves, and may answer questions from the audience (usually submitted in advance).

A lightning talk is a mini (5-15 minutes), informal and very practical presentation where the speaker presents how to solve a specific issue.

Presentation Materials

An OpenOffice.org Impress template recommended for use for the conference presentations will be made available later. All speakers are required to file a copy of their presentations with the Conference organisers by October 31st. These presentations will be filed on the Conference website.

Details of how to file your presentation will be given later.

Please note that your session may be streamed as a live broadcast and may be recorded and made available for download from the Conference website.

We look forward to receiving your proposals.

How to submit a Proposal

• Register and submit your proposal via the Conference website