[This is a send to wineconf ml as well as wine-devel; my apologies for the oversight]
Hello all!
After a 2 year hiatus the Wine Developers Conference, AKA WineConf, is being held in conjunction with the X.Org Developers Conference (XDC) in Minneapolis, MN from October 4th until Oct 6th, with a Wine focus on the 5th and 6th.
This year, the two events are being held together allowing attendees to freely attend any programming they desire. The event is free to attend and open to the general public.
We will concentrate the Wine related events on the 5th and 6th, so if your available travel time is limited, you can come just for those two days.
Programming for the conference will consist of multiple tracks taking place in several rooms. There will be one main track for Wine and one or two overflow rooms for discussion. As always there will be plenty of time where there will be no programming to allow participants to engage in spontaneous conversation. This is being called the 'hallway track'.
We are now requesting proposals for talks, workshops and demos for this year. When you propose your talk, if you have a preference toward a time slot and day please express that. This year the conference is longer, so there should be plenty of slots for all the relevant and interested presenters. Topics should obviously be of interest to the other attendees, i.e., the broader Wine community, but note that that doesn't imply the talk has to be about Wine itself.
Additionally while proposals for pre-recorded or virtual presentations can be submitted, as of writing, we have a strong preference for in-person talks.
Presentations should fall into one of the the following formats:
Talk (full slot) Technical presentation in the main WineConf track, with around 35 minutes of presentation plus 10 minutes of Q&A. This can be anything: a talk about work-in-progress, a proposal for change, analysis of trends, etc.
Talk (half slot) Technical presentation in the main WineConf track, with around 15 minutes of presentation and 5 minutes of Q&A. This can be anything: a talk about work-in-progress, a proposal for change, analysis of trends, etc.
Demo (10 minutes) We will try to schedule them early and have a demo place throughout the conference.
Lightning Talk (5 minutes) Scheduled throughout the conference in the main WineConf track. Any hallway track discussions summaries have priority.
Workshop Discussion Topic Discussion topic for a smaller group. Ideally two people submit a proposal, one to lead the discussion and make sure it stays on track, second person to keep notes. Please mention relevant talk submissions for the main track that should kick of the discussion. These talks will be scheduled early in the conference program. Summary of the discussion will be presented at the end of the conference in a lightning talk.
Presenters will be selected from those who submit before the deadline: July 4, 2022. There is usually time left for late talk proposals, but do not count on it. Please do submit your proposal in a timely fashion. You can submit Workshop, Demo and Lightning Talk proposals any time, even during the conference.
To make a proposal please visit the website here:
https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/2/abstracts/
The Wine project is able to sponsor travel, if required, with the goal to allow anyone with interest in attending this conference to do so. Any program proposal will be considered for a grant, please include your request in your submission. Grants are approved independently of program acceptance.
We are really looking forward to seeing you all this year!
Cheers,
Jeremy, on behalf of the XDC + WineConf 2022 committee
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Jeremy White