educationaLinux 2003 cfp

Some of our potential presenters have asked for the CFP (Call For Papers) 
deadline to be extended, and we've uncovered some more forae to advertise the 
educationaLinux 2003 miniconf in, so the CFP deadline has now been relaxed to 
Monday, 4 November 2002.

The quality of papers offered so far has been very high, so if you've got a 
Linux-oriented educational application to tell us about, now is the time to 
say so. We're particularly interested in a Mosix paper to round off the 
second day nicely, but all submissions are welcome. If the quality and 
quantity continue to be as high, we may be able to open a second stream for 
the miniconf.

Conference registrations are piling in fast; at the current rate of booking, 
it looks as if LCA2003 will have to either put a cap on numbers well before 
the day (despite having the biggest venue capacity ever for an Australian 
Linux Conference) or cast about for even bigger venues on campus... so, to 
secure your place and/or a place for your presentation, register quickly!

ABOUT EDUCATIONALINUX 2003

The world-famous Australian Linux Conference (LCA2003, see 
http://linux.conf.au/) has through the generosity of the University of 
Western Australia managed to obtain use of venues and facilities for a few 
days before the main conference. Siezing this opportunity with both hands, 
educationaLinux 2003 is staging an Education mini-conference 
(http://plug.linux.org.au/~leonb/lca2003/ for details); there is a Debian 
mini-conference running in parallel (http://www.debconf.org/lca2003/ for 
details).

Monday 20 January 2003 will be about approaching Linux from an educational 
perspective, and Tuesday 21 January will focus on technical advantages and 
techniques of Linux in education.

For something completely different, one of the Monday sessions currently 
pencilled in discusses using the Linux kernel itself as a teaching tool.

If you are planning on doing Terminal Server style deployments into schools, 
the Tuesday especially is so far packed full of information from both 
experienced and fresh Terminal Server administrators, including an 
interesting approach involving booting thick clients LTSP-style for easy 
automated management.

The Tuesday will round off the mini-conf with a Round Table, an opportunity 
for all attendees to briefly put forward their achievements with and pet 
theories about Linux in the educational field, for the condemnation or 
applause of their peers. The event (along with many others at LCA2003) will 
be Ogg streamed, possibly stenographed onto IRC, and each mini-conf attendee 
will also be able to nominate one other individual who can then participate 
by IRC from anywhere in the world.

Both the main conference and educationaLinux will also offer BOF (Birds Of a 
Feather) sessions, where like-minded people can brainstorm their special 
interest in small groups.

ABOUT LCA2003

The main conference is ramping up to thoroughly eclipse all previous 
Australian conferences, as good as they were. There will be amazing topics, 
big names, wonderful food and award-winning wines; there will be amazing 
revelations and history-making decisions, and it will all be capped off with 
Australia's most impressive fireworks display on Australia Day.

The conference will be held in sunny Perth, during the Northern Hemisphere 
winter, in the hallowed halls of the University of Western Australia. Western 
Australia itself is a world-reknowned tourist destination, offering amazing 
natural wonders, world class oenology/viticulture, staggering industrial 
achievements, the deep peace of the Outback and a broad range of leisure 
activities.

LCA2003 is a technical conference; it is for discussing nuts and bolts, for 
networking, for finding at least one kernel bug, and for synergistic 
creativity. It is not a trade show, and it is not a slide show. It is 
interactive in the classic Open Source style. It is an unforgettable 
experience.

WHAT MUST I DO TO REGISTER?

Register for LCA2003 (http://linux.conf.au/register.html), book airline 
tickets and accomodation from the 20th, tell us that you're coming 
(mailto:ELbookings@cyberknights.com.au?Subject=educationaLinux%20booking) and 
turn up on the day.

WHAT MUST I DO TO SUBMIT A PRESENTATION?

Start here (http://plug.linux.org.au/~leonb/lca2003/papers.html). Abstracts 
will go up on the websites shortly after the deadline, and all authors will 
be contacted to verify their attendance and the details.

-- 
http://www.cyberknights.com.au/  Modern tools, traditional dedication
http://slpwa.linux.org.au/       Member, Linux Professionals West Aus
http://conf.linux.org.au/        THE Australian Linux Technical Conf:
                                 22-25 January 2003, Perth: be there!