CFP: Business of Open Source miniconf at LCA 2012

The "Business of Open Source" miniconf at LCA 2012 (Ballarat, Australia;
January 16-20 2012) is for people interested in business aspects of open
source. Topics include licensing your work, building a market, building a
community, gathering market data, distribution, communications, working
with open source developers, working with governments and countries,
working with procurement departments, corporate governance, funding,
pricing, lessons from your experience, and whatever related topics people
would like to bring up.  Whether you are a student working on a one-person
open source project, own your own open source consulting company, or
create open source strategy for a multi-billion dollar company, this
miniconf hopes to bring different people together to exchange thoughts and
facilitate discussion about these topics.

Presentation submitters should feel free to suggest their own topics.
Here is a list of potentially interesting subjects (in no particular
order):

    * Experiences moving a project from fun to profit
    * Choosing a license
    * Defending your rights
    * Working as a non-profit
    * Building a community
    * Experiences in distributed development
    * Commercial acquisition of open source projects
    * Funding (VC) open source development
    * Business strategies behind open source
    * Successful open source business in Australia
    * Open Source Software Development Management and Governance
    * Open Source Corporate Governance
    * Open source development inside of corporations and small companies
    * Lessons learned in building up your open source business
    * Marketing
    * Distribution
    * Copyrights
    * Applying your copyright and license choices

We hope to receive proposals for:

    * 50 minute expert panel discussions
    * 50 minute full presentations
    * 25 minute half presentations
    * 5-10 minute lightning talks (e.g. success stories, ...)

This miniconf is organized by Martin Michlmayr of Hewlett-Packard and
Bob Waldie of Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA).  To submit a proposal,
please contact Martin at tbm@hp.com and Bob at bob.waldie@opengear.com
and include the following information:

    * Your name
    * Brief bio noting any previous speaking experience
    * Talk title
    * Brief outline of your proposed talk
    * Notes of any special equipment / facilities you may require

The deadline for submission is: November 6 2011

Finally, please note that Miniconf Presenters need to register as
delegates and pay to attend LCA 2012.

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Martin Michlmayr
Open Source Program Office, Hewlett-Packard