The 2009 Linux.conf.au Kernel Miniconf is pleased to announce that the
Call for Presentations is now open.

What do we want?
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We invite presentations covering any and all aspects of kernel
programming.  Past conferences have featured talks on Memory Management,
writing a PCI device driver, filesystem design, video drivers and I/O
scheduling.

This year we would like to try something new; A Linux Problem-Solving
Hour.  Tell us your gripes, the things that could be fixed, if only
there were a little discussion about them.  Very specific problems
are encouraged (Good example: "I need to open 10,000 files and this
takes 4 minutes."  Bad example: "My laptop doesn't resume from suspend
properly.").

We intend to feature an hour of lightning talks.  These should be around
five minutes long and aim to educate the audience about something cool
that you're working on.  While we will accept talks on the day, you may
wish to reserve your slot now.

We will also run the popular "Ask a kernel hacker" panel.  In contrast
to last year, kernel hackers named 'Dave' will be discriminated against.

Presentations do not have to be limited to a slide deck.  If you have
an idea for a 50-minute session that follows a non-traditional format,
it will be considered.

When do we want it?
===================

This day-long conference will be held on Monday January 19th 2009 at the
University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia.  Attendees and speakers
must be registered for the main Linux.conf.au conference, but do not
need to register separately for the Kernel Miniconf.

With this in mind, we would like to decide on presentations before the
Early Bird registration closes.  We suspect that will be November first,
so please get your presentations in by Friday October 24th.  Yes,
that's less than two weeks away, but you only have to write a quick
email outlining your presentation.

Problems for the Problem-Solving Hour should be submitted by Friday
January 9th.  Lightning talks may be submitted on the day of the
conference itself.  Questions for the Ask A Kernel Hacker panel should
be thought up on the spot.

Please send responses to Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> and include
[LCA] in the subject line.

For more details and updates, please see the Miniconf website at
http://lca2009.wiki.kernel.org/