Hello,<br><br>The Call for Talks for the CrossDesktop DevRoom at FOSDEM 2013 is now officially open. Please do not wait till the last minute!<br><br>--8<---<br><br><div><b id="internal-source-marker_0.03598742629401386" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;font-weight:normal"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FOSDEM is one of the largest gatherings of Free Software contributors in the world and happens each February in Brussels (Belgium). One of the tracks will be the CrossDesktop DevRoom, which will host Desktop-related talks.</span></p>

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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are now inviting proposals for talks about Free/Libre/Open-source Software on the topics of Desktop development, Desktop applications and interoperativity amongst Desktop Environments. This is a unique opportunity to show novel ideas and developments to a wide technical audience.</span></p>

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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Topics accepted include, but are not limited to: Enlightenment, Gnome, KDE, Unity, XFCE, Windows, Mac OS X, general desktop matters, applications that enhance desktops and web (when related to desktop).</span></p>

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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Talks can be very specific, such as developing mobile applications with Qt Quick; or as general as predictions for the fusion of Desktop and web in 5 years time. Topics that are of interest to the users and developers of all desktop environments are especially welcome. The FOSDEM 2012 schedule might give you some inspiration:</span></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2012/schedule/track/crossdesktop_devroom.html"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://archive.fosdem.org/2012/schedule/track/crossdesktop_devroom.html</span></a></p>

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<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please include the following information when submitting a proposal:</span></p>

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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Your name</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline">

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The title of your talk (please be descriptive, as titles will be listed with around 250 from other projects)</span></p>

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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Short abstract of one or two paragraphs</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline">

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Short bio</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline">

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Requested time: from 15 to 45 minutes. Normal duration is 30 minutes. Longer duration requests must be properly justified.</span></p>

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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The deadline for submissions is December 14th 2012. FOSDEM will be held on the weekend of 2-3 February 2013. Please submit your proposals to </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:crossdesktop-devroom@lists.fosdem.org">crossdesktop-devroom@lists.fosdem.org</a></span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (subscribtion page for the mailing list: </span><a href="https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/crossdesktop-devroom"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/crossdesktop-devroom</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> )</span></p>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">-- The CrossDesktop DevRoom 2013 Organization Team</span></b><br>

<br>--8<---<br><br>-- <br>Pau Garcia i Quiles<br><a href="http://www.elpauer.org">http://www.elpauer.org</a><br>(Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer)</div>