KDE Developers' Conference 2003 - First Announcement

[Matthias Ettrich]

KDE Developers' Conference 2003  - First Announcement
August 22 - 24  
Zamek, Nov´e Hrady, Czech Republic

This is the first announcement of the official KDE Developer's
Conference 2003. It will take place at the Zamek ("Castle") in Nove
Hrady in the Northern part of the Czech Republic in Central
Europe. 

Compared to previous KDE conferences, this one will be bigger, both in
terms of number of participants, scope and time.  We will start with
two days of technical talks in at least two parallel tracks, and end
with an optional six-days project work and hacking session until the
31st.  Besides, there will be lots of time for socializing.

In case you have not yet heard of the location, find some information
material on http://trolls.troll.no/ettrich/NoveHrady.pdf. It's a
stylish location for a stylish desktop environment - and very close to
the real Budweiser Budvar Brewery. There are excellent facilities on
and around the castle, including a very fast network connection and
cheap accommodation. Nove Hrady cannot easily be reached by public
transportations, but a shuttle service will be provided from
Prague-Ruzyne airport and Prague Central Station.

Do you have a particular expertise related to KDE programming that
could be useful for your fellow developers? Do you want to present a
particular programming pattern, a tool, a development strategy, or
anything else that helps KDE developers become more productive? Then
consider talking about it at the KDE Developers' Conference.

We solicit submissions for presentations from, but not restricted to
the following fields. Everything KDE-related will be considered.

- Qt programming tricks
- kdelibs programming tricks
- KParts development
- KOffice development
- aRts development
- programming tools
- programming patterns and development strategies
- project management issues
- internationalization
- documentation
- usability
- accessibility
- interoperability
- ...

Technical talks will be scheduled for 45 minutes talk and 15 minutes
Q&A. In some cases, it may be possible to occupy two slots for a total
talk time of 90 minutes. Please note this in your abstract if you
require this.

There will also be room for short presentations of 15 minutes each,
and submissions for these are very welcome as well.

A final call-for-papers will be sent out soon, as well as information
on registration, speaker incentives and financial compensation. The
purpose of this first announcement is mainly to help you schedule your
summer vacation, so you can dedicate the last week in August to your
favorite software project.

If you have father questions at this point in time, or simply want to
help with organizational issues , we have a mailing list
novehrady at mail.kde.org.  You can subscribe from
http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/novehrady

Looking forward to seeing you guys in sunny Czechia,

 Matthias