Camp KDE 2009: Call for Presentations and Sponsorship

Organisation of Camp KDE 2009 is now moving at full speed and the event website is now active. The organisers are now releasing a Call For Presentations (CFP) and a Call For Sponsorship (CFS). Camp KDE 2009 was recently announced on the Dot and will be held in Negril, Jamaica from January 17-23, 2009. We are excited to continue the momentum of KDE interest shown at the 2008 KDE 4.0 Release Event in California. This new conference will be held at the Travellers Beach Resort in Negril.

Call For Presentations (CPF):

Presentations will be given on January 17 and 18. The organisers have already begun to receive inquiries and offers, but we certainly need more. Below are several potential topics for Camp KDE 2009 speeches:

• KDE core libraries and framework tutorials
• KDE Pillars
• Qt software
• KDE applications and their communities (Office, PIM, edutainment, media, etc)
• New concepts such as JOLIE and QEdje
• Usability and Accessibility
• KDE on Mac and Windows
• Free software topics (Linux, BSD, graphics & X11, ODF, etc)
• Free software challenges and opportunities (government, business, equality, etc)
• Distro/vendor/corporate talks
• Local cultural talks
• Developer sprints topics

Call For Sponsorship (CPS):

Camp KDE 2009 is proud to announce two early sponsors:

• iXsystems: You may know them because of their desktop initiatives at electronic chains, their server offerings, or their collaboration with the BSD family (notably our friends at PC-BSD).
• Google: They were kind enough to host our Release Event in January and they are back to assist with Camp KDE 2009.

Of course, Camp KDE 2009 is still looking for more sponsors. We are open to involvement of any kind and participation ideas are welcome.

If you are interested in either giving a presentation or conference sponsorship, do not hesitate to contact organisers at [email protected]. Help get this new KDE conference series off to the best start possible!