Cascadia IT 2012 Call for Proposals

[Paul English]

The organizers of the Cascadia IT Conference 2012 invite you to submit
proposals for presentations, tutorials, talks, poster sessions, and
panel discussions on any aspect of IT and System Administration.
CasITconf’12 (http://casitconf.org) is a gathering of 100 – 150
professionals from the diverse IT system administration (computer,
network, SAN, database) community in the U.S. Pacific NorthWest/
Canadian Pacific SouthWest to learn, share ideas, and network.

Dates and Deadlines

To encourage early submissions, priority (both for inclusion and
scheduling) will be given to porposals submitted before the 31st of
December 2011.

1-15-2012 – Deadline for submissions

2-5-2012 – Final program confirmation

3-23-2012 – Start of conference

Please send your submissions and questions to:

casitconf-...@casitconf.org

Possible topics are:

System Administration

Backups

Security

Troubleshooting

Buying Decisions

Virtualization

Cloud Computing

Big Data

Enterprise Monitoring

Identity Management

Windows Powershell

Web and Email Mgmt

Spam and Virus Filtering

Network Filtering

Wikis & Documentation

Clustering/High Availability

Log Management

VOIP

Ticketing Systems

Automated Installation

Configuration Management

IPv6

DevOps

Packet Analysis

Storage Manangement

Scripting

Proposal Details:

Tutorials: 1/2 or Full day with a stipend. Proposal needs to include
detailed course outline, a 1 paragraph tutorial description for the
program listing, and presenter’s biography.

Lightning talks: 5 minutes including Q&A. These will be arranged on
site. Please come ready to share your ideas on system administration

Presentations: 20 minutes with 10 minutes for questions. Proposal
needs to include a short draft paper and/or slides in PDF form and a
short author biography

Talks: 75 minutes with 15 minutes for questions. Proposal needs to
include a presentation summary (3-6 paragraphs or an outline), a 1
paragraph presentation description for the program listing, and the
presenter’s biography

Panels: 3-7 panelists, 90 minutes with Q&A included in their format.
Proposal needs to include a 1 – 3 paragraph panel description,
faciltator biography, name affiliation of the panelists

Please note that in order to give a presentation or attend
CasITConf’12, you must be registered for the conference. Presenting at
the CasITConf’12 does not entitle you to discounted or free
registration for the conference.

http://www.casitconf.org/casitconf12/?page_id=5