<div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>The GNOME Foundati<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">on is h</font>osting a conference in Portland September 19 – 23. The call for participation has been extended until the end of July. Please consider submitting a talk, and forwarding the announcement to anyone who may be interested. The announcement is below.</div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Cantarell,'Droid Sans',Ubuntu,'DejaVu Sans',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:22.4px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">The GNOME Foundation is pleased to announce the Call for Participation in Libre Application Summit — hosted by GNOME (LAS GNOME). The conference will be held from <span class="" tabindex="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">September 19 – 23</span></span> in Portland, Oregon, and brings together developers, entrepreneurs, and FOSS enthusiasts for discussion and debate of the future of Linux apps.</div><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:22.4px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Cantarell,'Droid Sans',Ubuntu,'DejaVu Sans',Arial,sans-serif">LAS GNOME</span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> is the confere</font><font face="Cantarell, Droid Sans, Ubuntu, DejaVu Sans, Arial, sans-serif">nce to attend if you want to create a business around Linux-based applications, release your applications to multiple distributions at the same time, and/or create the conditions necessary to reach a wider audience for your current Linux apps.</font></p><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Cantarell,'Droid Sans',Ubuntu,'DejaVu Sans',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:22.4px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Possible topics include, but are not limited to:</strong></p><ul style="margin:0.4em 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:square;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Cantarell,'Droid Sans',Ubuntu,'DejaVu Sans',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:22.4px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 30px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Ecosystem: </strong><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.5;background:transparent">business, legal, community, and social issues</span></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 30px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Platforms: </strong><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.5;background:transparent">deep low-level topics around hardware, drivers, and tools</span></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 30px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Distribution: </strong><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.5;background:transparent">collaborating with established distributions (like OpenSuse), inter-distribution cooperation, QA and continuous integration.</span></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 30px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Development: </strong><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.5;background:transparent">toolkits, X/Wayland, security, runtimes, SDK, development tools.</span></li></ul><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Cantarell,'Droid Sans',Ubuntu,'DejaVu Sans',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:22.4px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Proposals by newcomers and experienced speakers are welcomed alike. When submitting your proposal, please keep in mind that talk slots are 45 minutes long.</p><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Cantarell,'Droid Sans',Ubuntu,'DejaVu Sans',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:22.4px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">The call for talks will have the following timeline:</strong></p><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Cantarell,'Droid Sans',Ubuntu,'DejaVu Sans',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:22.4px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">        July 30th:</strong> deadline for submitting your talk proposals through <a href="http://lasreg.gnome.org/">http://lasreg.gnome.org/</a></p><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Cantarell,'Droid Sans',Ubuntu,'DejaVu Sans',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:22.4px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">        September 19th-21st:</strong> core conference days in Portland, Oregon</p><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Cantarell,'Droid Sans',Ubuntu,'DejaVu Sans',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:22.4px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">The papers team is looking forward to your talk proposal. In case of questions regarding the call for talks, please contact the papers team at papers@las.gnome org. For general questions regarding the conference, please consult the <a href="http://las.gnome.org/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(93,57,110);background:transparent">LAS GNOME website</a> or contact the LAS GNOME organizing team.</p></div></div>