Xen Summit North America, scheduled for February 24 - 25, 2009 , at
Oracle's HQ in Redwood City, CA is now officially open for topic/speaker
submissions. Topic submissions for this event will remain open till
approximately early January 2009 to give time for people to submit their
ideas and for the Xen Program Committee to properly review all
submissions. To assist the Program Committee in better understanding the
submitted topics we are changing the procedure we have followed for
previous Xen Summits. All topics submitted must be categorized in of the
following ways:
1. Update on Previous Xen Summit Presentation
2. Academic Research Presentation OR New/Extended Topic
3. Lightning Round
CATEGORY 1 DETAILS
Primarily for: (i) developers to update the community on a development
project that was described at a previous Xen summit or on the xen-devel
mailing list, or (ii) xen users to describe a use case of Xen in the
real world. Timeslots will be in the 15-20 minute range, depending on
time available. Submittals are a minimum of 1-2 paragraphs, but more is
better and an extended abstract would be great. (Don't assume program
committee reviewers know all the details of your topic just because it
was discussed on xen-devel.)
CATEGORY 2 DETAILS
Primarily for: (i) Xen-related academic research; (ii) complex or
extended presentations. Timeslots will be in the 30 minute range,
depending on time available. Submittals must be in the extended
abstract format detailed below. (NOTE: Submitters may request "privacy"
for abstracts to avoid conflict with submittal rules for academic
conferences.)
CATEGORY 3 DETAILS
All papers not accepted in the previous categories will be considered
for the lightning round. In addition, submitters may explicitly request
a lightning round slot, e.g. for work-in-progress, wild-and-crazy ideas.
Timeslot will be at most 8-10 minutes and presentations will be required
to follow a TBD restricted format (such as Pecha Kucha). Submittals may
use the short format or the extended abstract format.
All topics submitted for Categories 1 or 3 can follow the standard 1 or
2 paragraph abstract submission format that has been used in previous
Xen Summit events. All topics submitted for Category 2 will require a
detailed abstract described below.
CATEGORY 2 DETAILED ABSTRACT
A PDF file with one to two pages of formatted text (10 point font or
larger), plus one optional additional page containing figures and/or
tables, references, and acknowledgements. First page must contain topic
title, author(s) and affiliation(s). The PDF file MUST not contain more
than three pages. Additional pages (or even a full paper) may be
attached as a separate PDF but will not be considered in the selection
process. Examples of this format are available at:
http://www.xen.org/xensummit/xensummit_summer_2008.html
<http://www.xen.org/xensummit/xensummit_summer_2008.html> (look for
links to "Abstract" on some papers).
CATEGORY 3 INFORMATION
This Xen Summit will contain approximately 1.5 hours for Lightening
Round presentations. These 10 minute presentations will follow the Pecha
Kucha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha) presentation format to
allow for people to either introduce new ideas to the community or
follow-up on previous concepts or presentations.
All submissions should be sent directly to Stephen Spector at
stephen.spector@xen.org who will ensure that the information is
forwarded to the Program Committee. If you have any questions, please
call Stephen at (772) 621-5062. Thank you.
Xen Program Committee
________________________
Stephen Spector
Community Manager, Xen.org
772.621.5062
stephen.spector@xen.org <mailto:stephen.spector@xen.org>
Blog: http://blog.xen.org
Oracle's HQ in Redwood City, CA is now officially open for topic/speaker
submissions. Topic submissions for this event will remain open till
approximately early January 2009 to give time for people to submit their
ideas and for the Xen Program Committee to properly review all
submissions. To assist the Program Committee in better understanding the
submitted topics we are changing the procedure we have followed for
previous Xen Summits. All topics submitted must be categorized in of the
following ways:
1. Update on Previous Xen Summit Presentation
2. Academic Research Presentation OR New/Extended Topic
3. Lightning Round
CATEGORY 1 DETAILS
Primarily for: (i) developers to update the community on a development
project that was described at a previous Xen summit or on the xen-devel
mailing list, or (ii) xen users to describe a use case of Xen in the
real world. Timeslots will be in the 15-20 minute range, depending on
time available. Submittals are a minimum of 1-2 paragraphs, but more is
better and an extended abstract would be great. (Don't assume program
committee reviewers know all the details of your topic just because it
was discussed on xen-devel.)
CATEGORY 2 DETAILS
Primarily for: (i) Xen-related academic research; (ii) complex or
extended presentations. Timeslots will be in the 30 minute range,
depending on time available. Submittals must be in the extended
abstract format detailed below. (NOTE: Submitters may request "privacy"
for abstracts to avoid conflict with submittal rules for academic
conferences.)
CATEGORY 3 DETAILS
All papers not accepted in the previous categories will be considered
for the lightning round. In addition, submitters may explicitly request
a lightning round slot, e.g. for work-in-progress, wild-and-crazy ideas.
Timeslot will be at most 8-10 minutes and presentations will be required
to follow a TBD restricted format (such as Pecha Kucha). Submittals may
use the short format or the extended abstract format.
All topics submitted for Categories 1 or 3 can follow the standard 1 or
2 paragraph abstract submission format that has been used in previous
Xen Summit events. All topics submitted for Category 2 will require a
detailed abstract described below.
CATEGORY 2 DETAILED ABSTRACT
A PDF file with one to two pages of formatted text (10 point font or
larger), plus one optional additional page containing figures and/or
tables, references, and acknowledgements. First page must contain topic
title, author(s) and affiliation(s). The PDF file MUST not contain more
than three pages. Additional pages (or even a full paper) may be
attached as a separate PDF but will not be considered in the selection
process. Examples of this format are available at:
http://www.xen.org/xensummit/xensummit_summer_2008.html
<http://www.xen.org/xensummit/xensummit_summer_2008.html> (look for
links to "Abstract" on some papers).
CATEGORY 3 INFORMATION
This Xen Summit will contain approximately 1.5 hours for Lightening
Round presentations. These 10 minute presentations will follow the Pecha
Kucha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha) presentation format to
allow for people to either introduce new ideas to the community or
follow-up on previous concepts or presentations.
All submissions should be sent directly to Stephen Spector at
stephen.spector@xen.org who will ensure that the information is
forwarded to the Program Committee. If you have any questions, please
call Stephen at (772) 621-5062. Thank you.
Xen Program Committee
________________________
Stephen Spector
Community Manager, Xen.org
772.621.5062
stephen.spector@xen.org <mailto:stephen.spector@xen.org>
Blog: http://blog.xen.org