[clug] Fwd: [Announce] Everything Open, All At Once!

Steve Walsh steve at nerdvana.org.au
Thu Jan 12 11:40:35 UTC 2023


Just a reminder, proposal submissions close this Sunday just in case you 
were thinking of submitting something and have not yet found a round tuit.

https://2023.everythingopen.au/programme/proposals/

On 18/12/22 22:52, Steve Walsh via linux wrote:
> Linux Australia's next conference, Everything Open, has opened the 
> call for sessions. details below
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:     [Announce] Everything Open, All At Once!
> Date:     Tue, 13 Dec 2022 20:00:15 +1000
> From:     Everything Open <contact at everythingopen.au>
> To:     eo-announce at lists.linux.org.au
>
>
>
> The Everything Open 2023 organising team is excited to announce:
>
> * Call for Sessions
> * Call for Volunteers
> * Financial Assistance applications
>
> ARE NOW OPEN!!!
>
> ----
>
> Wominjeka Everyone,
>
> Everything Open will run over three days - March 14-16, 2023 - in 
> Naarm (Melbourne) at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
> We are excited to be opening our Call for Sessions to get another wide 
> range of talks and tutorials in our schedule.
> We also need a team of volunteers to help us achieve success with this 
> conference.
>
>
> ## Call for Sessions
>
> We invite you to submit a session proposal on a topic you are familiar 
> with via our proposals portal at 
> https://2023.everythingopen.au/programme/proposals/.
> The Call for Sessions will remain open until 11:59 pm on Sunday 15 
> January 2023 anywhere on earth (AoE).
>
> There will be multiple streams catering for a wide range of interest 
> areas across the many facets of open technology, including Linux, open 
> source software, open hardware, standards, formats and documentation, 
> and our communities. In keeping with the conference's aim to be 
> inclusive to all community members, presentations can be aimed at any 
> level, ranging from technical deep-dives through to beginner and 
> intermediate level presentations for those who are newer to the 
> subject. Where possible, talks on a related subject will be arranged 
> sequentially in the schedule.
>
> There will be two types of sessions at Everything Open: talks and 
> tutorials. Talks will nominally be 45 minutes long on a single topic 
> presented in lecture format. We will also have a few short talk slots 
> (25 minutes) available, which are perfect for people new to presenting 
> at a conference. Tutorials are interactive and hands-on in nature, 
> presented in classroom format. Each accepted session will receive one 
> Professional level ticket to attend the conference.
>
> The Session Selection Committee is looking forward to reading your 
> submissions. We would also like to thank them for coming together and 
> volunteering their time to help put this conference together.
>
>
> ## Call for Volunteers
>
> We're calling on people to come forward and lend a hand again. If 
> you've done it all before and just want to get on with signing up, all 
> the details can be found at the volunteers page - 
> https://2023.everythingopen.au/attend/volunteer/.
>
> If you're new to it all and want to help out, keep reading!
>
> We're all volunteers ourselves and we need more – we can't run the 
> conference by ourselves, particularly during the week of the 
> conference itself. We need help with:
>
> * Checking attendees in when they arrive
> * Operating AV equipment such as audio gear and cameras
> * Directing people around our venue
> * Ensuring talks and tutorials run to schedule
> * Setting up and packing up the conference
>
> Anyone who has volunteered for a Linux Australia event before will 
> tell you it's a very busy time, but also very worthwhile. It's 
> satisfying to know that you've helped everyone at the conference to 
> get the most out of it. It's very rewarding knowing that you've made a 
> positive difference to someone's day.
>
> You don't just get to meet the delegates and speakers, you also get to 
> know many of them while helping them out. You are presented with a 
> unique opportunity to get the behind the scenes and close to the 
> action. You'll get to forge new relationships with amazing, 
> interesting and wonderful people (just like you), whom you might not 
> have otherwise had the good fortune to meet in any other way.
>
> In return for your help we'll provide you with:
> * Food - morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea
> * A clean T shirt everyday
> * If you want one, a letter of reference at the end of the conference
>
> Depending on the number of volunteers we get and workload (many hands 
> make light work), we'll do our best to allocate you to roles so that 
> you can attend talks that interest you.
>
> For more information, please check out our volunteers page at 
> https://2023.everythingopen.au/attend/volunteer/, where we have full 
> details of what we need assistance with.
> We review and approve applications regularly.
>
>
> ## Financial Assistance
>
> We have budget set aside for providing financial assistance to 
> Everything Open attendees who might otherwise find it difficult to 
> attend. This program is a key part of our outreach and inclusion 
> efforts for Everything Open.
>
> Anyone can apply for financial assistance for Everything Open 2023. 
> The assistance can cover things such as a ticket to the conference, 
> travel, accommodation, or other costs that you would incur to attend. 
> We will be processing applications on a regular basis until funds are 
> exhausted, so we encourage you to apply early for a greater chance of 
> being accepted.
>
> Full details about the program and the application form can be found 
> in our Financial Assistance guide at 
> https://2023.everythingopen.au/attend/assistance/.
>
> If you have any other questions you can contact us via email at 
> contact at everythingopen.au.
>
>
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