The first annual Boost conference will take place in Aspen, Colorado, May 14-18. This promises to be the main face-to-face event for all things Boost, from generic-programming techniques to Boost community, from using Boost libraries to writing Boost libraries, from deployment considerations to promoting the use of Boost more widely, from TR1 to TR2. Given the range and interests of the participants, this event promises to be intense and in depth. We invite you to propose a session.
More BoostCon 2007 information is available on the Boost web site.
Session formats
Session topics
Submitting a proposal
Timeline
Other arrangements
Presentations focus on a practitioner’s ideas and experience with anything relevant to Boost and Boost users.
Panels feature three or four people presenting their ideas and experiences relating to Boost relevant, controversial, emerging, or unresolved issues. Panels may be conducted in several ways, such as comparative, analytic, or historic.
Tutorials are formally prepared sessions at which instructors teach conference participants specific Boost relevant skills.
Workshops provide an active arena for advancements in Boost relevant topics. Workshops provide the opportunity for experienced practitioners to develop new ideas about a topic of common interest and experience.
Other formats may also be of interest. Don't hold back a proposal just because it doesn't fit in a pigeonhole.
Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following:
Interactive and collaborative sessions are encouraged, as this is the nature of both the online Boost community and the style of learning and participation that has proven most successful at such events. Sessions can be tutorial based, with an emphasis on interaction and participant involvement, or workshop based, whether hands-on programming or paper-based, discussion-driven collaborative work.
Please include:
Please submit via email to conference@boost-consulting.com, with a subject that begins "BoostCon proposal"
Proposals due October 27, 2006
Proposals acceptances sent November 10, 2006
Session materials due March 15, 2007
Like Boost itself, BoostCon is strictly non-profit. Conference organizers and presenters are not paid for their time. Any surplus money will be rolled over into the succeeding year BoostCon budget.
To reduce the price for attendees this first year, conference organizers and presenters will pay the regular admission fee and will receive no compensation. We recognize this is tough for presenters on tight budgets, so will consider providing financial support if requested, based on budget and the applicant's needs.
Revised: 29 September 2006
© Copyright David Abrahams and Beman Dawes 2006
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