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    <h1>Boost Conference 2007: 
    Call for  Sessions</h1>
    <p>The first annual Boost conference will take place in Aspen, Colorado, May 
    14-18, 2007.</p>
    <p>This inaugural Boost conference promises to be the main face-to-face 
    venue for all things Boost, from using libraries to writing them, from 
    evangelizing Boost to deployment within your organization, from 
    infrastructure and process to vision and mission, and from TR1 to TR2. Given 
    the range and interests of the participants, the event is going to be 
    intense and in-depth.</p>
    <p>BoostCon 2007 is looking for session presenters. We invite you to propose a session. </p>
    <p>More <a href="http://www.boost.org/more/BoostCon07.html">
    BoostCon 2007 information</a> is available on the Boost web site.</p>
    <p><a href="#formats">Session formats</a><br>
    <a href="#topics">Session topics</a><br>
    <a href="#proposal">Submitting a proposal</a><br>
    <a href="#Timeline">Timeline</a><br>
    <a href="#Other">Other arrangements</a></p>
    <h2>Session <a name="formats">formats</a></h2>
    <p><strong>Presentations</strong> focus on a practitioner�s ideas and 
    experience with anything relevant to Boost and Boost users. </p>
    <p><strong>Panels</strong> 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. </p>
    <p><strong>Tutorials</strong> are formally prepared sessions at which 
    instructors teach conference participants specific Boost relevant skills.
    </p>
    <p><strong>Workshops</strong> 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. </p>
    <p><strong>Other formats</strong> may also be of interest. Don't hold back a 
    proposal just because it doesn't fit into a pigeonhole. </p>
    <h2>Session <a name="topics">topics</a></h2>
    <p>Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following: </p>
    <ul>
      <li>General tutorial sessions introducing one or more Boost libraries </li>
      <li>In-depth sessions on using specific libraries </li>
      <li>Case studies on using Boost </li>
      <li>Experts panels </li>
      <li>Advanced sessions on implementation techniques used within Boost 
      libraries </li>
      <li>TR1 (and TR2) </li>
      <li>Development workshops to extend or enhance existing Boost libraries
      </li>
      <li>Workshops on design process </li>
      <li>Infrastructure workshops
      <ul>
        <li>Build tools </li>
        <li>Website </li>
        <li>Testing </li>
      </ul>
      </li>
      <li>C++0x and how it will change life for users and library writers </li>
      <li>Concepts and Generic Programming </li>
      <li>Other topics likely to be of great interest to Boost users and 
      developers </li>
    </ul>
    <p>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. </p>
    <h2>Submitting a <a name="proposal">proposal</a></h2>
    <p>Tentative scheduling plans are for 90 minute sessions. You may submit a 
    proposal for fractions or multiples of 90-minutes. Fractional proposals will 
    be grouped into 90 minute sessions covering related topics. Longer sessions, 
    such as tutorials and classes, will be assigned 90 minute, three hour (i.e. 
    half day), or six hour (i.e. full day) time slots.</p>
    <p>Please include: </p>
    <ul>
      <li>The working title. </li>
      <li>Type of session: presentation/panel/tutorial/workshop/lightning-talk/other </li>
      <li>A paragraph or two describing the topic covered, suitable for the conference 
      web site </li>
      <li>Proposed length: 10-20 minute lightning-talks, 45 minutes, 90 minutes, half-day, full day </li>
      <li>Alternate lengths, if you are willing to made adjustments: 10-20 
      minute lightning-talks, 45 minutes, 90 minutes, half-day, full day </li>
      <li>Audience: users/developers/both </li>
      <li>Level: basic/intermediate/advanced </li>
      <li>A biography, suitable for the conference web site </li>
      <li>Your contact information (will not be made public) </li>
    </ul>
    <p>Please submit via email to <a href="mailto:boostcon-program@lists.boost-consulting.com">boostcon-program@lists.boost-consulting.com</a>, with a 
    subject that begins &quot;BoostCon 
    proposal&quot; </p>
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    <p>Revised:
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    <p>� Copyright David Abrahams and Beman Dawes 2006</p>
    <p>Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See 
    accompanying file <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">
    LICENSE_1_0.txt</a> or copy at
    <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>)
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