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Call For Proposals 2014 X.Org Developers Conference (XDC 2014) 8-10 October 2014 Bordeaux, France

The 2014 X.Org Developers Conference is the annual technical meeting for X Window System and Free Desktop developers. The attendees will gather to discuss outstanding technical issues related to the Open Source Graphics stack (X, Wayland, Mesa, DRI, ...) and its software ecosystem. The event is free of charge and open to the general public.

The XDC 2014 Technical Program Committee (TPC) is requesting proposals for papers and presentations at XDC 2014. While any serious proposal will be gratefully considered, topics of interest to X.org and FreeDesktop.org developers are encouraged. There are three particular types of proposal the TPC is seeking:

  1. Technical talk abstracts: 250-1000 words describing a presentation to be made at XDC 2014. This can be anything: a work-in-progress talk, a proposal for change, analysis of trends, etc.
  2. Informal white papers: 1000+ words on something of interest or relevance to X.org developers, FreeDesktop.org developers or the X community at large. These papers will appear in the online conference proceedings of XDC 2014, and are unrefereed (beyond basic checks for legitimacy and relevance). Papers can be refereed if requested in advance.
  3. Technical research papers: 2500+ words in a format and style suitable for refereed technical publication. Papers that are judged acceptable by the TPC and its referees will be published in the online conference proceedings of XDC 2014.

XDC 2014 technical presenters will be chosen from the authors of any of these submissions (as well as other presenters invited by the TPC).

Presenters will be selected from those who submit before the deadline. There is usually time left for late talk proposals, but do not count on it. We also may be able to offer financial assistance for travel for presenters who could not otherwise afford to attend and who submit before the deadline. Please do submit your proposal in a timely fashion.

Proposals due: Wednesday 10 September 2014 17:00 UTC.

Accepted formats: PDF and ASCII text.

Notification of acceptance: Wednesday 1 October 2014

E-mail: board at foundation.x.org