[PHP-DEV] PHP Conference Call for Participation From: Rasmus Lerdorf (rasmus <email protected>)
Date: 01/09/01

Call for Participation
======================

O'Reilly & Associates is pleased to announce the 1st annual PHP
Conference. This event is the central gathering place for the PHP
community to exchange ideas, techniques, and to advance the language. The
PHP Conference is a five-day event designed for PHP programmers and
developers and technical staff involved in PHP technology and its
applications. The conference will be part of the O'Reilly Open Source
Convention alongside the 5th annual Perl Conference at the Sheraton San
Diego Hotel and Marina, San Diego, California, July 23-27, 2001.

The Open Source Conference includes two days of intensely focused
tutorials aimed mainly at intermediate and advanced PHP, Perl and Python
programmers along with users of popular technologies such as XML, MySQL,
Mozilla, Apache, Tcl and Zope. These tutorials are designed to provide
concrete knowledge that leads directly to better programs. Three days
of multi-tracked conference sessions focus on the cutting edge technology
and feature talks, demonstrations, and panel debates on topics ranging from
object-orientation to data mining.

Technically sophisticated individuals who are actively working with the
technology make all tutorial and conference presentations. Presentations
by marketing staff or with a marketing focus will not be accepted.

Participation Opportunities
---------------------------
Individuals and companies interested in making technical presentations at
the Conference are invited to submit proposals to the conference
organizers following the guidelines below. Proposals will be considered in
two classes: tutorial programs and conference presentations.

Topics
------
The program committee invites submissions of tutorials, or conference
presentations on topics of interest to PHP programmers. Here are some
suggested topics:

        Extending PHP
        E-Commerce with PHP
        WebMail with PHP
        XML/XSLT/XML-RPC
        CORBA and PHP
        LDAP
        PHP on Windows
               Ways to connect to Windows ODBC from UNIX

Tutorial Presentations
----------------------
The first two days of the conference are devoted to tutorial
presentations.

Tutorial proposals must include:

 - Tutorial Title

 - Tutorial length (3 or 6 hours)

 - Target audience including any prerequisites for taking advantage of the
   material (i.e. a basic understanding of PHP is necessary)

 - What attendees will learn--the knowledge or skill take-away attendees
   will have at the completion of thetutorial

 - Tutorial outline--a short bullet list or description of the course
   itself and the material it covers

 - Speaker name

 - Speaker biography

 - Complete speaker contact information; if applicable, include
   administrative support contact information

Conference Presentations
------------------------
Conference presentations will take place on the third to fifth days of the
conference and participation will be considered for these types of talks:

Case studies showing an application of PHP, the problems that were solved
and the lessons learned

Focused technology discussions covering a specific PHP technology and
showing a variety of implementation or application options

New product/technology demonstrations--live demonstrations of released or
near released PHP extensions or applications

Panel participation--speakers to participate in one of the various panel
discussions that are part of the conference

Conference proposals must include:

 - Type of talk--technology, new product, case study, or panel

 - Title of talk or demonstration

 - Abstract of talk, maximum 250 words

 - Speaker name

 - Speaker biography

 - Complete speaker contact information; if applicable,
   include administrative support contact information

Submitting Your Proposal
------------------------
Please send all proposals to: oscon2001-php-proposals <email protected>

Submit all proposals via electronic mail in plain text with no
attachments. Submit one proposal per email. The subject line of your email
must follow this format:

Your Last Name: proposal type (tutorial, proposal, paper): proposal title

for example: Smith: Tutorial: Advanced PHP Programming

You will receive an automatic confirmation of receipt for each proposal.

Important Dates
---------------
Proposals due: February 15, 2001

Notification to conference and tutorial presenters: March 1, 2001

Tutorial presentations due: May 1, 2001

Conference presentations due: June 1, 2001 

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