Re: FOSDEM call for Guile related talks

[Alex Sassmannshausen]

Hi Neil,

>From my perspective I think that sounds super interesting — I would say
if you can confirm that you're going to be there, then you should
definitely submit a proposal; the worst that would happen is that we
have too many proposals — and that would really be more of a luxury
problem :-)

Best wishes,
Alex

address@hidden writes:

> Hi there!
>
> I'm not yet sure if I'm coming to FOSDEM; but if I am... I could potentially 
> do a talk about how I've used Guile in my GTA04 phone experimentation - which 
> means a combination of web server code and integration with dbus, oFono, 
> connman and the enlightenment libraries.
>
> Does that sound interesting?
>
> Regards,
>    Neil
>
>
>  Original Message 
> From: Pjotr Prins
> Sent: Saturday, 31 October 2015 09:44
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: FOSDEM call for Guile related talks
>
> # GNU Guile devroom call for talks @FOSDEM 2016 
>
> For the first time ever, we have a GNU Guile devroom at FOSDEM on January 30,
> 2016. The call for talk proposals is open! Important members of the GNU Guile
> and GNU Guix community will attend. We are excited because FOSDEM is one of 
> the
> most important free software conferences and is hosted annually at 
> [Université libre de
> Bruxelles in Brussels,
> Belgium](https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/transportation/); the devroom will
> host up to 80 people.
>
> Submissions for talks are due on November 30, 2015. 
>
> ## Topics
>
> GNU Guile is the preferred extension system for the GNU Project which
> features an implementation of the Scheme programming language, a dialect of
> Lisp. Especially technical talks are invited on topics concerning GNU Guile 
> and
> applications that use Guile (such as GNU Guix, Lilypond and Gnucash). In the
> talks both experienced Guile programmers and newbies should be addressed.
> FOSDEM is a great opportunity to attract people interested in GNU Guile and
> Lisp. Examples of (already proposed) talks could be
>
> - Guile programming:
> + functors and monads in Guile
> + composable continuations in Guile
> + POSIX programming in Guile and the FFI
> - Web frameworks with GNU Guile
> - GNU Guix:
> + GNU/Hurd support in Guix
> + R, Perl, Python and Ruby support in GNU Guix
> + Reproducible pipelines for Guix
> + Guix environments (VM, containers etc.)
> - Guile and the network:
> + Software distribution using GNUnet
> + Paving a path to greater network freedom using Guix and Guile
>
> ## Submit talk
>
> Feel free to submit your own topic or even run with one of these. The
> most interesting talks will be selected. Talks are 15 or 30 minutes
> (including Q&A; please notify in the application your preference) on
> GNU Guile related projects.
>
> Please note that presenting at FOSDEM implies giving permission to be
> recorded. The recordings will be published under the same licence as
> all FOSDEM content (CC-BY).
>
> Submit your proposal here: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM16
>
> If you submitted a talk to a previous FOSDEM, you should already have
> an account, so make sure that you log in with your existing account.
> You should only need to create an account if you have not submitted a
> talk to FOSDEM in recent years. After you have your account
> configured (you will receive a confirmation email), create the event,
> and click on "Show all" in the top right corner to diplay the full
> form. When submitting your talk make doubly sure to select "GNU Guile
> devroom" as track, and include the following information:
>
> * The title and subtitle of your talk
> * A short abstract of one paragraph
> * A longer description if you wish to do so
> * Links to related websites/blogs etc