[Masterlibre-list] CALL FOR PROPOSALS for the Open Educational Symposium (reminder)

[Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona]

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS for the Open Educational Symposium (reminder)

OSS 2005, The First International Conference on Open Source Systems
Genova, July 11 - 15, 2005

http://oss2005.case.unibz.it

Submissions of proposals are solicited for the Open Educational
Symposium of the "First International Conference on Open Source Systems,
OSS2005", to be held in Genova, Italy from the 11th to the 15th of July
2005.

TOPICS

For the open session of the Educational Symposium, proposals are sought
on the following topics:

- Libre software tools and infrastructures for education (including
demos)
- Experiences of use of libre software for education
- Impact of libre software on education
- Education and training about libre software

In addition, other topics related to libre (free, open source) software
and education will be considered

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
* Submissions of proposals: March 1, 2005
* Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2005
* All final manuscripts ready in final version: April 1, 2005
* Pre-registration ends:  April 15, 2005

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SUBMISSION

Papers must be original and not under consideration for publication
elsewhere. Authors must clearly explain the contribution of the work in
terms of its theoretical and/or practical value and relationship to
previous work. Submissions must extended abstracts of about 1000-1500
words, in English, including a list of keywords.


*Submission Process*

Submissions should be sent as a PDF email attachments to Marco Scotto
(address@hidden).

Submissions should be formatted as follows:
- A4 Pages, single column
- 12pt Times Roman

*Inclusion in Conference Proceedings*

The accepted extended abstract will be organized into formal
proceedings.

If accepted, the extended abstracts should be then produced according to
the guidelines that will be supplied by the publisher.