Places to give a talk

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This is a list of places that Sandstorm community members should think about giving a talk. They're sorted by date of the event. If you can think of another conference or get-together where attendees would like to hear about Sandstorm, then please add it to this list!

Financial aid, and stickers, available

If you're thinking of giving a talk, but have any difficulty at all paying for travel or conference fees, Sandstorm might be able to help you out. Email [email protected] and we will see what we can do.

If you'll be at a conference, we want to give you stickers you can hand out to attendees. Honestly we might want to give you enough to hand out to every attendee. Email us at [email protected].

Always a good idea: A Linux or programming meetup (Anywhere near you)

As you can see on the Sandstorm Talks page, many people have given a talk about Sandstorm at a programming or Linux or sysadmin meetup near them.

If you made an app written in Python, give a talk about it at a Python meetup.

If there's a Linux user group near you, tell people there what you like & don't like about Sandstorm.

Email me [email protected] if you need advice on this!

March 1-6 - Internet Freedom Festival (Valencia, Spain)

URL: https://internetfreedomfestival.org/
Call for talks still open? No, but I might be able to sweet-talk someone into letting you present at a booth or something.
Summary: The Internet Freedom Festival gathers the community keeping the Internet open and uncensored for a week of multidisciplinary collaboration. You could show up and perhaps answer people's questions about Sandstorm.

April 22-24 - Linuxfest Northwest in Bellingham (between Seattle and Vancouver, BC)

URL: http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/2016
Call for talks still open? No, closed Friday, Feburary 12th 7pm PST
Summary: LinuxFest Northwest is an annual OpenSource event held the last weekend in April, in Bellingham, WA USA. The Fest features presentations and Exhibits on various F/OSS topics, as well as Linux distributions and applications. LinuxFest Northwest has something for everyone from the novice to the professional.
Submitted proposals that mention Sandstorm:
- http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/2016/sessions/writing-open-source-webapps-without-fear Accepted!
- http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/2016/sessions/state-userops-movement

May 18-19, 2016 - O'Reilly OSCON Open Source Conference (Austin, Texas)

URL: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/open-source-us/
Call for talks still open? No, but you can get a (usually free) expo hall pass, and make a Birds of a Feather session about server self-hosting, or Sandstorm!
Summary: The original (also the biggest, baddest & broadest) open source gathering.

May 28-June 5 - PyCon (Portland, Oregon)

URL: https://us.pycon.org/2016/
Call for talks still open? No, but you can lead a Birds of a Feather session about sever self-hosting, or Sandstorm!
Summary: PyCon is the largest annual gathering for the community using and developing the open-source Python programming language.
Other Sandstorm-related notes: Drew Fisher and Asheesh Laroia will be in attendance.

July 2-9 - DebConf 2016 (Capetown, South Africa)

URL: http://debconf16.debconf.org/
Call for talks still open? Not yet open, but will be soon.
Summary: The Debian Conference is the annual Debian developers meeting, an event filled with coding parties, discussions and workshops – all of them highly technical in nature.
Other Sandstorm-related notes: Asheesh Laroia is a Debian developer.