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.

March 10-13: Investigate Reporters conference NICAR (Denver, Colorado)

• URL: https://ire.org/conferences/nicar2016/
• Call for talks still open? No, but if you already plan to go, I'd love to send you stickers. If you want to submit a talk next year, let's prepare now.
• Summary: The Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference offers something for everyone, from beginners to those on the cutting edge of digital reporting.

March 19-20: LibrePlanet (Cambridge, MA)

• URL: https://libreplanet.org/2016/
• Call for talks still open? No, but if you plan to go, I'd love to send you stickers. Usually there are lightning talk opportunities.
• Summary: LibrePlanet is an annual conference hosted by the Free Software Foundation for people who care about their digital freedoms, bringing together software developers, policy experts, activists, and computer users to learn skills, share accomplishments, and address challenges facing the free software movement.

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.

July 13-16 - FISL (Puerto Alegre, Brazil)

• URL: http://softwarelivre.org/fisl16/

August 22-24 - LinuxCon North America (Toronto, Canada)

• URL: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/
• CFP: Open until April 26

October 4-6 - LinuxCon Europe (Berlin, Germany)

• URL: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon-europe
• CFP: Open until June 16

October 17-19 - OSCON Europe (London, England)

• URL: http://www.oscon.com/open-source-eu-2016
• CFP: Not open yet

December 4-9 - Large Installation Systems Administrator Conference (Boston, MA)

• URL: https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa16
• CFP: Not open yet

Where to find conferences to add to this list

• LWN Community Calendar: https://lwn.net/Calendar/
• LWN.net CFP Deadline Calendar: https://lwn.net/Calendar/Monthly/cfp/
• Thanks to Deb Nicholson for providing the initial version of this list!