Papers

Submissions

Submissions due: 13th September 2004

Important dates are:

 Submission deadline  13th September 2004 
 Review results   8th October 2004 
 Proceedings version   8th November 2004 
 Conference   1st - 3rd December 2004 

What is a paper?

Papers are provided to conference attendees to support the material you cover in your talk. These can be copies of your slides, a research paper containing more in-depth coverage of the topic you talk about or a HOW-TO about your technology.

Papers should provide the reader with something that reminds them about your talk (or fills them in if they missed it) and should include

Your paper can be a copy of your presentation slides or a separate document. It can go into as much detail about your talk's topic as you can fit within the page limits.

Alternately, if your talk introduces a technology and covers why someone might want to use it, your paper may be a stand-alone tutorial covering what the technology is and how to use it.

How long should my paper be?

Lightning talks

We request that you limit your paper to 2 A4 pages of 11-point type with reasonable margins.

Standard length talks

We request that you limit your paper to 5 A4 pages of 11-point type with reasonable margins. We're happy to discuss this if you need a few more pages. Presentation slides should be condensed to no more than 6 per page and should be presented in English reading order.

Long talks

We request that you limit your paper to 10 A4 pages of 11 point type with reasonable margins. We're happy to discuss this if you need a few more pages. Presentation slides should be condensed to no more than 6 per page and should be presented in English reading order.

Submission formats

The following submission formats are acceptable:

(Note: Images included must be small line art or print well in B&W and in GIF, JPG or PNG formats)

What should I submit for review?

Please submit your full paper, not a draft. This paper should contain all the usual things in a paper such as an abstract, introduction, body and conclusion. Your paper should already have been proof-read and technically reviewed by someone familiar with your technology. The review process is aimed at providing you with technological and structural improvements rather than correction of typographical errors and syntax corrections.

What else do I need to submit?

We'd love you to submit a short biography about yourself and what you do in open source. This should be no more than 15 lines long and must be submitted in plain text format.

How do I submit my paper?

Once you've written your paper and you're happy that it's of a presentable quality send it to papers@osdc.com.au we will assign your paper to a team of reviewers who will respond to you with suggestions by October 8th 2004.

Further questions?

If you have any questions, please contact the OSDC committee at osdc-help@osdc.com.au