Call for proposal process in openSUSE.Asia Summit

1. M. Edwin Zakaria
openSUSE
medwin@opensuse.org
medwinz@opensuse.id
openSUSE.Asia Summit
Call For Proposal/CFP

2. Call For Proposal Timeline
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[1] CFP process starts 5 months before the summit
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[2] CFP submission end 2.5 months before summit
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[3] Paper acceptance and announcement 2 months before
summit
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https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Asia_Summit_Annual_Road
maps
[1]
OpenSUSE.
Asia Summit[2] [3]

3. CFP Topics
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CFP should be about openSUSE or other open source project
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It can be technical aspect or non-technical aspect, like:
marketing, communities, quality assurance, conference, etc
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Usually oSAS CFP subject follow the openSUSE Conference in
the same year (not mandatory)
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It will be change from time to time

4. CFP Topics
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Example of technical subject:
– openSUSE (including Leap, Tumbleweed, Open Build Services,
OpenQA, YaST)
– openSUSE Kubic, Cloud, Virtualization, Container, and Container
Orchestration
– Embedded and IoT
– Linux kernel and file system

5. CFP Topics
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Example of non-technical subject:
– Explanations of FLOSS technologies
– Development, Quality Assurance, Translation
– Tips & Tricks, Experience stories (success or fail), Best practice
– Marketing and community management
– Education

6. CFP Announcement
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https://news.opensuse.org
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https://news.opensuse.org/2015/08/25/opensuse-asia-summit
-call-for-papers/
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https://news.opensuse.org/2016/06/27/opensuse-asia-summit
-call-for-papers-is-open/
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https://news.opensuse.org/2017/07/07/opensuse-asia-summit
-2017-tokyo-call-for-proposals-is-open/
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https://news.opensuse.org/2018/05/17/opensuse-asia-summit
-2018-taiwan-call-for-proposals-is-open/
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https://news.opensuse.org/2019/05/01/opensuse-asia-summit
-2019-bali-call-for-proposals-is-open/

7. How to submit CFP
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Don’t miss the announcement on news.opensuse.org :-)
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Login to openSUSE event management (OSEM)
https://events.opensuse.org, create your account if you don’t have one
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Your proposal must be written in English and 150–500 words long with an
appropriate title.
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You may do your speech in the local language if you write “Speech in
local language” to the Requirements field. Presentation in English is
recommended, and your slides must be in English.

8. How to submit CFP
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Please run spell and grammar checkers for your proposal before submission.
– https://extensions.libreoffice.org/extensions/languagetool
– https://www.grammarly.com/
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Your biography on your profile page is also a reviewed document. Please do
not forget to write your background.
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You must obey openSUSE Conference code of conduct:
– https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Conference_code_of_conduct

9. Tips
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Write your proposal so that it is related to one or more topics
– For example, if your talk is on security or desktop, it is better that it contains how to
install these applications and/or demo on openSUSE.
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Please clarify what the participants will learn from your talk.
– The introduction of main technology or software in your talk
– The main topic of your talk
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For workshop:
– Write how to use your time and what you need.
– Write a simple timetable on your proposal
– Ask necessary equipment (laptops, internet access) to the Requirement field

10. CFP Evaluation
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CFP will be evaluated by a panel consist of openSUSE.Asia
Comittee
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Some considerant: relation to openSUSE development and
usage, new technology, impact to the community, local, etc
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Evaluation around 2 weeks after the submission period ended

11. 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
CFP submission
Lightning Talk
Short Talk
Long Talk
Short Workshop
Workshop
other class
CFP accepted
year
number
Call For Paper Submissions Amount

12. openSUSE®
Asia Summit CFP 2015 - 2019
Submitted Lightning
Talk
Short
Talk
Long
Talk
Short
Workshop
Workshop Other Accepted
2014 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
2015 49 2 13 11 2 4 0 32
2016 64 10 19 6 4 3 0 42
2017 79 5 15 30 0 4 2 56
2018 34 0 8 25 0 1 0 34
2019 96 3 14 33 0 5 0 55

13. and…...
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If your CFP got selected, submit your TSP
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Read
https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Travel_
Support_Program
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You can go abroad and support by
openSUSE

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