We are pleased to announce the Call for Microconferences for the 2021 edition Linux Plumbers Conference, which we plan to hold in Dublin,
Ireland the last week of September in conjunction with The Linux Foundation Open Source Summit. If an in-person conference should prove to be impossible due to the circumstances at that time, Linux Plumbers will switch to a virtual only conference. Microconference runners should ideally be able to attend in person if circumstances permit, although arrangements may be possible to do so remotely. Please see our website or social media for regular updates.
A microconference is a collection of collaborative sessions focused on problems in a particular area of Linux plumbing, which includes the kernel, libraries, utilities, services, UI, and so forth, but can also focus on cross-cutting concerns such as security, scaling, energy efficiency, toolchains, container runtimes, or a particular use case. Good microconferences result in solutions to these problems and concerns, while the best microconferences result in patches that implement those solutions.
For more information on submitting a microconference proposal, visit our
CfP page.
The microconference submission process differs from that for presentations in the submissions may be (and, indeed, are expected to be) updated over time. The initial submission should include the topic of the microconference, a list of problems that are expected to be discussed, and a list of key developers that can make decisions for solutions to those problems. The Linux Plumbers program committee will work with the authors of the microconference submissions to help clarify the objectives of the microconerence.
Microconferences that have been at a previous Linux Plumbers should also
include in the submission, a list of accomplishments that were a result of that previous meet up and the topics listed for this year’s meet up should include a new set of topics and follow up work from the previous year’s topics.
Topics of a microconference should be thought of as “problem statements” and not an “abstract” like a presentation. Topics are meant to be mostly discussion oriented or presentations to facilitate discussions, but should not be a presentation to simply demonstrate what has already been accomplished. Microconferences are to discuss problems of today and tomorrow, and not to discuss accomplishments of yesterday.
Acceptance of microconferences will be done in the order the submissions become ready for acceptance. The microconference submitters should be prepared to write a blog entry advertising their microconference.
