[nylug-talk] Preliminary Freedom-IT Call for Papers: Comments Requested

[Shoshana Safir]

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Shani


On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 00:40 -0400, Shoshana Safir wrote:
> I'm actually getting excited about this because the results of tonights
> brain storms was very very good and Dovid has made an excellent
> preliminary
> call for papers document.  I need a panel to accept papers and review
> them and
> I'm hoping that Rick Moen, RMS, Ron Guerini, Brian Seitz and Paul
> Marino 
> can make up this panel.
> 
> This is the preliminary CFP.  Please comment:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Anouncement:
> Call For Papers for North American Conference of Freedom-IT
> 
> 
> The Freedom-IT is a college of profesional Free Software developers
> in North America who conduct a yearly retreat for people serious
> about Free Software Development.  It focuses on top shelf advances
> in Free Software and computer sciences in general.
> 
> Freedom IT -  Call For Papers:
> 
> This years 2007-08 winter conference is "Technical developement in
> Software Multimedia and Its Importance in Ssociety.
> 
> The Meeting will be held in Lake Placid February, 2008
> 
> Submiting Papers: Papers must be relevent the folowing topics listed
> below.
> Papers must be between 750 - 1500 characters. All papers should be sent
> to
> Ellen at nylxs.com.  Prefered format include open non-proprietary standards
> which can be edited. Plain ascii text is best, although, HTML, and
> OpenOffice  odt and sxv formats will be accepted.
> 
> List of topics:
> 
> Developments of the following areas are of particular interest to
> the Freedom-IT conference:
> 
> Free Software and audio media and delivery
> Free Software vidio codecs and commercial implimentations
> Media cryptogrophy and content controll as well as reverse engineering
> of
> existing formats
> Multimedia distribution on small devices and phones
> Streaming media for commercial and home implimentations
> Broadcast media formats, players and storage devices. (Tivo, Myth TV)
> 
> Societial and Commercial topics of study include:
> 
> The impact of GPL3 on Free Software media distribution.
> Benefits and perils of the proposed high definition media propietary
> formats
> such as Blue Ray.
> Text, print, and real world publishings. (LuLu.com) and its comerical i
> mplications.
> 
> Papers that qualify will be sent notice.
> 
> Presentation: Proper Time will be given as needed to present followed by
> questions.
> 
> For further questions or more information email ellen at nylxs.com
> 
>