YAPC::NA 2006 - Call for Virtual Presentation

http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/17/1822234

If you are interested in presenting but unable to make it to YAPC::NA
this year another option is now available for a virtual presentation.

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On behalf of The Perl Foundation, Saint Louis.pm and Chicago.pm are
officially announcing the call for virtual participation for Yet Another
Perl Conference North America 2006. The virtual conference track will be
one day only and targeted for those remote presenters unable to attend in
person. The exact day is still TBD but will be one of June 26, 27, or 28.

Since this is Yet Another Perl Conference, we are looking for presentations
that would be of interest to Perl programmers. Typically this would be
something directly related to programming Perl, but it doesn't have to be.

In addition, this year we are branching out into the wider realm of dynamic
languages. Though most all sessions will be about Perl, we are planning on
slipping in a few talks on languages such as Ruby and Python. Think "Python
for Perl Programmers" or "Ruby Has Rails, Why Doesn't Perl?"

We are looking for 20, 50, and 80 minute presentations. Due to the nature of
remote presentations, group presentations are discouraged unless you can
physically be presenting with your co-presenter (maybe next year). Also, feel
free to submit multiple proposals to increase your chances of being chosen.

Please send your submissions to virtual-at-yapcchicago.org. Be sure to
include a title for your presentation, an abstract, and the amount of time
that you think you will need to present. In addition, list any virtual
presentation tools you can utilize (skype, ichat, etc), and any potential
challenges you see for a virtual presentation (bandwidth, etc). Please also
include any constraints on when you could present between 9:00am CDT 
5:00pm CDT.

The deadline for abstract submissions is May 15, 2006, but we are more than
happy to start receiving submissions today. When you submit your proposal,
expect to get a confirmation within a week. If you don't hear from us, try
to resubmit.