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5TH ANNUAL BOOST CONFERENCE 2011
Aspen CO, USA, May 15 - 20, 2011, www.boostcon.com

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

We invite you to submit session proposals to the 5th Annual Boost
Conference:
BoostCon 2011 (Aspen CO, USA, May 15 - 20, 2011).

Traditionally the main face-to-face event for all things Boost
(www.boost.org),
BoostCon 2011 will present leading speakers from the whole C++
community. From
using the Boost libraries to writing and maintaining them, from
evangelizing to
deploying Boost within your organization, from infrastructure and
process to
vision and mission, and the new C++ Standard, BoostCon brings together
the
sessions, the colleagues, and the inspiration to support your work
with C++ and
Boost in particular for the next year.

To reflect the breadth of the Boost community, the conference includes
sessions
aimed at three constituencies: Boost end-users, hard-core Boost
library and tool
developers, and academics focusing on researcher. The program fosters
interaction
and engagement within and across those groups, with an emphasis on
hands-on,
participatory sessions.

SESSION TOPICS

Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following:
* General tutorial sessions introducing one or more Boost libraries
* In-depth sessions on using specific Boost libraries
* Case studies on using Boost
* Experts panels
* Advanced sessions on implementation techniques used within Boost
libraries
* C++0x and how it changes life for users and library writers
* Development workshops to extend or enhance existing Boost libraries
* Workshops on design process
* Infrastructure workshops such as Build tools, Website, Testing
* Concepts and Generic Programming
* Hardware and infrastructure presentations focused on how libraries
can make
 better use of the technology
* Software development tools and their application to C++ and or Boost
* Other topics likely to be of great interest to Boost users and
developers

Interactive and collaborative sessions are encouraged, as this is the
nature of
both the on-line Boost community and the style of learning and
participation that
has proven most successful at such events. Sessions can be tutorial
based, with
an emphasis on interaction and participant involvement, or workshop
based, whether
hands-on programming or paper-based, discussion-driven collaborative
work.

SESSION FORMATS

Presentations
-------------
Presentations focus on a practitioner's ideas and experience with
anything
relevant to Boost and Boost users.

Panels
-------------
Panels feature three or four people presenting their ideas and
experiences
relating to Boost's relevant, controversial, emerging, or unresolved
issues.
Panels may be conducted in several ways, such as comparative,
analytic, or
historic.

Tutorials
-------------
Tutorials are sessions at which instructors teach conference
participants
specific Boost-relevant skills.

Workshops
-------------
Workshops provide an active arena for advancements in Boost-relevant
topics. Workshops provide the opportunity for experienced
practitioners to
develop new ideas about a topic of common interest and experience.
Author's Corner Presentations
These were introduced at BoostCon 2008, and were a great success. They
are
short (30 minute) sessions, focusing on tips on usage and design. In
addition,
we're looking to uncover the hidden design gems in Boost libraries.
Tool Vendors Presentations
We actively encourage tool vendors and ISP's to submit proposals for a
special
Tool Vendors Session Track aimed at products related to Boost and C++
(compilers, libraries, tools, etc.).

Other formats may also be of interest. Don't hold back a proposal just
because it
doesn't fit into a pigeonhole.

SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL

Standard Sessions are 90 minutes. You may submit a proposal for
fractions or
multiples of 90-minutes. Fractional proposals will be grouped into 90
minute
sessions covering related topics. Longer sessions, such as tutorials
and classes,
will be assigned 90 minute, three hour (i.e. half day), or six hour
(i.e. full day)
time slots.

Please include:
* The working title.
* Type of session: presentation, panel, tutorial, workshop, authors
corner,
 vendor track, other.
* A paragraph or two describing the topic covered, suitable for the
conference
 web site.
* Proposed length: 10-20 minute short talks, 45 minutes, 90 minutes,
half day,
 full day.
* Alternate lengths, if you are willing to make adjustments: 10-20
minute
 short-talks, 45 minutes, 90 minutes, half-day, full day.
* Audience: users, developers, both.
* Level: basic, intermediate, advanced.
* A biography, suitable for the conference web site.
* Your contact information (will not be made public).

SUBMISSION DETAILS

All submissions have to be done through the EasyChair conference
management system:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=boostcon2011. If you have
not already
registered at EasyChair, you will need to do so in order to submit
your proposal.

All submissions will go through a peer review process.

Authors are invited (but are not required) to submit PDF versions of
full papers of
up to 10 pages in ACM conference proceedings format
(see http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates). The
full papers
are not required unless you want them published in the proceedings.

All accepted proposals will be made available in the Association for
Computing
Machinery (ACM) Digital Library (approval pending). Best papers, after
further
reviews, will be considered to be book chapters or journal articles in
a renowned
journal.

The session materials go on the BoostCon website and will be available
to
attendees.

For general information on the BoostCon 2011 paper submission or the
scope of
technical papers solicited, please refer to the conference website at
www.boostcon.com. For any other questions about the submission process
or paper
format, please contact the Program Committee at
boostcon2011@easychair.com. If
you have any technical problems with EasyChair, please contact
EasyChair for help.

Note: Presenters must agree to grant a non-exclusive perpetual license
to publish
submitted materials, either electronically or in print, in any media
related to
BoostCon.

IMPORTANT DATES

Proposal submissions due: December 10th, 2011.
Proposals decisions sent (tentative program available): January 17th,
2011.
Fully scheduled program available: February 7th, 2011.
Session materials due: April 15th, 2011.


Hartmut Kaiser, email: hartmut.kaiser@gmail.com (Program Committee
Chair)
David Abrahams, email: dave@boostpro.com (Conference Chair)

On behalf of the conference organizers


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