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The state of the conference
by Andrew Findlay 20 Feb '15

20 Feb '15

I will be on holiday in New Zealand from 15th Feb to 14th March and will have limited access to e-mail during that time so here is a summary of the state of preparations: Call for Papers: issued A handful of proposals are already in. I suggest we look at what we have in mid-March, pick a few must-have papers, and use the titles in a round of reminders to the community to submit more proposals. Venue: booked Website: live, with initial content. This is based on Wordpress so we can have as many contributors as we need. Please contact me or heiko.huetter(a)daasi.de if you want an account. We have the top position on Google for 'ldap conference' and 'ldapcon' Social media: We have presence on Twitter, Lanyrd, Facebook and Google+ Not sure how best to handle LinkedIn: I posted to the LDAP Experts group, but the post got labelled as a promotion (correct I suppose) so it shows up in a slightly obscure tab. Should we register the conference for a company page? Budget: Kimball has another conference to run shortly so don't expect much detail until that is done. We have several offers of sponsorship so we need to think about what can be sponsored and how much the contributions should be. Budget items to consider: Catering Conference dinner Contribution to student fund in lieu of venue hire fee Accommodation costs for speakers who cannot claim from their own employer Conference merchandise Printed proceedings?? Conference dinner: The Edinburgh Caves has been suggested: http://unusualvenuesedinburgh.com/venues/the-caves Andrew -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | From Andrew Findlay, Skills 1st Ltd | | Consultant in large-scale systems, networks, and directory services | | http://www.skills-1st.co.uk/ +44 1628 782565 | -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [LDAPCon 2015] More social media
by Clément OUDOT 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

2015-02-05 19:15 GMT+01:00 Andrew Findlay <andrew.findlay(a)skills-1st.co.uk>: > Could you establish a page for the conference on Google+ and Facebook please? > Let me know the URLs and I will link them from the navigation bar on the > website. Hi, Event on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/events/825037300887042/ Event on Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cmls89l6p2ncstjubtq9vuaf2jo Saw you already created the event on Lanyrd: http://lanyrd.com/2015/ldapcon/ Seems we have the main social media here. Clément.

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submissions@lists.ldapcon.org bounces
by Michael Ströder 05 Feb '15

05 Feb '15

HI! I got the message below when sending to submissions(a)lists.ldapcon.org (the address mentioned in the CfP). Can this be fixed? Please... Ciao, Michael. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: My proposals for LDAPcon 2015 Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 22:04:35 +0100 From: submissions-owner(a)lists.ldapcon.org To: michael(a)stroeder.com You are not allowed to post to this mailing list, and your message has been automatically rejected. If you think that your messages are being rejected in error, contact the mailing list owner at submissions-owner(a)lists.ldapcon.org.

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Booking agents and social media
by Andrew Findlay 05 Feb '15

05 Feb '15

LDAPCon 2013 used Lanyrd and Eventbrite for advance bookings. This seemed to work reasonably well from a delegate point of view, and of course most of the likely attendees for 2015 now have Lanyrd accounts... Does anyone know more about Lanyrd from an organiser's perspective? Ludo - who should we talk to in LDAPGTF? Lanyrd seem to be a US-based organisation, so there is a risk that we lose quite a lot in currency conversion charges as well as fees. FLOSSUK/UKUUG have agreed to handle the money, and I see that their Spring conference this year is also using Eventbrite but the final payment will not have gone through before we need to choose. Kimball and Stephen: do you have any more background on this? Thinking about other social media: LDAPCon 2013 used Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and Lanyrd. There was activity on all of them, but with a clear preference for Twitter. Nothing much happened on Facebook after the initial announcement (or at least, nothing that is visible without an account). There did not appear to be any use of LinkedIn. We obviously need a presence on social media. Who will volunteer to maintain it? I have started posting stuff on LinkedIn, but it seems to be a bit transient - maybe we need a 'company page' for the conference? I see that https://twitter.com/ldapcon describes itself as 'Official account for LDAPcon, international LDAP conference' so it would be good to carry on using that account. Does anyone know who controls it? Andrew -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | From Andrew Findlay, Skills 1st Ltd | | Consultant in large-scale systems, networks, and directory services | | http://www.skills-1st.co.uk/ +44 1628 782565 | -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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LDAPCon 2015 Mailinglist
by Andrew Findlay 05 Feb '15

05 Feb '15

FYI: the LDAPCon 2015 mailing list has now the following members: > Andrew Findlay > Clément Oudout > Damy Mahl > Dieter Klünter > Gavin Henry > Heiko Hütter > Howard Chu > Karin Gietz > Kimball Johnson > Ludovic Poitou > Matthew Hardin > Marty Heyman > Michael Ströder > Peter Gietz > Stephen Quinney Andrew -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | From Andrew Findlay, Skills 1st Ltd | | Consultant in large-scale systems, networks, and directory services | | http://www.skills-1st.co.uk/ +44 1628 782565 | -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Catering costs
by Stephen Quinney 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

I asked one of our admin staff for approximate prices for catering. She said: """ We usually pay between £7 and £10 per head for cold selection (including posh sandwiches, salads, chicken skewers and mini quiches etc), and £8 to £10 for hot selections, which also includes salads. Coffee/tea/water breaks range from £2 to £3.50, depending on if you have biscuits or cake. """ There are a couple of other caterers, I suspect the prices will be similar. I'll get some more details together this week. Stephen -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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Programme Committee
by Andrew Findlay 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

The Programme Committee is currently: Howard Chu (Symas) Andrew Findlay (Skills 1st) Peter Gietz (DAASI) Damy Mahl (Isode) Ludovic Poitou (ForgeRock) Michael Ströder (stroeder.com) I also have an enquiry out to Steven Legg, but have not had a reply so far. Andrew -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | From Andrew Findlay, Skills 1st Ltd | | Consultant in large-scale systems, networks, and directory services | | http://www.skills-1st.co.uk/ +44 1628 782565 | -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Announcement lists
by Andrew Findlay 29 Jan '15

29 Jan '15

I am proposing to send the LDAPCon 2015 announcement and CfP to: ldap(a)umich.edu ldapext(a)ietf.org x500standard(a)freelists.org [ I am not on this one and www.freelists.org is not responding so I may need some help here ] openldap-technical(a)openldap.org Where else should we be posting? Andrew -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | From Andrew Findlay, Skills 1st Ltd | | Consultant in large-scale systems, networks, and directory services | | http://www.skills-1st.co.uk/ +44 1628 782565 | -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Website now live
by Andrew Findlay 29 Jan '15

29 Jan '15

We now have a website: http://ldapcon.org/2015/ There is a redirect from http://ldapcon.org/ and the 2013 site is now archived to http://ldapcon.org/2013/ I have loaded the CfP and some basic information. This is a Wordpress site, so if you need to post on it please let me know and I will create an account. The site is managed by Heiko Huetter <heiko.huetter(a)daasi.de> who can also create accounts. The appearance is basic so far, but we can add logos etc later. Andrew -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | From Andrew Findlay, Skills 1st Ltd | | Consultant in large-scale systems, networks, and directory services | | http://www.skills-1st.co.uk/ +44 1628 782565 | -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Second draft Call for Papers
by Andrew Findlay 28 Jan '15

28 Jan '15

Here is the second draft. * More information about the venue * Submission dates moved forward * Call for tutorials added * Requirement for full papers changed to papers and/or slides * 5-minute talks still in, but with a hint towards a poster session * Deadline for final papers/slides moved forwards to give us the option of doing printed proceedings or other physical media. I have not included the programme publication date in the CfP, but I would expect to get an early draft on the web at the same time as notifying authors. It can then be refined from there. What do you think? Should we encourage posters rather more? I think this might be a useful adjunct to any talk and might also be of interest to other people passing through the Forum. Do we have somewhere to display them? I have not named the Programme Committee at this stage, though I think we should aim to do so on the website quite soon. Andrew ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DRAFT CFP 26/01/2015 ========= LDAPCon 2015 The fifth International Conference on LDAP and Directory Services will be held in the UK at the University of Edinburgh School of Informatics Forum on 12th and 13th November 2015, with a day of tutorials on 11th November. Call for papers and tutorials Deadlines & Important Dates Submission Deadline: 28th June Author Notification: 10th July Final Papers due: 10th October 2015 Tutorials: 11th November 2015 Conference: 12th-13th November 2015 Topics You are involved with LDAP in interesting projects? You do LDAP client or server development? You have used LDAP like no-one before? You do identity and access management on top of LDAP? Why not share your ideas and experiences with others? We are looking for speakers who are willing to talk about any topic related to LDAP and identity management, suggested topics include: LDAP technology implementation (Servers, API, User interfaces etc.) LDAP Usage (Schema, Security, Operations, Scaling, big data, etc.) LDAP related technologies (PKI, XACML, SAML, etc.) LDAP and Beyond (IAM, Identity Federation, Authentication on the web, etc.) Best Practices for directory services. The accepted talks will be grouped into tracks such as a standards/development and deployment/administration. Talk Submissions Main presentations should last about 45 minutes including discussion; we will also provide smaller slots of 15 minutes and 5 minutes for lightning talks. Please tell us which duration you prefer when proposing your talk. The talk must be in English. The one and only way to submit your abstract (approximately 200-800 words, accompanied by your biography of about 100-300 words) is via email to submissions(a)lists.ldapcon.org. Abstracts must reach the Program Committee by 28th June 2015. Early submission is encouraged. All abstracts will be reviewed by the program committee. For accepted talks we expect you to submit slides and/or a paper of approximately 2-10 pages (A4 or US Letter format, 25mm borders, preferably LaTeX source or OpenOffice). For 5-minute talks, a brief abstract is required. A short paper, slides or a poster should be provided for accepted talks. By submitting a paper you grant the conference organizers the non-exclusive right to publish your paper in the conference proceedings and on the website; you maintain the right to publish it elsewhere at your discretion. Tutorial Submissions We are looking for high-quality tutorials on LDAP and related subjects, at any level from introductory to advanced. Tutorial length can range from an hour to a full day. Wireless Internet access will be available if required. The purpose of the tutorials is focussed education, so they should cover established topics and best practice rather than presenting new work. Tutorials will be on Wednesday 11th November 2015. The Programme Committee has an open mind about the format of the tutorial day, but has a limited number of rooms available. Make your proposal early and we will aim to build an attractive programme for the day. Expenses Speakers get free access to the conference, including the social event. If requested in advance we will provide accommodation for speakers. Travel expenses might also be covered in special cases. If you need this, please contact us early so we can try to arrange it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | From Andrew Findlay, Skills 1st Ltd | | Consultant in large-scale systems, networks, and directory services | | http://www.skills-1st.co.uk/ +44 1628 782565 | -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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