Here is the first draft of the call for papers.
Please read through and make suggestions. In particular, what do you think about the timetable for submissions?
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LDAPCon 2015
The fifth International Conference on LDAP and Directory Services will be held in Edinburgh, UK on 12th and 13th November 2015, with a day of tutorials on 11th November.
Call for papers
Deadlines & Important Dates
Submission Deadline: 6th September 2015 Author Notification: 28th September 2015 Final Papers due: 26th 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@lists.ldapcon.org. Abstracts must reach the Program Committee by 6th September 2015.
All abstracts will be reviewed by the program committee.
For the conference proceedings we expect you to submit a paper (not just slides, please) of approximately 2-10 pages (A4 or US Letter format, 25mm borders, preferably LaTeX source, OpenOffice or PDF).
For 5-minute talks, a brief abstract is still required but slides can be provided in place of a full paper if you prefer.
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.
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.
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