Open Computing in Government 2005 Call for Papers

[Grant Allen]

AUUG is pleased to announce the second annual Australian conference on 
Open Source Computing in Government.  The conference will be held  at 
the Manning Clark Centre at The Australian National University, 
Canberra, on 18 and 19 April 2005.

Titled "Future-proofing Government Computing: Open Formats, Standards 
and Protocols", this conference will focus on the heightened awareness 
and presence of Open Source Computing in Government throughout Australia 
and the world.  Highlights will include evolving best practices, new 
case studies and shared experiences amongst policy makers, IT officials 
and industry servicing the government sphere.  Participants will come 
from all levels of Government and public bodies, academia, and local, 
national and international organizations.

The Programme Committee invites proposals for this conference, with 
suggested topics including

* Movement of Open Source Software from edge services to core infrastructure
* The Role of Government policy in Open Source Software
* State and Local Government initiatives using Open Source
* Open Source service delivery to the community
* Intellectual Property, Software Patents, and the role of Government
* Business Cases.  E.g. Linux for the government desktop
* Open Source and Secure Government - SPAM, Phishing, and more
* Service Delivery business models in Government procurement of Open Source

Presentations may be given as technical papers or management studies. 
Technical papers are designed for those who need in-depth knowledge, 
whereas management studies present case studies of real-life experiences 
in the conference's fields of interest.
Submission Guidelines

Those proposing to submit papers should submit an abstract (between ½ 
page and 2 pages), and a brief biography including:

     * Full name (and preferred handle, if any)
     * Email address
     * Author's affiliation with commercial or relevant organisations
     * Postal address
     * Telephone and fax numbers, with area and country codes
     * Short biography, in around 1 to 3 paragraphs.

If travel and accommodation assistance will be required, please list 
your closest international air terminal.

Abstracts and biographies should be submitted as plain text.  Final 
presentations should be in the format of a 30 to 40 minute talk with 5 
to 15 minutes for questions (a total of 45 minutes.)  A written paper, 
for inclusion in the conference proceedings, must accompany all 
presentations.  An electronic copy of your written paper, in an open 
format, is preferred over a paper copy.  We discourage the use of 
proprietary formats.  Conference proceedings will be produced on 
A4-sized paper, and you should format your written paper accordingly.

Any papers that are accompanied by non-disclosure agreement forms will 
be rejected.  All successful papers must be eligible for republication 
on-line and on distribution media given to conference attendees.  AUUG 
requires non-exclusive publication rights to accepted papers, including 
the publication of the audio proceedings as well as publication and 
reproduction rights to any video filmed during the presentations. 
Copyright ownership is retained by the author.  You may be asked to sign 
an agreement to these conditions upon arrival at the conference.

Late submissions place an undue burden on our formatting team.  In the 
event that you miss one of the deadlines we reserve the right to revoke 
any offer to present your paper.

At the submission stage only an abstract is required.

Panel sessions will also be timetabled in the conference and speakers 
should indicate their willingness to participate, and may like to 
suggest panel topics.

Speaker Incentive

Presenters of papers are afforded complimentary registration to this 
conference.

Important Dates

Deadline for abstracts/proposals 		31 January 2005
Notification of acceptance 	                14 February 2005
Final submissions due 	                        14 March 2005
Conference 	                                18 - 19 April 2005

Associated Technical Conference

The conference will take place in facilities adjacent to the 
Linux.conf.au LCA2005 conference.  Registrants for linux.conf.au receive 
concessional entry to Linux and Open Source in Government 2005.  AUUG 
thanks LCA2005 and Linux Australia for their support of the conference.

How to Submit

Proposals should be sent in electronic form to The Programme Committee, 
ocgconf at www.auug.org.au

Please refer to the AUUG websites for further information and up-to-date 
details:

http://www.auug.org.au/events/2005/ocg