<div dir="ltr">Hey Cafe,<div><br></div><div> Following up on this, we've extended our CFP until July 11th: <a href="http://www.composeconference.org/2016-melbourne/cfp/">http://www.composeconference.org/2016-melbourne/cfp/</a></div><div><br></div><div> We've had lots of great submissions so far! If you've been wondering if you should submit something, but perhaps missed the June 30th date, then this is your chance!</div><div><br></div><div> We'd love to see you there!</div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div>Noon, on behalf of the <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">Compose Conference Melbourne Organising Committee</span></div><div><div class=""><div class=""><div id=":106" class="" style="font-size:12.8px"><div id=":11w" class=""><div dir="ltr"><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><a href="http://www.composeconference.org/" target="_blank">http://www.composeconference.org/</a></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div class=""></div></div></div></div><div class=""></div></div><div class=""></div></div><div class="" style="font-size:12.8px"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div id=":155" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Noon van der Silk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:noonslists@gmail.com" target="_blank">noonslists@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">(Web version: <a href="http://www.composeconference.org/2016-melbourne/cfp/" target="_blank">http://www.composeconference.org/2016-melbourne/cfp/</a>)</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"># Call for Presentations</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Compose Melbourne - <a href="http://www.composeconference.org/" target="_blank">http://www.composeconference.org/</a> - is pleased to announce its call for presentations.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Compose Melbourne is a new functional programming conference focused on developing the community and bringing typed functional programming to a wider audience. It is a 2-day event being held in Melbourne, Australia on the 29th and 30th of August 2016. The first day features a single track of presentations followed by a second day of workshops and an unconference. It is the new sister-conference of the NY based Compose Conference.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Submit your presentation proposal here: <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cmc2016" target="_blank">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cmc2016</a></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"># Important Dates</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">- CFP Launch Party - 19th May</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">- CFP Opens - 19th May</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">- CFP Closes - June 30th</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">- Notify Presenters - July 15th</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">- Conference Day 1: Presentations - Monday, 29-Aug-2016</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">- Conference Day 2: Unconference - Tuesday, 30-Aug-2016</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"># Talk and Workshop Submission</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">## Day 1 - Presentations</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Submit a Presentation Proposal via Easy Chair: <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cmc2016" target="_blank">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cmc2016</a>.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">## Day 2 - Unconference and Workshops</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Contact us (<a href="mailto:composemel-admin@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">composemel-admin@googlegroups.com</a>) with your workshop proposals.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"># Submission Guidelines</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Talk slots will be 30 minutes: 25 minute talk and 5 minutes for questions.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Provide sufficient detail in your submission to enable the reviewers to understand your proposal and clearly identify what an attendee will gain from attending your session. You should include the following information in the submission system:</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">- Authors - The details of each of the presenters</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">- Title - Title of the presentation (please keep it brief and specific)</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">- Abstract - A 300-500 word description of your presentation, ideally including...</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"> - Description of the content</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"> - Goal</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">- Keywords - List any keywords that will help the program committee and attendees categorise your presentation. Also indicate the functional programming languages that you will be targeting.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Nothing upsets an audience more than a speaker that stands on stage blatantly promoting his or her company, product or achievements.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Please keep the content of your talk on-topic and do not use this speaking opportunity as a sales pitch.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"># Feel</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">We want Compose Melbourne to be all about the community. We're aiming to help foster the growth of Functional Programming in Melbourne and unite all interested parties to spark a unified presence and a feeling of camaraderie amongst FP and Theory proponents in this wonderful city!</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"># Audience</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Functional-Programming and Programming-Language-Theory professionals and enthusiasts. Newcomers, experts, anyone from other disciplines of fields who is interested in what FP is or how it could help them with their work, or simply make life more enjoyable!</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"># Diversity</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Just like Compose-Conference, we would also like to put an emphasis on soliciting a diverse set of speakers - anything you can do to distribute information about this CFP and encourage submissions from under-represented groups would be greatly appreciated. We welcome *all* (new and established) contributions and encourage you to apply!</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"># Day One</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">All topics for proposals for presentations are invited, but not limited to explore the following topics:</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">## New Languages</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">The development of new and emerging Functional Languages, and the toolsets around them.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">## Libraries and Tools</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Exploring the use and development of new and underrepresented tools and libraries.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">## Production Systems</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">2016 has seen many previously undeployed languages and systems break through into production. We're looking for war-stories, success-stories and sob-stories!</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">## Theory</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Theory is the cutting edge of new functional programming. Show the world what is rising over the horizon.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">## Art and Music</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Exciting and innovative usage of functional programming language in the arts!</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"># Day Two</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">The second day will be dedicated to workshops and unconferences.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">## Workshops</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">We will be running a beginners Haskell workshop.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">If you wish to run a workshop on the second day of the conference, then please let us know. Alternatively, if there is a workshop that would interest you as an attendee, then please also let us know.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">## Unconference</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Got something random you want to talk about? The unconference will run the second day. There will be a whiteboard with spaces where anyone can write their name down to speak. There's no need to bring anything but yourself and your ideas and speaking voice.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"># Sponsors</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">We are seeking sponsors to support us in putting on this conference. If you or your company would like to sponsor us, please get in contact via <a href="mailto:composemel-admin@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">composemel-admin@googlegroups.com</a>.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">You can find our prospectus here: <a href="https://github.com/composeconference/Compose-Melbourne/blob/master/ComposeMelbourneSponsorshipProspectus.pdf" target="_blank">https://github.com/composeconference/Compose-Melbourne/blob/master/ComposeMelbourneSponsorshipProspectus.pdf</a>.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">--</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Compose Conference Melbourne Organising Committee</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><a href="http://www.composeconference.org/" target="_blank">http://www.composeconference.org/</a></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="outline:none"></div></div></div></div>
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