JavaOne 2012 Call for Papers
- by Tori Wieldt
JavaOne 2012
is happening Sept. 30-Oct 4 in San Francisco. The Call
For Papers for this conference is now open. Java Evangelist Arun Gupta, who was on one of the selection committees and will be again this year, provided some great tips for submission (and a peek into the submission process):
JavaOne is a technology-focused conference so
any product, marketing or seemingly marketish talk are put at the
bottom of the list. Oracle Open World and Oracle Develop are better
options for submitting product specific talks.
Make your title catchy. Remember the attendees
are more likely to read the abstract if they like the title.
We try our best to recategorize the talk to a
different track if it needs to but please ensure that you are filing in
the right track to have all the right eyeballs looking at it. Also, it
does not hurt marking an alternate track if your talk meets the
criteria.
Make sure to coordinate within your team
before the submission - multiple sessions from the same team or company
does not ensure that the best speaker is picked. In such case we rely
upon your "google presence" and/or review committee's prior knowledge
of the speaker.
The reviewers may not know you or your product
at all and you get 750 characters to pitch your idea. Make sure to use
all of them, to the last 750th character.
Make sure to read your abstract multiple times
to ensure that you are giving all the relevant information ? Think
through your presentation and see if you are leaving out any important
aspects. Also look if the abstract has any redundant information that
will not required by the reviewers.
There are additional sections that allow you
to share information about the speaker and the presentation summary.
Use them to blow the horn about yourself and any other relevant
details. Please don't say "call me at xxx-xxx-xxxx to find out the
details." :-)
The tracks
this year are:
Core Java Platform
Development Tools and Techniques
Emerging Langauges on the JVM
Enterprise Services Architectures and the Cloud
Java EE Web Profile and Platform Technologies
Java ME, Java Card, Embedded, and Devices
Java FX and Rich User Experiences
IMPORTANT: Submit your proposal as soon as possible, the the Call for Papers closes April 9th, a mere three weeks away!
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