[DSE-Dev] Reminder: 2008 SELinux Developer Summit CFP

[Paul Moore]

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2008 SELinux Developer Summit Call For Participation (CFP) Reminder
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This is a reminder that the Call For Participation (CFP) deadline for 
the 2008 SELinux Developer Summit is April 18th.  The Summit will be 
held July 22nd in Ottawa.  See the original CFP[1], the Summit 
announcement[2], and Summit Wiki[3] for more information.  It is 
important to note that all attendees of the SELinux Developer Summit 
must be registered as attendees of the Ottawa Linux Symposium[4].

The focus of this year's summit will be usability and infrastructure.  
Usability topics of interest include (but are not limited to) policy 
development, administration, and desktop integration.  Infrastructure 
topics of interest include (but are not limited to) embedded systems, 
label translation, userspace object managers, network filesystems, and 
labeled networking.

Other topics relating to SELinux technology, flexible mandatory access 
control, and its application to real-world problems are also of 
interest for this symposium. Such topics might include:

    * Updates on the various Linux distributions using SELinux
    * Flexible MAC in other operating systems
    * Case studies and application experience with flexible MAC
    * User and customer concerns and needs

Forms of participation include:

    * Technical presentations (20-30 minutes each, papers are optional)
    * Discussions (submitter acts as facilitator)
    * Panels (submitter acts as moderator)
    * Lightning talks (work-in-progress reports)

No marketing pitches will be accepted.

Proposals may be sent to the organizing team at:

    selinux-summit-team AT namei.org

In your proposal, please identify the form of participation, the amount 
of time you expect to need, and a title and abstract describing the 
topic you wish to cover.

If you wish to attend the summit without presenting, please also send a 
notification of your intent to attend to the organizing team at the 
above alias.

** Whether presenting or just attending, you must register for the Linux 
Symposium[4] in order to attend the SELinux Developer Summit. **

This CFP will end on April 18.  Participants will be notified by April 
25, and the schedule will be published on April 02.

[1] CFP, http://marc.info/?l=selinux&m=120730523920388&w=2
[2] Announcement, http://marc.info/?l=selinux&m=120716549912011&w=2
[3] Summit Wiki, http://selinuxproject.org/page/Developer_Summit_2008
[4] OLS, http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2008

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paul moore
linux @ hp