[Marketing] DS2011 program release

[William from Texas]

Dear Sean and Sugarlabs Marketing team

As may you know, the joint GNOME and KDE 2011 Desktop Summit is taking place
in Berlin from August 6-12. This is our event poster:
https://www.desktopsummit.org/sites/www.desktopsummit.org/files/desktopsummit-poster.pdf

The DS Team is releasing the Event Program in a press release (
https://www.desktopsummit.org/press/program-announcement) tomorrow. However,
below is a first look at what we're going to say!

We hope that you'll be able to help us spread the word about the event. Let
me know if you have any questions!


Best regards,

William Carlson
Communications & Marketing
desktopsummit.org


--- Press Release ---

Desktop Summit 2011 conference program announced
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Biggest Free Desktop event with more than 170 talks to take place in Berlin


The Desktop Summit 2011 Team is pleased to announce this year's conference
program, featuring over 170 exciting presentations from key contributors to
GNOME and KDE, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and beyond. The
conference will take place in Berlin, Germany, from 6 to 12 August. It will
feature more the 170 talks on topics as diverse as desktop and mobile
applications, developing for tablets, community management and
accessibility. The conference focuses on cooperation and shared interests of
the Free Desktop community.

You can view the detailed conference program here:
http://www.desktopsummit.org/program

=This Year's Desktop Summit=

The Desktop Summit is a joint conference organised by the GNOME and KDE
communities, the two dominant forces behind modern graphical software on
free platforms. Over a thousand international participants are expected to
attend this year.

The main conference takes place from 6-8 August. The annual membership
meetings of GNOME and KDE are scheduled for 9 August, followed by workshops
and coding sessions on 10-12 August.

=Keynotes, Tracks and Panels=

The Desktop Summit team welcomes keynote speakers from outside the GNOME and
KDE world: confirmed speakers are Claire Rowland (Fjord, UX Design) and
Thomas Thwaites (Technologist & Designer), with more to come! There will
also be keynote addresses from representatives of both the GNOME and KDE
communities.

The focus of the conference is collaboration between the Free Desktop
projects. This year's conference tracks reflect the shared interests of its
community. Just as the Desktop Summit unites the annual conferences of GNOME
and KDE, each track similarly includes speakers from both desktop camps. "We
received a lot of really high-quality and interesting proposals and spent a
lot of time finding the best selection.It is fantastic to see how much the
community has to talk about and show. It will surely be an interesting event
with lots of opportunity to collaborate." says Lydia Pintscher, program
committee member.

Topics addressed will be:
 - Accessibility & Help
 - Administration & Government
 - Applications
 - Community
 - Development
 - Platform
 - Tablets
 - Toolkits

There is far too much going on at the Desktop Summit to give full details
here. However, there are a few talks that highlight the quality and range of
speakers and topics that will be presented, including:

- Karsten Gerloff (president of the FSFE) will speak about Free Desktops for
Europe's public sector
- Knut Yrvin of Qt Development Frameworks will discuss ways of winning
organisations over to free software
- Asheesh Laroia will explain how to get new contributors (and diversity)
through outreach
- Dave Neary cautions against The Cost of Going it Alone
- Aaron Seigo will present the KDE Platform 4 Roadmap
- Benjamin Otte and Matthias Clasen speculate on GTK 4 - The future of your
favorite toolkit
- Owen Taylor looks forward to GNOME Shell Version π
- Michael Meeks will talk about Liberating Open Office Development
- Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri will provide a Quick Overview of Enlightenment
Foundation Libraries and E17
- Clemens Buss tells us all about Design Thinking and how the Free Desktop
may benefit from it
- Vincent Untz answers a common question: Swimming upstream or downstream?
Both!
- Federico Mena Quintero introduces Software with the Quality that Has No
Name
- Pockey Lam talks about GNOME a continent, starting from Asia.
- Pradeepto Bhattacharya presents KDE India

The annual conferences always generate a lot of discussion. This year's
summit is no exception, with a panel discussion on one of the hot topics in
free software: copyright assignment. Representatives from Canonical, Novell
and the Software Freedom Conservancy will discuss the pros and cons of
copyright assignment.

=About=

GUADEC and Akademy are the world's largest gatherings of people involved in
Free Desktop and mobile user interfaces. Over a thousand participants are
anticipated at the combined Desktop Summit this year, covering both the
GNOME and KDE projects as well as related technologies. Developers, artists,
translators, community organisers, users and representatives from
government, education, businesses and anyone else who shares an interest are
welcome.

GNOME and KDE are Free Software communities that drive the user interfaces
of many Linux-powered devices, ranging from smartphones to laptops, or
personal media centers. 2011 is the second joint event that both communities
have decided to organise together.

=Stay Informed=

Follow and discuss news about the Desktop Summit:
 - Identi.ca/Twitter hashtag: #DS2011
 - IRC: #desktopsummit on Freenode
 - Mailing list: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/ds-discuss

Book a special discount accommodation here before 30 June:
https://www.desktopsummit.org/accommodation

If you have any questions, let the team know by sending an email to:
ds-team at desktopsummit.org

=Register Now!=

The Desktop Summit 2011 is free to attend but you must register. You can do
so at: https://www.desktopsummit.com/register

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