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The O'Reilly Solid conference is in San Diego in June and it's all about the merging of HW/SW for the IoT. Want to get involved? The Call for Papers is open and there are loads of benefits in giving a presentation for an O'Reilly conference., Take it from me! It's a great thing to do for the community and you learn a ton to boot.
Here's some info:
See examples of accepted Solid 2014 Speakers and Sessions and watch videos from selected sessions.
We want to hear about heavy industries that are instrumenting their machines and controlling them in new ways, software that’s jumped beyond the computer screen, new ways of building hardware that make manufacturing accessible and responsive, and advances in biology that make the living world a bridge between physical and digital.
Solid isn’t a conventional technical conference, though it has deep technical foundations. Talks and demonstrations should be accessible to a broad audience drawn from software, manufacturing, hardware design and heavy industry and should speak to the promises and challenges of bringing software and the physical world together. How is the programmable world disrupting your business model? What tools are you using to instrument your machines? What ambient data have you discovered in the physical world? What new ways have you found for interacting with your users through the built environment?
A few ideas are below, but feel free to go beyond them. Take a look at our Program Committee to get a sense of the kind of work we’re interested in. We’re particularly interested in presentations that include a demonstration, but all interesting ideas, presented in interesting ways, are welcome.
Session proposals are invited on, but not limited to, the following topics.
Help us understand why your presentation is the right one for Solid. Below are some tips for writing a successful proposal. Please keep in mind that this event is by and for professionals. Our participants expect that all presentations and supporting materials will be respectful, inclusive, and adhere to our Code of Conduct.
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