The Australian System Administrators' Conference 2006

The Australian System Administrators' Conference 2006
SAGE-AU'2006

Chifley on Northbourne, Canberra, ACT
24th to 28th July, 2006

Call for Technical Papers

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2006 Australian System Administration Conference
presented by
System Administrators Guild of Australia (SAGE-AU)
Canberra, 24-28 July 2006

http://conf.sage-au.org.au

1st Call for Technical Papers

Conference Background

The 2006 Australian System Administration Conference is the premier Systems Administration event in the Asia-Pacific region. The conference offers a premium educational forum for System Administrators of all platforms and levels of experience, and an excellent opportunity to meet, network and learn from acknowledged experts in the field.

Conference Dates & Location

The 2006 Australian System Administration Conference will consist of 5 days of Tutorials and Technical Program sessions.

The conference will be held from Monday 24th July to Friday 28th July, 2006. The Technical Program will be held on Thursday 27th July to Friday 28th July 2006 inclusive.

Tutorials will be run on the first three days (Monday to Wednesday) covering both technical and non-technical aspects of System Administration.

The final two days (Thursday and Friday) will be dedicated to the Technical Program covering both technical and non-technical aspects of System Administration.

The conference will be held in Canberra, Australia's national capital.

The venue will be the Chifley on Northbourne, a central location in Canberra's Civic (CBD) area.

The hotel's website is found at:

http://www.constellationhotels.com/hotels/chifleyhotels?cid=64&pid=1230

Call for Technical Papers

The 2006 Australian System Administration Conference is hereby calling for papers on topics relevant to the profession of System Administration.

Papers should have a technical or managerial System Administration orientation, and should not contain advertising.

Submitting a Technical Presentation for Consideration

Technical Papers will be of 30 minute duration. 5-10 minutes should be reserved for questions from the audience.

If you wish to present a paper, please complete the submission form which can be found at: http://www.sage-au.org.au/past/tech-submit.html by the closing date (28 February 2006).

Authors will be notified of whether their submission has been accepted or rejected.

A draft paper is also submitted to allow the conference committee to provide feedback and assistance. The Program Committee will assist authors in organising their work to help ensure the quality of papers and preparedness of authors.

All authors giving Technical Papers will be expected to provide a final "camera ready" paper for inclusion in the conference proceedings.

This final copy must be submitted in an approved format (see "Author Guidelines").

Authors should note that formal papers are required - submissions consisting solely of presentation slides are insufficient.

Important note: Authors whose submissions are accepted are expected to follow the published deadlines, and to present the result of their work at the Conference. To assist in this, authors may be assigned "mentors".

Important Dates

Call for Technical Papers Issued 28 December 2005

Technical Paper Proposals Due 28 February 2006

Provisional Notification Issued to Authors 28 March 2006

Draft Technical Papers Due 28 April 2006

Confirmed Acceptance and Contracts Issued to Authors 14 May 2006

Final Technical Papers Due 28 May 2006

Author Guidelines

The Programme Committee will issue guidelines to assist authors in planning their papers and presentations. We strongly encourage those inexperienced in public speaking to trial their papers at their local chapter's meetings.

To assist authors, templates and instructions for use of those templates will be provided in the following formats:

Microsoft Word
HTML

Final Technical Paper submissions must be made using one of these templates. Templates will be made available from the conference website.

Technical Paper Remuneration

People presenting a technical paper (a 30 minute talk) will receive a 50% discount on the Technical Program (Thursday & Friday only). In the case of more than one author, only a single author will be afforded the discount. Only one discounted attendance is available per person. If a presenter is also presenting a tutorial, this discount is not applicable.

Paper Submissions

Please submit all technical paper proposals via http://www.sage-au.org.au/past/tech-submit.html

Additional questions and enquiries should be directed to: papers@sage-au.org.au