OOoCon 2007 news in other languages

This is the official OOoCon 2007 Conference blog, but you can also follow the OOoCon 2007 news in Spanish in this blog set up by members of the Spainsh NLC Project. It is possible to get some news in Catalan too, reading Planeta Softcatalà.

Would you like to present at OOoCon?

The OOoCon 2007 is now accepting proposals from speakers.

The organisers welcome papers from the broad OpenOffice.org community on topics ranging from developing OpenOffice.org to marketing it; from the global politics of the free and open-source software (FOSS) movement to the technical challenges of localization. OOoCon is a forum for technical as well as general examinations of OpenOffice.org's place in the expanding world of FOSS.

If you would like to present a paper at OOoCon2007, please study the Call for Papers and prepare the following information. Note that items marked (P) will be published in the Programme.

• Title of your paper (P)
• Session description (P)
• Target Audience (P)
• Proposed Track (P) (see the list in the Call for Papers)
• Preferred Session Type (P) (see the list in the Call for Papers)
• Your Full Name (P)
• Short Biography (P) optional
• URL of your home page / blog etc (P) optional
• Job Title / Position in the Community (P) optional
• Company / OpenOffice.org Project Name (P) optional
• Email Address
• Postal Address
• Contact Telephone Number (Mobile / cell phone preferred for use at OOoCon) optional
• Request for travel subsidy (amount and reason) optional

More info and the online form here.

Final dates for the OOoCon 2007

The final dates for the OOoCon 2007 will be the 19th - 21st September 2007 in the Universitat de Barcelona. Please mark those days in your calendar!

In addition to these public events, Tuesday 18th will be the Projects Day, this day facilities will be provided for individual projects to hold events for their members. If you are a member of the Native Language Confederation, don't miss this year's meeting!

Also if you are looking for cheap flights to Barcelona, don't forget to visit the travel section of the official conference web page. We will keep the information on that page up to date.