Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:20:57 -0400
From: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
To: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org,
	alexander.smirnov@siemens.com, Sergey.Sobolev@siemens.com
Subject: 2nd CFP -- Linux Wireless (802.11/Bluetooth/NFC) Mini-Summit 2012
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On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 01:44:39PM -0400, John W. Linville wrote:

> Just to keep the ball rolling...
> 
> Angela has reserved space for us at the Hotel Fira
> Palace for the Wireless Summit on Thurs, Nov 8th and Fri, Nov 9th.
> Please note that this will overlap Yocto Dev Days, oVirt Summit and
> KVM Forum at the same venue.
> 
> Now, we need some talk proposals!  Please post in this thread (or
> contact me or Marcel directly if necessary) to propose talks.  I would
> love to see any topics on any relevant technologies, as well as topics
> about how the projects are being managed, new sub-projects, etc.
> It seems like a long time away right now, but it is a good time to
> start thinking... :-)

Still a while to go, but this event is getting closer.  I would love to
see some more concrete topic proposals for talks, both presentations
and discussions.

Here is what I've seen so far:

Speaker				Topic
-------				-----
Joao Paulo Rechi Vita		status and roadmap of Bluetooth LE
Andrei Emeltchenko		Virtual Bluetooth AMP Controller for mac80211
Alexander Smirnov		802.15.4 stack, 6lowpan

Not bad, but I'd like to see some more!  Some ideas:

	-- "state of the union" for bluetooth, nfc, 802.11
	-- wireless mesh networking status updates
	-- cfg80211/mac80211 feature previews (what's coming?)
	-- standards bodies reports (802.11, 802.15.x)
	-- important or unusual use cases (e.g. Freifunk, Internet of Things)
	-- userland wireless management apps (NetworkManager, connman)
	-- wireless-oriented (or wireless-specific) applications
	-- issues with managing a wireless networking sub-tree
	-- long-term support for legacy hardware (Intel?  Atheros?)
	-- driver projects without hardware vendor support?
	-- staging driver migration?  out-of-tree driver merging?
	-- ???

I'm sure there are worthwhile topics that I didn't suggest yet --
feel free to suggest your own!  And if you can address one of those
topics or one of your own, please reply either to this thread or
directly to me.

Please note -- you do not necessarily to be a kernel developer (or a
developer at all) to merit a speaking slot!  Anyone with a topic to
propose will receive appropriate consideration.

So, let's hear it! :-)

John
-- 
John W. Linville		Someday the world will need a hero, and you
linville@tuxdriver.com			might be all we have.  Be ready.