Hi all, https://communityovercode.org/
I am reaching out to you as track chair of the „Industrial IoT“ track. This year we’re setting the focus a bit more to real world industrial use-cases because in the past the track did seem to attract more the type of „fun projects“. We would like to not only make it interesting for someone to attend the track, but also for the ones presenting it. Embedded devices play a crusial role in modern (industrial) IoT use-cases. With „industrial“ i’m trying to distinguish the stuff we do from the „toy“ which had a growing influence on the IoT track. Last year we had one or two drop-outs in the talks, because after seeing the schedule, the bosses of the people with accepted talks no longer wanted to send their employees. Also did I hear from several sides, that the last years track didn’t incentivise companies to send their people as attendees. This is why this time we’re trying something new this year. I know conserns have been raised on the planners list, that projects such as Nuttx and MyNewt not only are used in the industrial space, but please treat the track as „commercial IoT“ and not focus on the „industry“ part oft he name. What do you think? Would love to see a talk or two from your side. Also if you’re worried that the costs for travelling to the conference would exceed your budget. For these cases Apache has TAC (Travel Assistance Committee). It’s aimed to support people that otherwise could not afford travelling to Apache events. https://tac-apply.apache.org/ If you are selected, they cover travel, accomodation, conference fees, food and drinks in exchange for help running the conference. This is not only for speakers, but also for people wanting to addend and meet with the rest of the community. Also be aware, if you are thinking of submitting something, applying for TAC or just attending on your own. Be sure to start the process of applying for a VISA as soon as possible. Recently the processing time required for getting a visa have grown so long, that you might not be able to get one if you start applying later. Would love to see some contributions and/or meet some of you in Minneapolis later this year. Chris
