I'd be happy to help! I'm sure classroom-style lectures will be covered by a few people who have already presented the material a bunch of times (Tom, Johnathan, etc.). Maybe you could use a bunch of more experienced GR people in small breakout sessions or to oversee hands-on tutorials, etc. I'll be on the lookout for how to get involved.
Sean From: John Malsbury [mailto:john.malsb...@ettus.com] Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 3:09 PM To: Nowlan, Sean Cc: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GNU Radio Conference 2014 - Registration is Open! Sean, Thanks for bringing this up. Simply stated, the goal of this New Users Day is: * Increase visibility for GNU Radio, possibly touching new professional and social circles where GNU Radio isn't used yet * Help new users understand what GNU Radio is, and how to use it In some ways this is a marketing opportunity for GNU Radio. But the major focus will be on actually teaching people the basics of GNU Radio through lecture and possibly hands-on tutorials. Hopefully this gives you an idea of the type of content we'll have on the first day. It would seem someone with your experience would get more value out of contributing the event, rather than sitting through the presentations/tutorials. It would be great if everyone can help promote this widely. A single-day event will be more oriented toward a regional audience, but in an ideal case people from all over will come for the new user day and stay for the conference. It's going to be a great show this year! Aside from the high quality presentations we have every year, there will be more time for working groups, and a hackerspace filled with enough hardware for everyone to make some trouble. More details will be forthcoming. In the meantime, I suppose the call to action is - help us promote! Registration is open, and seats are filling up. -John On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Nowlan, Sean <sean.now...@gtri.gatech.edu<mailto:sean.now...@gtri.gatech.edu>> wrote: Looking forward to it! What will generally be the agenda for the New Developers' Day? Do you see a role for people who have been hacking at GR for a while, or is it specifically catered to new users? I'm trying to debate whether to go the extra day or not, and I bet I'm not the only one who is curious. :) Sean From: discuss-gnuradio-bounces+sean.nowlan=gtri.gatech....@gnu.org<mailto:gtri.gatech....@gnu.org> [mailto:discuss-gnuradio-bounces+sean.nowlan<mailto:discuss-gnuradio-bounces%2Bsean.nowlan>=gtri.gatech....@gnu.org<mailto:gtri.gatech....@gnu.org>] On Behalf Of John Malsbury Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 2:49 AM To: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org<mailto:discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org> Subject: [Discuss-gnuradio] GNU Radio Conference 2014 - Registration is Open! Greetings, We just wanted to let everyone know that registration for GNU Radio Conference 2014 is now open. Here is a quick overview of the event for those of you who have missed previous announcements: Date: September 15-19, 2014 Location: The District Architecture Center<http://aiadac.com/> in Washington, DC (USA) - an interesting, modern event facility. Unlike previous conference values, we will be renting out an entire floor and will have access to several divided spaces that will allow us to add new components to the conference. Attendance: We are expecting to have somewhere between 120 and 150 attendees. A great mix of new users, experienced developers, students, professors, engineers and researchers. This is the perfect mix for everyone to share their experiences with GNU Radio, learn more about it, and help build the future of SDR. New Components: Hacker/demo space, poster session, 'New Developers Day' to attract new/beginning users, an open lounge for people to socialize and mingle, and daily working groups. For more information, and links to the registration page, please see the GNU Radio Conference Website<http://www.trondeau.com/grcon14>. We will be posting a preliminary agenda, and more details about the facility soon. I'd also like to take this opportunity to remind everyone about the Call for Presentations<http://www.trondeau.com/grc2014-call-for-presentations/>, which is open until March 31. We've seen some great submissions up to this point, and look forward to receiving more! Best Regards, John Malsbury
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