Lucene Revolution Call For Participation - Boston, Massachusetts October 7 & 8, 2010 The first US conference dedicated to Lucene and Solr is coming to Boston, October 7 & 8, 2010. The conference is sponsored by Lucid Imagination with additional support from community and other commercial co‐sponsors. The audience will include those experienced Solr and Lucene application development, along with those experienced in other enterprise search technologies interested becoming more familiar with Solr and Lucene technologies and the opportunities they present.
We are soliciting 45‐minute presentations for the conference. Key Dates: May 12, 2010 Call For Participation Open June 23, 2010 Call For Participation Closes June 28, 2010 Speaker Acceptance/Rejection Notification October 5‐6, 2010 Lucene and Solr Pre‐conference Training Sessions October 7‐8, 2010 Conference Sessions Topics of interest include: Lucene and Solr in the Enterprise (case studies, implementation, return on investment, etc.) “How We Did It” Development Case Studies Spatial/Geo search Lucene and Solr in the Cloud (Deployment cases as well as tutorials) Scalability and Performance Tuning Large Scale Search Real Time Search Data Integration/Data Management Lucene & Solr for Mobile Applications All accepted speakers will qualify for discounted conference admission. Financial assistance is available for speakers that qualify. To submit a 45‐minute presentation proposal, please send an email to c...@lucenerevolution.org with Subject containing: <your name>, Topic <your session title> containing the following information in plain text. If you have more than one topic proposed, send a separate email. Do not attach Word or other text file documents. Return all fields completed as follows: 1. Your full name, title, and organization 2. Contact information, including your address, email, phone number 3. The name of your proposed session (keep your title simple, interesting, and relevant to the topic) 4. A 75‐200 word overview of your presentation; in addition to the topic, describe whether your presentation is intended as a tutorial, description of an implementation, an theoretical/academic discussion, etc. 5. A 100‐200‐word speaker bio that includes prior conference speaking or related experience To be considered, proposals must be received by 12 Midnight PDT Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Please email any general questions regarding the conference to i...@lucenerevolution.org. To be added to the conference mailing list, please email sig...@lucenerevolution.org. If your organization is interested in sponsorship opportunities, email spon...@lucenerevolution.org. We look forward to seeing you in Boston!
