[CMS-Forum] Fwd: Call For Participation Open for The O'Reilly ETel Conference 2008

[Scott Abel]

For those of you interested in the telephony space, this event might  
be of interest. Please note that the call for papers is open now  
through September 17, 2007 -- while the event takes place in March 2008.

Have a great day!

Scott Abel, The Content Wrangler
+1 317.466.1840   scottabel at mac.com
www.thecontentwrangler.com

Web Content Management - CM Pros Fall 2007 Summit
November 26, 2007  Boston, MA
www.cmprosevents.org


Begin forwarded message:

> For Immediate Release
>
> For more information contact:
> Dawn Applegate
> dapplegate at oreilly.com
> (707) 827-7111
>
> Calling All Innovators For The O'Reilly Emerging Telephony  
> Conference 2008
> Call for participation is now open
>
> Sebastopol, CA, August 28, 2007--Now in its third year, ETel, the  
> O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, brings together all of the  
> voices in telephony that need to be heard--from telecommunication  
> company executives, garage hackers, mobile executives, programmers,  
> researchers to venture capitalists, community activists and CEOs.  
> The call for participation is now open; submissions will be  
> accepted until September 17, 2007.
>
> The conference, taking place March 3-4 in San Diego, California, is  
> an ambitious mix of inspirational speakers who lay out visionary  
> road maps to the future, combined with practical, unconventional  
> hacks from small, innovative startups. ETel conference chair Surj  
> Patel is assembling a program that will focus around three main  
> themes: Business, Culture, and Technology. Mr. Patel and the  
> planning team are soliciting submissions from telephony innovators,  
> product developers, university and industry researchers, coders,  
> and hackers who work at the intersection of voice, instant  
> messaging, the mobile ecosystem, and the Web.  Mr. Patel had this  
> to say about what's new for ETel in 2008:
>
> "This year has seen many events, most notably the launch of the  
> iPhone. The industry is realizing that polished, well designed  
> products have a place in this market. The seductiveness of the  
> platform has already motivated many hackers to create ports for  
> common scripting languages and game emulators.  We want to  
> encourage submissions from speakers who can rethink real-time  
> communications, who can think beyond what is typical in  
> telecommunications."
>
>
>
> Topics to be covered at this year's ETel will be:
>
> -Information Service Product Design
> -The iPhone Economy
> -Handsets and Industrial Design Innovation
> -The Sociology of Social Networks
> -Open Source Hardware and Software
> -How Business Deals Change the Landscape of Telecom
> -Open Codes and Protocols
> -What's Next for Voice
>
> O'Reilly conferences are traditionally about bringing key industry  
> leaders together for exchange of ideas and distribution of  
> knowledge. For ETel, the goal is to bring fresh ideas and profits  
> into a stagnant industry by providing a marketplace for innovation.  
> In addition, ETel will provide leading edge executives in the  
> global telecommunications industry with the forum for exchange of  
> knowledge by bringing together developers, academics, and  
> entrepreneurs.
>
> ETel is conveniently co-located with the O'Reilly Emerging  
> Technology Conference (ETech). Registration and press registration  
> for ETel will open November 2007.
>
> Learn more or to submit a proposal for ETel 2008, visit:
> http://conferences.oreilly.com/etel2008/
>
> If you'd like to stay up to date on information relating to ETel,  
> sign up for the conference newsletter:
> http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/nl/home#conferences
>
> If you regularly write about the emerging telephony world, visit
> the Emerging Telephony site at:
> http://www.oreillynet.com/etel
>
> For more information on ETech, visit:
> http://conferences.oreilly.com/et2008/
>
> To read the O'Reilly Radar, visit:
> http://radar.oreilly.com/
>
> If you have ideas about areas you'd like to see included at the  
> conference, send a note to:
> etel-idea at oreilly.com
>
> For information about exhibiting or sponsoring at ETel 2008,  
> contact Yvonne Romaine at (707) 827-7198 or yromaine at oreilly.com
>
> If you would like to form a media partnership with O'Reilly for an  
> upcoming event, contact Avila Reese at (707) 827-7116 or  
> mediapartners at oreilly.com
>
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