FOSS4G'13

Final Call for Papers Academic Track: Submission open

Submission for papers in the Academic Track of FOSS4G 2013 is now open at http://2013.foss4g.org/ojs/

Note that FOSS4G features a larger stream of regular presentation slots, with its own Call for Presentations, next to this academic peer reviewed full paper track.

The FOSS4G 2013 Academic Track..."

1. I like "Call for Presentations" for general conference and "Call for Papers" for Academic Track.

2. As Peter says, in FOSS4G 2011 we had conversations about number of papers limits. At the end a predetermined limit on submissions was not necessary because: a) It is unlikely that one person/group submits more than 2 papers; b) If they do, it is unlikely that more than 2 papers will have enough quality to pass the review process; c) better to have more than not to have enough papers to fill the time slots in the Academic Track. In FOSS4G 2011 we barely had enough quality submissions to fill the program, because of last moment withdraws; d) the International Scientific Committee can ultimately decide to reduce the number of presentations by one person or group to avoid the dominance of one perspective. Quality and diversity of presentations are part of the considerations when deciding on the final program. I remember the case of a border line good paper from Africa that we decide to include in the program (the person ended up not coming) which is other considerations to keep in mind: people not showing or withdrawing in the last moment.