OSGi Community Event 2017 CFP

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Fredrik Rubensson

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The OSGi Community Event Program Committee is pleased to announce that the Call For Papers (CFP) for the 2017 event is NOW OPEN.

We are looking for submissions from anyone who has something to share about OSGi technology, the OSGi ecosystem or OSGi community.  All successful submissions receive a free speaker all access pass to the OSGi Community Event and EclipseCon Europe.

Popular topics often include use cases and case studies of using OSGi, OSGi open source projects or commercial OSGi products where you have some experience to share. Presentations on tools and frameworks that can improve the developer experience are also well received.  We are also looking for a 3-hour tutorial, so if you have a project or some examples on an OSGi specification where the audience can participate with you then we would welcome your submissions.

Click here to Submit a talk

OSGi is used in many different environments and markets and we are interested in hearing from your use in any of them, be it enterprise, telecommunications, transport, retail, IoT, Industry 4.0, M2M, Cloud, or Smart Home, to name just a few.

It's always great to get submissions from new members to the community and/or new speakers so please don't be shy and get your submissions in.  Whether what you have to share is small or large, state-of-the-art or traditional, business critical or a pet project, we want to hear from you.

Your submission should be either for a 35-minute talk or a 3-hour tutorial. 

We are sharing the submission system with EclipseCon Europe so please be sure to select OSGi as the track when making your submission to be sure the OSGi Program Committee will get to review your proposal.

The CFP is open until July 17, however the Early Bird submission deadline is June 30.

As an added incentive to get your submissions in for the Early Bird deadline we will award a €50 Amazon Voucher to the talk selected for the OSGi Early Bird pick. Be sure to submit by June 30 to be in with a chance of winning this.

The OSGi Community Event 2017 will be taking place between October 24 to 26.  Once again this year the event is being held at the Forum am Schlosspark in Ludwigsburg, Germany.  As always there will be plenty of talks, BOFs, social events, beer, wine and food so make sure you have the dates in diary and start planning your travel and accommodation early.

If you have any questions please contact us by email.

OSGi at CeBIT 2017

The OSGi Alliance is pleased to be returning to CeBIT again this year between Monday March 20 to Friday March 24.

We will be showcasing the popular OSGi IoT Demo which uses a number of different OSGi open source projects, and commercial products from OSGi Alliance members (Bosch, Eclipse, Eurotech, imec, Makewave, Paremus and Skelmir) to manage and control the operation of LEGO^® trains. This really is a great example of the interoperability of the OSGi specifications and demonstration of how an IoT ecosystem can be created using OSGi technology.

You can find us on Stand C62 in the IoT / M2M Pavilion located in Hall 12 [Map].

Be sure to stop by and say hello . You will also be able to find out more about what we are doing in the demo and broader OSGi activities. You can also take the opportunity to interact with the sensors and RFID tags in the demo to see the affect they have on the LEGO^® trains running around the track.

A number of the OSGi IoT and Enterprise Expert Group members will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about OSGi and its use in IoT and also Enterprise and Cloud.  We would also be pleased to discuss with you about how you can get involved and contribute to new specifications and also join the OSGi Alliance.

IoT Expert Conference Keynote Presentation

Kai Hackbarth, from Bosch, an OSGi Alliance Board Member, will be making a keynote presentation on behalf of the OSGi Alliance on Thursday March 23 at 1.40pm.

 'How OSGi can help to build open IoT ecosystems ?"

IoT is already revolutionising our lives at home, in the car, at work and many other places. With predictions of 20+ billion devices and beyond the IoT impact has only just begun. To support this phenomenal growth and change whats needed is an open modular and service based platform that can support an evolving and dynamic ecosystem. We will look at how OSGi specifications make this a reality, and explore use cases that prove its deliverable today. Further details are available online.

Complimentary Tickets to CeBIT

If you would like to attend CeBIT, and (of course) come and see us or watch the OSGi Keynote we have some complimentary tickets available.  Please contact the OSGi marketing team to request your ticket.

Hope to see you in Hanover March 20 to 24.