Committee Accepting Proposals for openSUSE.Asia Summit

The openSUSE.Asia organization committee is accepting proposals to host the openSUSE.Asia Summit during the second half of 2017. The openSUSE.Asia Summit is the largest annual openSUSE conference in Asia and is attended by contributors and enthusiasts from all over Asia.

The event focuses primarily on the openSUSE distribution and its applications for personal and enterprise use. It brings together the openSUSE community in Asia to provide a forum for users, developers, foundation leaders, governments and businesses to discuss the present technology and future developments.

Past Summits

The last openSUSE.Asia Summit was in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in 2016. The Summit’s preference is to find new locations each year as we spread openSUSE throughout Asia, and we are looking for local organizers to rise to the challenge of organizing an excellent openSUSE event. We need individuals and communities to get together and organize a successful openSUSE.Asia Summit. The openSUSE.Asia organization committee assists throughout the  process. You can learn more about openSUSE.Asia Summit at the following web sites:

• openSUSE.Asia Summit 2014 (Beijing, China)

• https://events.opensuse.org/conference/summitasia14

• openSUSE.Asia Summit 2015 (Taipei, Taiwan)

• https://events.opensuse.org/conference/summitasia15

• https://news.opensuse.org/2015/12/15/opensuse-builds-bonds-in-asia-summit/

• openSUSE.Asia Summit 2016 (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)

• https://events.opensuse.org/conference/summitasia16

Proposals for openSUSE.Asia Summit 2017

For those of you who are interested in hosting the next openSUSE.Asia Summit in 2017, you are invited to submit a formal proposal to the openSUSE.Asia organization committee. The deadlines for the proposals are as the following:

• March 31th: Registration on the host candidates

• April 30th: Submission of the proposals

The registration is enough if it contains informal introduction of the organizers and the city or the country where the summit will take place. Please e-mail your proposals to opensuse-summit@opensuse.org. We might invite you to present your proposal in more details over our regular IRC meetings, or send you additional questions and requests. The results will be announced by the last week of May, 2017.

The conference will require availability of facilities for around one week, including a weekend, during the later half of 2017. Final event dates should avoid other key free software conferences or other events that may have conflict and will be confirmed together with other openSUSE teams, which might get involved.

Key points proposals should consider, and what will be taken into account when deciding among candidates, are:

1. Introduction

2. Objectives

3. Local Organizers

1. Proposed organizing committee

 	
2. Proposed supporting organizations

1. Proposal

1. Dates & Venue

 	
2. Rooms

 	
3. Keynotes

 	
4. Registration

 	
5. Travel support

 	
6. Food and accommodation

 	
7. Sponsorship

 	
8. Call for paper

 	
9. Call for volunteer

 	
10. Theme

 	
11. T-shirt

1. About Venue

2. Activities and schedule

1. Hack-fest (This is an option)

 	
2. Conference

 	
3. Dinner and party

1. Expectations and marketing

2. Budget Estimation

1. Conference Venue

 	
2. Conference Room

 	
3. Tea break

 	
4. Marketing materials（T-shirts，banner，badge，posters, etc.）

 	
5. Lunch

 	
6. Dinner

 	
7. Travel subsidy

 	
8. Accommodation

 	
9. Miscellaneous （Think about 10% uplift to have more buffer）

1. Potential sponsors & media partners

2. Conclusion

Feel free to contact opensuse-summit@opensuse.org if you have any questions. If this excites you enough, but you are still not sure, we should talk and see if we can solve your doubts. Please help to spread the words and we are looking forward to hearing from you soon!