[Discuss] Last Chance! Call For Participation! LOPSA-EAST (formerly PICC) Sysadmin Conference, May 3-4, 2013, New Brunswick, NJ

[tal at whatexit.org (Tom Limoncelli)]

             *** CALL *** FOR *** PARTICIPATION ***
             LOPSA-EAST (formerly PICC) Sysadmin Conference 
             May 3-4, 2013, New Brunswick, NJ
             http://lopsaeast.org/2013/cfp

The deadline for submitting proposals for LOPSA-EAST'13 has arrived!  If you have a talk you would like to present this year, your proposal should be submitted by midnight, November 29th (tomorrow).

To submit your presentation please email submissions at lopsa-east.org with your topic, along with a brief (less than one printed page) description of what the presentation will discuss.   For more details, please visit http://lopsaeast.org/2013/cfp

We welcome topics on best practices, new developments in systems administration, and cutting edge techniques to better manage Linux, Unix, or Windows hosts and environments.

All presentations should be of a technical nature and speakers should assume that members of the audience have at least a few years experience in general IT, Linux/Unix, and/or Windows administration.

The audience will primarily hail from businesses and academic institutions in the New Jersey/New York/Pennsylvania area but attracts people from Maine to Florida.

The full CFP is here: http://lopsaeast.org/2013/cfp

Important dates:

Nov 29, 2012  Deadline for Submissions
Dec 21, 2012  Notify accepted Parties
Jan 11, 2013  Schedule to be published (approximate) 
Feb 11, 2013  Conference registration opens (approximate) 
May 3-4, 2013 LOPSA-East 2013  **SAVE** **THIS** **DATE**
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LOPSA-EAST13 (formerly PICC) is a gathering of professionals from the diverse IT (computer and network administration) community in New Jersey to learn, share ideas, and network.
The conference includes invited speakers and keynotes, training by top-notch experts that is relevant, useful, and recession-friendly; plus a 'Birds of a Feather' track where attendees propose and host their own topics during the event.