If you'd like to be considered for a speaking session about OpenStack at key 2013 industry and regional events, several Call for Papers (CFP) deadlines are approaching. Here is a list in deadline order with links for submissions. We appreciate your participation, especially with new success stories and topics! Here is a list in CFP deadline order with links for submissions. PyCon Australia speaker [http://2013.pycon-au.org/programme/call_for_proposals] deadline is this Friday, April 5th! Get your submissions in quickly if you’re interested in speaking. The event is July 5-7th, with a Python on OpenStack mini-conference organized by Aptira on July 5th. The CFP for the mini-conf closes on April 15th - submit your topic at [http://aptira.wufoo.com/forms/pyconau2013-openstack-miniconf-call-for-presen...] http://aptira.wufoo.com/forms/pyconau2013-openstack-miniconf-call-for-presen... The Call for Papers for [http://www.cloudcomputingexpo.com/general/papers2013east.htm] Cloud Expo East deadline is also this Friday, April 5! Event is June 10-13th in New York City. [http://www.openstack-israel.org/] OpenStack Israel 2013. Join Jonathan Bryce on the agenda on May 27th. Call for Speakers open until April 15th. Sponsor speaking opportunities are still available for [http://www.gluecon.com/2013/] GlueCon, held May 22-23rd in Broomfield, CO. Get your sponsor requests in asap if interested. [http://utrconf.com/nominate-to-present/] Under the Radar submissions accepted on a rolling basis, but we recommend getting them in soon to be considered. The call for papers is open until April 26th for [http://poweringthecloud.com/call4papers_2013.php] Powering the Cloud, a SNW Europe, Virtualization World and Datacenter Technologies co-located conference in Germany. held October 29-30th. [http://www.cloudconnectevent.com/chicago/call-for-submissions/] Cloud Connect Chicago open for submissions through April 29th. Event dates are October 21-24th. [http://velocityconf.com/velocityny2013/public/cfp/261] O’Reilly Velocity is open for submissions until April 29th. Conference taking place in New York City, October 14-16th. [https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/call-for-participation] Usenix LISA 2013 Call for Participation is open until April 30th. Event is November 3-8th in Washington, D.C. [https://ep2013.europython.eu/call-for-proposals] EuroPython 2013. The event is July 1-7th in Florence, Italy; please submit your sessions and development sprints soon! [http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon] LinuxCon North America and co-hosted event, [http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/cloudopen/cfp] CloudOpen North America, accepting submissions until June 17th. Events held together on September 16-18th in New Orleans, LA. -- Regards, Kathy Cacciatore OpenStack Industry Event Planner 1-512-970-2807 (mobile) Part time: Monday - Thursday, 9am - 2pm US CT kathyc@openstack.org