Heads-up! The May 2014 OpenStack Summit is right around the corner. If you would like to speak at the Summit - please act quickly! The deadline to submit a talk is next week, February 14. See below for a list of categories. Submit talks here - http://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-summit-atlanta-2014/call-for-speak... The Summit will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center in downtown Atlanta, May 12-16. Registration, the Call for Speakers, and Call for Sponsors are open. Please continue to check openstack.org/summit for updates. We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta. Proposed Summit Tracks Operations Technical discussions, presentations and use cases for deploying and operating an OpenStack cloud Getting Started Overview of OpenStack, how it's being used and how you can get started building an OpenStack cloud. Hands-On Workshops (90 minutes) Hands-on OpenStack training for operators and application developers, which are typically 90-minute sessions. Related OSS Projects Opportunity to present and discuss related open source projects, and how they are relevant for OpenStack users. Apps on OpenStack Sessions relevant to developers and companies who are building applications to run on OpenStack clouds. Cloud Strategy & Business Value Discussions for organizations planning their cloud strategy, including cultural issues, building a business case and cloud transformation. Public & Hybrid Clouds Presentations and panels relevant to service providers/telcos and enterprises using public or hybrid cloud. Ecosystem, Products & Services Presentations on the latest products and services from the OpenStack ecosystem, as well as topics relevant to companies working in the OpenStack ecosystem. Compute Technical presentations, use cases, design and implementation discussions relevant to OpenStack compute. Storage Technical presentations, use cases, design and implementation discussions relevant to OpenStack object or block storage. Networking Technical presentations, use cases, design and implementation discussions relevant to OpenStack networking. Security Technical presentations and strategic discussions relevant to cloud security and OpenStack. Community Building Discussion around best practices, ideas and trends for growing the global OpenStack community.