OHC2015-CFP

Organization for the Open Hardware Miniconf at LCA2015 is in full swing. Preparation for the special project build during the morning session is on-track. Time in the afternoon has been set aside for Open Hardware presentations and lightning talks.

The presentation time is 20 minutes. This is a friendly environment in which to make a low-stress presentation, so it’s a great opportunity if you haven’t done conference presentations before.

The plan is to follow a similar format to the Arduino Miniconf which has run in previous years, with a hardware assembly project in the morning (for registered attendees) and a variety of presentations in the afternoon. These talks can cover just about anything related to Open Hardware, such as:

* A show-and-tell for one of your projects
* Design techniques
* Basic electronics for software developers
* Interfacing with hardware, e.g sensors, actuators, displays, motors, geiger counters
* Driver or library development for embedded systems
* Development environments
* Working within microcontroller limitations
* Internet of Things, wearable computing, vehicle telemetry
* Licensing for hardware

The audience is likely to consist primarily of software developers, since this event takes place as an adjunct to linux.conf.au. What the Open Hardware Miniconf does is give the hard-core devs who typically attend linux.conf.au an opportunity to experience the joy of hardware hacking (http://jon.oxer.com.au/blog/id/358).

So if you are attending LCA2015 (Auckland) in January and would like to present, please email jon@oxer.com.au with:

* Your name
* Brief biography (noting any previous speaking experience)
* Talk title
* Brief outline of your proposed talk
* Notes of any special equipment / facilities you may require