OpenZFS Developer Summit 2016

The fourth annual OpenZFS Developer Summit will be held in San Francisco, September 26 & 27, 2016. All OpenZFS developers are invited to participate!

The goal of the event is to foster cross-community discussions of OpenZFS work and to make progress on some of the projects we have proposed. This 2-day event consisted of 1 day of presentation (Sept 26) and a 1-day hackathon (Sept 27).

When
The OpenZFS Developer's Summit is a 2-day event for all OpenZFS Developers. The event is September 26th and 27th.

A detailed agenda will be announced at a later date.

Where
The presentations will be held at the Children's Community Center, 221 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94103.

The hackathon will be held at Hotel Rex, 562 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94102.

Call for Papers
More information coming soon

Deadlines

 * Aug 1, 2016: All abstracts/proposals submitted to admin@open-zfs.org
 * Aug 12, 2016: Proposal submitters notified

Sponsorship
Thank you for considering sponsoring the OpenZFS Developers Summit!

As an OpenZFS Dev Summit sponsor, you are providing critical support to our annual event, without which it would not be able to continue. Your generous contributions help us with venue, logistical, food, and beverage expenses, and other miscellaneous goods and services, such as the beer bash, shirts, and prizes. Multiples of each package are available.

Please note that if you are willing to provide more or less support than specified by our packages, we would be happy to customize a sponsorship package for you.

If you are interested in supporting the event through non-monetary means, such as by webcasting and video recording the event, creating the badges, providing hackathon prizes, or designing the t-shirts, we would be happy to match the sponsorship packages to the effort.

For more information or questions, please contact admin@open-zfs.org.

Sponsor Deadlines

 * For guaranteed entry using the reserved tickets given to our sponsors, attendees must be registered by August 29, 2016. Any attendees registered after this deadline will not be guaranteed entry and may be placed on a waitlist.
 * For inclusion on the OpenZFS Dev Summit 2015 conference t-shirt, sponsorship of the appropriate level and logo must be confirmed by September 1, 2016.
 * For inclusion on signage, sponsorship and logo must be confirmed by September 1, 2016.
 * For extra t-shirts in chosen sizes for the sponsor, sponsorship, sizes, and quantities must be confirmed by September 1, 2016.

Registration
Coming Soon

Harrasment Policy
OpenZFS Developer Summit is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks. Conference participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference at the discretion of the conference organizers.

For information about last year's event, see the OpenZFS Developer Summit 2015 page.