Call for Proposals: ROSCon 2012 St. Paul, Minnesota 19-20 May 2012 (immediately following ICRA) Details: http://roscon.ros.org/ Proposals: submit@roscon.ros.org Questions: info@roscon.ros.org ROSCon 2012 is a chance for ROS developers of all levels, beginner to expert, to spend an extraordinary weekend learning from and networking with the ROS community. Get tips and tricks from experts, network, and share ideas with fellow developers from around the globe. ROSCon is a developers’ conference, in the model of PyCon and BoostCon. The two-day program will comprise tech talks and tutorials that will introduce you to new tools and libraries, and teach you more about the ones you already know. The bulk of the program will be 30-40-minute presentations (some may be longer or shorter). ** Want to present at ROSCon? Submit a proposal! For details on proposing, go to http://roscon.ros.org/ ** If you don’t want to make a formal presentation, you should still bring your new project or idea to ROSCon! There will be several sessions of Lightning Talks, which are 5-minute mini-talks that are scheduled just-in-time at the conference. There will also be open space for Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) meetings, impromptu hacking sessions, and informal presentations. On behalf of the ROSCon 2012 Organizing Committee: Ryan Gariepy, Clearpath Robotics Brian Gerkey, Willow Garage Cédric Pradalier, ETH Zürich Matthew Williamson, Heartland Robotics brian.