On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Brian Gerkey <gerkey@osrfoundation.org>wrote:

> ** Reminder: early registration closes March 31st. **
>
> Call For Participation: ROSCon 2013
> 11-12 May 2013 (immediately following ICRA)
> Stuttgart, Germany
>
> * Preliminary program is available: http://roscon.ros.org/?page_id=14
> * Registration is open: http://roscon.ros.org/?page_id=6
>   * Early registration deadline: 31 March 2013
>

Do invited speakers need to register and pay as well?

Marcus


> * Thank you to our sponsors: http://roscon.ros.org/?page_id=16
>
> Please join us this May for the second annual edition of ROSCon!
>
> ROSCon 2013 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 and meet and
> share ideas with fellow developers from around the globe.
>
> ROSCon is a developers’ conference, in the model of PyCon and
> BoostCon. Following the success of the inaugural ROSCon in St. Paul,
> Minnesota (http://roscon.ros.org/2012), this year’s ROSCon will be
> held in Germany.  Similar to last year, the two-day program will
> comprise technical talks and tutorials that will introduce you to new
> tools and libraries, as well as teach you more about the ones you
> already know.
>
> Once again we received an overwhelming number of session proposals,
> which made for some tough decisions in the review process.  The 35
> talks in the program include in-depth coverage of core libraries, like
> Octomap and RQT, multiple perspectives on timely topics like embedded
> systems and real-time control, and plenty of novel applications of
> ROS.  And we have an excellent keynote on MoveIt!, from Sachin Chitta
> of Willow Garage.
>
> We have some great sponsors to thank: Bosch, Clearpath Robotics,
> Cyberbotics, Google, I Heart Engineering, Rethink Robotics, Schunk,
> Yaskawa Motoman, Yujin Robot, and Willow Garage.  We're excited to
> have such strong industry support!
>
> Registration is now open: http://roscon.ros.org/?page_id=6.  Early
> registration ends 31 March, 2013.
>
> If you have any questions, send email to info@roscon.ros.org.
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