[ros-users] [Discourse.ros.org] [General] Call for Contributions: ROS Developers Conference 2018

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### CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS AND PARTICIPATION : ROS Developers Online Conference 2018 ###


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RDC2018 - ROS Developers Conference

A practical online ROS conference for ROS developers worldwide

Date: July 7-8, 2018

Conference website and Registration: http://www.rosdevcon.com

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[ IMPORTANT DATES ]

- Submission deadline:    	April 30, 2018

- Notification of acceptance:	May 15, 2018

- Final tutorial submission:	June 7, 2018

- Early registration deadline:     May 7, 2018



[ OVERVIEW ]


The first ROS Developers Online Conference will be held from July 7 to Jul 8,  2018. This is a completely practical conference for ROS developers. The conference aims to connect ROS developers around the world without geographical restrictions and to advance ROS levels through real-time practice.


We will host eight top ROS developers to give tutorials of real ROS projects: during the conference, all participants will program together the projects at the same time with the speaker. 


- All the participants will have to practice at the same time with the speaker along the conference.

- No installation of anything required. Only require a computer and internet connection. Any type of computer will work. 

- All the participants will have full access to the ROS development studio for programming 

- All participants will receive a pdf document with all the steps described during the conference

- All the participants will receive a copy of the ROS Developers Guide e-book.

- Each speech will be 30 minutes plus 10 minutes Q&A.



[ CALL FOR TUTORIALS ]


Full length tutorial: 30 mins + 10 min for Q&A


Tutorial should target fields of robotics using ROS and focus on practice, in order to provide a real practical conference to participants and to exchange developing research results and ideas. The submission of a tutorial must contain the following information:

- Title
- Speaker Information
- Short statement of objectives
- Special requests (equipment or other issues)

The proposals must be sent to this address: tutorial at rosdevcon.com



If your tutorial is accepted, you will have to prepare the following material (with our support):

- A notebook with the tutorial


- Package with pre-defined code for participants



[ Keynote Speakers ]

* Enrico Mingo Hoffman (Post-Doc at Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)

* Romn Navarro Garca (CTO of Robotnik Automation)

* Ajay Sonar (Director of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories at Clarkson University)

* James Carroll (Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clarkson University)




[ Organizer ]

The Construct 

You can contact us with questions and doubts here: info at rosdevcon.com





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