<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" align="center"><img src="http://roscon.ros.org/2015/img/roscon_graphic.jpg" alt="ROSCon 2015" style="border:0px none;width:355px"></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">-------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ROSCon 2015</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Website: <a href="http://roscon.ros.org/" style="text-decoration:underline;outline:medium none;color:rgb(17,85,204);border:0px none" target="_blank">http://roscon.ros.org</a></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">October 3rd-4th, 2015  Hamburg, Germany</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Immediately following IROS</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">-------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Important Dates</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">-------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Call for Proposals -- May 15th, 2015</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Proposal submission deadline -- July 7th, 2015</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Proposal acceptance notification -- July 14th, 2014</div><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ROSCon</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">------------------------------</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">-------------------</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ROSCon 2015 is a chance for ROS developers of all levels, beginner to expert, to spend an extraordinary two days 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.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ROSCon is a developers conference, in the model of PyCon and BoostCon. Following the success of the<a href="http://roscon.ros.org/2012" style="text-decoration:underline;outline:medium none;color:rgb(43,127,207);border:0px none" target="_blank">inaugural ROSCon in St. Paul, Minnesota</a>, the<span> </span><a href="http://roscon.ros.org/2013" style="text-decoration:underline;outline:medium none;color:rgb(43,127,207);border:0px none" target="_blank">second version in Stuttgart, Germany</a>, last years<span> </span><a href="http://roscon.ros.org/2014" style="text-decoration:underline;outline:medium none;color:rgb(43,127,207);border:0px none" target="_blank">event in Chicago, Illinois</a>, this year's ROSCon will be held in Hamburg, Germany. Similar to previous years, 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. The bulk of the program will be 30-40 minute presentations (some may be longer or shorter). To submit a proposal please read the<span> </span><a href="http://roscon.ros.org/#call-for-proposals" style="text-decoration:underline;outline:medium none;color:rgb(43,127,207);border:0px none" target="_blank">Call for Proposals</a>.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">If you don't want to make a formal presentation, you should still bring your new project or idea to ROSCon! There will be 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.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">If you are looking for information on past ROSCons see their separate websites including past programs, slides and videos of the presentations are available from their programs:<span> </span><a href="http://roscon.ros.org/2012/?page_id=33" style="text-decoration:underline;outline:medium none;color:rgb(43,127,207);border:0px none" target="_blank">ROSCon 2012 Program</a>,<span> </span><a href="http://roscon.ros.org/2013/?page_id=14" style="text-decoration:underline;outline:medium none;color:rgb(43,127,207);border:0px none" target="_blank">ROSCon 2013 Program</a>, and<span> </span><a href="http://roscon.ros.org/2014/program/" style="text-decoration:underline;outline:medium none;color:rgb(43,127,207);border:0px none" target="_blank">ROSCon 2014 Program</a>.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">As more information becomes available this years program will be filled out<span> </span><a href="http://roscon.ros.org/#program" style="text-decoration:underline;outline:medium none;color:rgb(43,127,207);border:0px none" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Submission Guidelines</span></p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:1em">Presentations and tutorials on all topics related to ROS are invited. Examples include introducing attendees to a ROS package or library, exploring how to use tools, manipulating sensor data, and applications for robots.</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Proposals will be reviewed by a program committee that will evaluate fit, impact, and balance.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">We cannot offer sessions that are not proposed! If there is a topic on which you would like to present, please propose it. If you have an idea for an important topic that you do not want to present yourself, please post it to <a href="mailto:ros-users@lists.ros.org" style="text-decoration:underline;outline:medium none;color:rgb(43,127,207);border:0px none" target="_blank">ros-users@lists.ros.org</a>.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Topic areas</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">------------------------------</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">------------------</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:1em">All ROS-related work is invited. Topics of interest include:</span></p><ul style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em 30px;padding:0px;list-style:outside none disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);background-repeat:repeat-y"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Best practices</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Useful packages and stacks</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Robot-specific development</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">ROS Enhancement Proposals (REPs)</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Safety and security</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">ROS in embedded systems</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Product development & commercialization</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Research and education</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Enterprise deployment</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Community organization and direction</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Testing, quality, and documentation</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Robotics competitions and collaborations</li></ul><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Proposal submission</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">------------------------------------------------</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">A session proposal should include:</p><ul style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em 30px;padding:0px;list-style:outside none disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);background-repeat:repeat-y"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Title</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Recommended duration: Short (~20 minutes) or Long (~45 minutes)</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Summary, 100 word max (to be used in advertising the session)</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Description (for review purposes): outline, goals (what will the audience learn?), pointers to packages to be discussed (500 Words Maximum)</li></ul><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">To submit a proposal please visit:<span> </span><a href="http://roscon.ros.org/review" style="text-decoration:underline;outline:medium none;color:rgb(43,127,207);border:0px none" target="_blank">http://roscon.ros.org/review</a></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Further Info</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">------------------------------------------------</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The event website is <a href="http://roscon.ros.org/" style="text-decoration:underline;outline:medium none;color:rgb(17,85,204);border:0px none" target="_blank">http://roscon.ros.org</a>  You can contact the organizing committee at <a href="mailto:roscon-2015-oc@osrfoundation.org" style="text-decoration:underline;outline:medium none;color:rgb(17,85,204);border:0px none" target="_blank">roscon-2015-oc@osrfoundation.org</a></p></div>