Call Issued for Participation Proposals in 2004 O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference

The third annual O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference, happening October 25-28 in Santa Clara, CA, is evolving right along with Mac OS X. "This is *the* platform for innovation," observes Derrick Story, conference program chair. Story and his committee are seeking conference proposals from people creating the future of the Mac, as well as those immersed in its day-to-day care and feeding. In particular, they're seeking presentations delving into technologies, methodologies, techniques, and just plain useful and cool stuff appealing to:

• System administrators, especially those in cross-platform environments. This includes traditional Mac admins who are now getting up to speed on Unix and working the Mac into both sides of the firewall in businesses and organizations of all sizes, with an emphasis on networking, security, and workflow.
• Developers who want to understand and leverage the new paradigms at the heart of Mac OS X, from Rendezvous to Bluetooth, Core Audio to Quartz Extreme, Cocoa to Java. Working in Xcode is important, but so is scripting with AppleScript, Perl, Python, Ruby, and PHP.
• Digital musicians and their computer gurus who fine tune Macs for peak performance, design workflows to manage huge amounts of content, work with professional applications to create music, understand how to get new music in front of audiences, and can share insider business tips to keep the ink flowing in the black.

Individuals, companies, and project teams interested in making presentations, giving tutorials, or participating in panel discussions are invited to submit proposals in two categories: tutorials (three or six hour presentations) and conference sessions (45 or 90 minute presentations). Proposals are due on June 11th.