# Lone Star Ruby Conference 2009 - Now Accepting Talk & Training Submissions **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [April 14, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lone-star-ruby-conference-2009-now-accepting-talk-training-submissions/196939 "2009-04-14T17:15:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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Lone Star Ruby Conference 2009 (Thu-Sat) August 27-29, 2009 Norris Conference Center Austin, TX Greetings The third annual Lone Star Ruby Conference is getting under way by opening the call for speakers. This year the conference is going to be bigger and better than ever! We have the whole conference center this year, so there will be plenty of room to relax, visit or create adhoc coding teams to unleash your latest conference ware on the public. The author of Ruby, Matz, will be keynoting this year. Matz is expected to roll in on his Segway and treat us all to the latest goodness in Ruby. The ever entertaining Rich Kilmer will also be Keynoting. Rich has been an advocate of Ruby from the very first conference and can usually be found coding prototypes that are three to four years before their time. The popular hands-on training will be back this year. There will be half-day and full-day training sessions for you to sink your teeth into and take home valuable Ruby knowledge. We look forward to seeing you at the conference in August. Please feel free to email us with your suggestions on how we can make this your perfect conference. ======================================== Speakers: We invite you to submit a proposal for a 45-minute or a 7-minute talk. The only requirement is that the topic be Ruby related. (Note, although not finalized, expect speaking time to be 35-minutes with 10-minutes of Q&A.) Here are a few topics to give you some ideas: - Design and coding techniques - Testing tools and techniques - Developer productivity tips and tools - Patterns and best practices for developing Ruby code - MRI, Rubinius, JRuby, YARV - Rails, Rail3, Merb, Sinatra, Waves, Ramaze, etc - Ruby in the Enterprise - Ruby in Small Business - Ruby internals, meta programming - Data filtering, reporting, parsing You name it. If it is Ruby related, we want to hear from you. Please submit your proposal at: [Speaker/Trainer Submission Form for LSRC 2009](http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cFFLMDFLajgwYXRZSUx4RzY2TkxJT0E6MA)… Trainers: Hands-on training is back this year. Courses can be either 3hr (half-day) or 6hr (full-day). It is recommended that full-day courses be team taught. Also, remember that trainers are compensated. Last year LSRC 2008 paid out over $15,000 to trainers. When submitting a course curriculum outline, remember that a training course is NOT an extended talk. Trainers should provide labs and hands on learning experiences for the participants. Your course submission should provide practical skills that participants can take away and begin using immediately to improve their coding. Please submit your proposal at: [Speaker/Trainer Submission Form for LSRC 2009](http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cFFLMDFLajgwYXRZSUx4RzY2TkxJT0E6MA)… Proposals are due May 2, 2009. Registration for LSRC 2009 will open in early May. See you in Austin in August! – Jim F. Lone Star Ruby Foundation, President For sponsorship, media or promotional partner opportunities, contact Jim F. at lsrc2009 _at_ gmail _dot_ com. P.S. Proposals are due by midnight May 2, 2009. P.P.S. You can follow conference announcements on Twitter at [http://twitter.com/lsrc](http://twitter.com/lsrc)