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The success of LGM Montreal 2007 (Conference 2007) has inspired us all to work together on the next iteration of this conference. Please help fill in the information below to help shape the conference.

LGM 3 Conference (Spring 2008)

Where

LGM 2008 will take place in Wrocław (Poland) Venue is provided by Wrocław University of Technology in Poland. May 8 - May 11

Press Release

LGM2008_Press_Release

Lessons from 2007 organisation

Venue should be set early, at the end of LGM or not more than 1 month after. Deadline: JUNE 1st 2007. DONE
Dates should also be established really early in the process, after checking agenda of other events.
We need a welcoming uni, where it will be also possible to stay at low cost. We have many students coming at LGM.

Update

Discussions lead to the conclusion that LGM 2008 has to be a 4 day event, in view of the tight schedule in 2007. The conference will be held during the first or second weekend in May, beginning on a thursday.

Other things to consider

Sponsors should be worked on and tightened with written contract in the early stage. We have to secure money at least 6 months before the event. Otherwise money becomes an issue and it takes up too much time. We have to solve this for the benefits of the following LGMs. -> Remains to be worked out
Lots of countries ask for visas. It can take up to 2-3 months. Organisers must be ready to send official invitation letters when required by the authorities. -> Will be true each year. We have to comply with the national exigencies. We have no control over this.
Think of putting together a non-profit association for LGM - Europe (see if this is possible). This is useful to handle the money, issue invoices, pay people and get it out of the hands of individuals. Or use a foundation, such as GNOME Foundation.
Website should get lots of attention by a dedicated team right from the start. -> DONE
Press release list should be consolidated and available as a text file. A database is not a bad idea. -> Remains to be done in 2008.
Sponsors list and contacts, including emails and phone numbers should be available too. -> We now have a list but it is undisclosed for privacy reasons. Available to organisers.
Suggested budget: 30-40K (or more if we're going to Australia)
We should have both a worldwide sponsorship and a local sponsorship. This is important to gain attention from local people in the host city. -> DONE
Each participating team should have a contact person dedicated to communications with LGM organisation. This person takes care of the team members needs for travelling, and any other relevant topics regarding the organisation. -> DONE
Think of publishing a Special LGM Brochure for next year too. This can be all sponsored by a local printer.
Local artists should start developing a logo for 2008 as soon as possible. -> DONE
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Who

Kamila Giedrojć has offered to organise LGM 2008.

If you want to join us at Libre Graphics Meeting, please SIGN UP on our website.

Who has already sign up, to let us know who should be called:

Michael Schumacher ; Manish Singh; Michael Natterer; peter sikking ; Martin Nordholts ; Tomas Carnecky (OpenICC) ; Adam Auksel (Blender); Kenichi Handa (AIST); Caulier Gilles (digiKam) ; Alessandro Rimoldi (Scribus) ; Andreas Nilsson (Tango Project) ; Petr Vanek (Scribus) ; ivan monroy (OSP) ; Harrisson (OSP) ; Pierre Huyghebaert (OSP) ; Thomas Koll ; Ana Isabel ; Ricardo Lafuente (Shoebox) ; THEODULPH QUAINOO (University of Education, Winneba) ; coutand ambroise ; Alex Zhuravel (w3 ukraine) ; Stéphane Lestage (Parinux) ; Boudewijn Rempt (krita) ; Andy Fitzsimon (Inkscape / Open Clipart / Publican) ; Niko Kiirala (Inkscape) ; Craig Bradney (Scribus) ; Juan Miguel Ramirez Molina ; Anders Brander ; Jean Ghali ; Nick Veitch ; Behdad Esfahbod ; Louis Desjardins ; Nicolas Spalinger ; Marcin Zalewski ; Femke Snelting ; Nicolas Malevé ; Swietlana Klausa ; Anders Kvist ;

What

Libre Graphics Meeting is going to take place for the 3rd time. The first meeting took place in Lyon, France, March 2006, the second in Montreal, Canada, May 2007. Developpers and artists are welcome to participate.

When

8-11th May 2008

Why

LGM 2007 was a big success, we understood there is a need to continue the meeting in 2008. We want to gather developers and artists (users) of various creative applications from all over the world for close collaboration, learning and development.

How

Volunteers from Wroclaw University of Technology, who will help during the conference: Damian Melniczuk - czubek@student.pwr.wroc.pl ; Magdalena Elzbieta Halucha - 158610@student.pwr.wroc.pl

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Presenters and Talks

We are working on the program.

Presentation Proposals

- Kamila Giedrojc (GIMP/LGM): Opening Talk
- Pablo d' Angelo (Hugin): Presentation about Hugin
- Pablo d' Angelo (Hugin): Tutorial style introduction to using hugin.
- Peter Sikking (GIMP): A new simple interface for a complex application.
- Joao S. O. Bueno (GIMP/LGM): Python: Binding the Libre Universe Together - scripting in GIMP and other Graphic programs
- Harrisson, Pierre Huyghebaert, Femke Snelting, Nicolas Malevé (OSP): Designing with free software
- Dave Crossland (Open Font Library): Font Software Freedom
- Igor Novikov (sK1 and UniConvertor)
- Emanuele Tamponi (Krita): A realistic color model for representing pigment
- Peter Linell, Cyrille Berger, Kai-Uwe Behrmann ... (OpenICC): OpenICC - goals, themes and results.
- Kai-Uwe Behrmann (Oyranos): Introduction to the Oyranos colour management system
- Udi Fuchs (UFRaw)
- Pierre Marchand (Fontmatrix): Managing fonts, experimenting with text display.
- Cédric Gémy (Graphic Designer) : Live creation of a magazin using Inkscape+Gimp+Blender+Scribus [already did last year]
- Cédric Gémy (graphic Designer) : Blender for retouching photos
- Peter Linnell (Scribus) : Scribus Presentation (more details to follow)
- Louis Desjardins (Scribus) : Scribus Demo. Will highlight text and image manipulation, pdf output, interaction with printing world
- Andy Fitzsimon (Inkscape) : New Inkscape features and other cool things ;-)
- Andy Fitzsimon (Publican) : Publican, the new Open Source publishing tool-chain
- Carl Worth (Cairo): What cairo has to offer now (with 1.6.0) and where it's going,(colour management, extended PDF capability, hardware acceleration, etc.)
- Liam Quin (W3C): Proposal, shared type/text specification for the desktop
- Boudewijn Rempt (krita): Natural media simulation: the field, free software and the future
- Gilles Caulier (digiKam): photo-management under Linux with digiKam
- Øyvind Kolås (GEGL)
- Karl Stiefvater (Second Life): Open Source in Second Life
- Chris Lilley (W3C): What is happening with SVG.
- Ricardo Lafuente (Shoebox)
- Michael Dominic Kostrzewa (Novell): Programmers hell: working with the UI designer
- Jarosław Lipszyc and Kasia Bąk (Wolne Podręczniki): Brainstorming session: Free Tools for Free Textbooks
Braydon Fuller (Sparrow) : Present an experimental Web Revision System written in Python (Git Repo / Screencast).
- Alek Tarkowski (Creative Commons Polska)
Hiran Venugopalan (SMC/Font Designer) : As I tried to be a font designer - Case study over Indic Language issues, with reference to own experiences. Draft
- Håkon Wium Lie: Promoting the idea of WebFonts.