ADHOC 2005 Call for Sessions
The Advanced Hands On Developers Conference (ADHOC) is interested in hearing what you have to say. ADHOC is a conference for the community of developers to hear other developers speak about their experiences, techniques, and tips and tricks. Whether you are a young developer getting your feet wet or an expert developer ready to retire, you can be a speaker.
ADHOC, also known as MacHack, is now seeking speakers for ADHOC 2005, scheduled for July 26-31. Although the focus of ADHOC is Macintosh and Unix development, other topics are also welcome. Some examples for session topics include, but are not limited to:
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[*] New development in Apple’s Tiger version of Mac OS X (slated to be released before ADHOC): Share your knowledge of Apple’s latest technologies including Spotlight, CoreData, Automator, and Dashboard.
[*] Cross-platform development: Let’s face it, almost every developer os eventually faced with the need to create a cross-platform solution. If you have worked on a cross-platform project or worked with cross-platform tools, help other developers learn the ins and outs of cross-platform development by giving a session on your experiences.
[*] Game development: Have you created a game or been on a team who did? Your wisdom is being requested! Whether you programmed directly using OpenGL or utilized a pre-existing toolkit such as SDL, your experience will make a great session.
[*] Networking: Communicating between processes and computers can be hard. Contribute a session about your experiences with TCP, UDP, Rendezvous (ZeroConf), or the higher-level protocols that sit above TCP or UDP.
[*] Code profiling and optimization: With each update of Apple’s developer tools, better performance tools are in developer’s hands. Sessions detailing how to use different tools or techniques to reveal the bottlenecks in applications are wanted.
[*] AltiVec: Apple computers have been AltiVec enhanced for nearly 5 years now. Present a session informing other developer’s how you utilized AltiVec to make your programs faster.
[*] Scripting languages: Several powerful scripting languages come installed on OS X. If you have written scripts in languages such as Python, Ruby, Perl, or PHP, we invite you to give a session showing what you’ve done!
[*] Power tools for power programmers: Creating custom templates for Xcode, using BBEdit’s unique features, and running Mac OS X’s built-in command-line tools are some of the many things that you may have done to streamline your workflow. Share your techniques and tips with fellow developers to help them be more productive.
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Not all sessions need to be advanced. The topic can be as simple as, “I wrote this program that runs on Mac OS X, and here’s how I achieved CoreGraphics printing.” Students are also welcome to be speak. If you are interested in presenting a session at ADHOC 2005, you can submit your idea via email at sessions2005@adhocconference.com .
Why present a session at ADHOC? Session authors receive a $100 discount off of the normal conference registration fee.
What sessions are not appropriate for ADHOC? ADHOC is not about marketing. Sessions should be technical and not be presented as a marketing vehicle.
For more information, see http://www.adhocconference.com/
