[Scale-planning] About the Open Data Track

[Ilan Rabinovitch]

Hello Juan,

The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track
the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for
might be covered there?   OpenData in general has been a topic we've had
requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around it.

That being said I think your email highlights an important point.  We find
a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant
for a given track each year.  E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk
that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a
developer track?

With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each track
to help serve as "track leads".  The role involves writing a one paragraph
abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that track,
helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those tracks,
and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions
submitted via the CFP.

Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions

===

Track:  Containers -  From Dev to Prod
Abstract: Containers came to prominence a couple of years ago with the
promise of portability, flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot
topic in the industry and there are several success stories of companies
deriving business value from the use of containers; especially in the area
of developer experience. At the same time, container technology and the
surrounding ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to
assess its readiness for production use.

In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging
containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better
developer
experience, simplified operations, efficient resource utilization, or all
of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in tackling the complex
challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and orchestration, service discovery,
monitoring etc. and
what it takes to truly reap the benefits of container technology.
Track Lead(s): Sangeeta Narayanan, Netflix

===

This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of
content they're seeking.

If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead,
reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia at socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to
have your help.  We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads per
track max.

Thanks,
Ilan



Ilan Rabinovitch
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On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera <naterajj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was taking a look at the CFP page
> (http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the
> description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
>
> "Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related
> to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will
> strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What
> are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data
> movement? What is its current status?"
>
> As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the
> importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of
> those working to address this issue. However I believe that this
> track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data
> focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to
> have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an
> attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source
> tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious
> for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source
> software.
>
> I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but
> isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
>
> Some food for thought,
>
> Thanks,
>
> Juan
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