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  • Call for lightning talks & participation at Racketfest 2021 Amateur Nig

    From Jesse Alama@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 19 11:11:12 2021
    Save the date: March 26 & 27 for Racketfest 2021 Amateur Night, a conference dedicated to the Racket programming language & its philosophy of language-oriented programming. This year, the event will be online, in Gather (https://gather.town).

    URL: https://racketfest.com

    This is a call for participation, whether in the form of

    + Prerecorded Lightning Talks
    + Screencasts
    + Posters
    + Racket-generated artwork for decorating the Gather space

    The event is structured as two 4-hour blocks:

    + Friday, March 26 from 20:00 to 23:59 Central European Time (14:00 to 17:59 US Eastern Time; 06:00 to 10:00 Australian Eastern Time, Saturday, March 27)

    + Saturday, March 27, again from from 20:00 to 23:59 Central European Time

    The times are designed to make it possible for Europe-based Racketeers to get together as well as US-based ones, and even those based way out in Australia, New Zealand, and East Asia (at least for part of the event).

    Your participation is needed! This year Racketfest is deliberately eschewing traditional talks in favor of a kind of "amateur night", where you can give a lightning talk (5-10 minutes, maybe more), submit a poster to be hung up, set up a stand for doing
    a tutorial on a topic of your choice. Here are some suggestions for what you could submit:

    + Anything Racket-related that you're working on. It doesn't have to be finished! We're talking about:

    * libraries,
    * new #langs,
    * applications whether command-line or GUI,
    * tools

    + A DrRacket hack you like, an Emacs racket-mode pro tip, or any other developer convenience

    + A Racket-related paper you recently read (or wrote!)

    + A Racket project you'd like to start and perhaps need some feedback, guidance, or would like to solicit help

    + Something you'd like to teach others (break-out rooms will be available)

    + Open mic: sound off on some Racket-y topic that's on your mind

    Please let the organizers (Jesse Alama, organizers@racketfest.com) know if you would like to submit something! The call for participation is wide open. The bar for participation is kept deliberately low. If it's related to Racket, it's in.

    In addition: We will have an art gallery, where Racket-generated art will adorn the Gather walls. Submissions welcome.

    More details at https://racketfest.com . Register at https://racketfest.com/register . On Twitter at @racketfest .

    -- The Racketfest Organizers

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