<p>To continue to ensure the quality and effectiveness of presentations at the Linux Symposium we decided to introduce a list of guidelines that all speakers are REQUIRED to follow.</p>
<p><strong>Biographies</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>All biographies should be written in the third person</li>
<li>Information should be limited to project, employment, and industry experience only</li>
<li>The biography should only include the information for the individual making the presentation, additional authors will be listed in the proceedings</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Submissions</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Abstracts must be submitted by Wednesday, March 1st, 2006</li>
<li>Papers must be submitted by Saturday, April 1st, 2006</li>
<li>Images must be in a printable resolution, organizers reserve the right to remove any low resolution graphic that doesn't print properly</li>
<li>Color is allowed in the proceedings as long as it is for a graph or image (in other words, don't submit anything that has one character of color on a page)</li>
</ul>
<p>Tutorial abstracts must contain the following information:</p>
<ul>
<li>The target of the tutorial (i.e. "at the end of this tutorial you will know how to...")</li>
<li>A list of specific topics that will be covered in your tutorial so attendees know exactly what to expect</li>

<li>The skill and hardware requirements to take part in the tutorial (i.e. a laptop, understanding of the Kernel, etc.)</li>
</ul>
<p>There are no exceptions to the above. If your abstract or paper is not submitted on schedule your presentation will be replaced by one of the presentations on the backup list.</p>
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<p><strong>Presentations</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Speakers must be present on Tuesday, July 18th, 2006 for speaker orientation (time TBA).</li>
<li>Speakers are required be in the room where they are presenting at least fifteen (15) minutes before their presentation.</li>
<li>Please make sure that your laptop works with the projector or that your usb device works with laptop that may 
hypothetically be provided for those who don't have one (thanks gregKH ;). We strongly suggest that you come to the venue the night before or the early on the day of your presentation to make sure everything works correctly so that you don't need to spend any time modifying your resolution, etc.</li>
<li>If you require any additional materials for your presentation (i.e. whiteboard, paper tablet, etc.) please let us know before Saturday, July 1st, 2006.</li>

<li>Watch your time. All presentations are 45 minutes long, with a 15 minute break in between presentations. Your presentation should be 40 minutes at most, allowing for 5 minutes of questions at the end. If there are still questions at the end of the 45 minutes please request that people speak with you afterwards so that the next presenter has plenty of time to prepare.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>If you are unable to make your presentation please let us know immediately.</strong></p>
<p>
Those speakers who are not present at the speaker orientation on Tuesday, July 18th, 2006 without an excellent reason 
(to be determined by the organizers) will not be presenting. There are NO exceptions.
</p>
<p>
If you have any questions or comments please don't hesitate to contact us. Thank you.
</p>