With open source such an integral part of what we all do, I was pleased to hear from industry stalwart Rich Buggy about the 2008 Open Source Developers Conference (OSDC) to be held in Sydney from from December 2-5.

Even though the conference is 5-odd months away, the Call For Papers closes on June 30th. So, if you’re interested, you need to get in soon.

Below is Rich’s overview. Sounds like a good opportunity if it’s your thing.

The Open Source Developers’ Conference is an Australian conference designed for developers, by developers

Papers on Open Source languages, technologies, projects, tools as well as topics of interest to Open Source developers are being solicited for submission to OSDC 2008. So if you are an Open Source maintainer, developer or user, the organising committee would encourage you to submit a talk proposal on the open source tools, solutions, languages or technologies you are working with.

The conference will be held at SMC Conference venue in the Sydney CBD, New South Wales, from the 2nd to the 5th of December, 2008. We have had some great proposals submitted already, but this is your chance to give the open source thing you are passionate about more exposure.

Being a speaker at OSDC 2008, has it’s privileges. As well as having your paper published in the conference proceedings, you will get a free admission to the 3 days of the main conference and the conference dinner.

If you have any questions, or have never submitted a paper proposal before, please read our FAQ page at http://www.osdc.com.au/2008/papers/cfp.html

If you don’t find an answer there, please contact program<at>osdc.com.au

To submit a proposal, follow the instructions here.