The Gotham Ruby Conference (GoRuCo), a one-day, single-track event in New York City, is now accepting proposal papers. GoRuCo will be held on Saturday, June 4th, 2011 on the Manhattan campus of Pace University. GoRuCo is a technical conference aimed at highly motivated programmers interested in all things Ruby. You’ll spend the day among leading Rubyists, innovators and developers in New York City. Past topics have ranged from pragmatic new approaches to design and testing, to pioneering language application and far-reaching abstractions. We will have around six slots, depending on the quantity and quality of the proposals we receive. Speakers
The majority of the day’s content will be individual talks. Our speakers will receive:
- Free attendance to the event.
- A $300 honorarium.
- A $600 travel reimbursement if you live outside of the tri-state region. Talks should be at most 40 minutes long, including time for questions and discussion. (Presentations may be given by more than one person, but multiple speakers will split the honorarium and travel reimbursement.) Local speakers GoRuCo believes in highlighting local talent. We reserve at least two slots for local speakers. Individual talks will be considered local if at least half of the speakers are from the tri-state region–that is, within typical commuting distance of Manhattan. In the past, these slots have been less competitive than the other talk slots, so if you live in the tri-state region we strongly urge you to submit a proposal. Video We will be videotaping all the talks, and making this video freely available online under a Creative Commons license. You should be okay with this if you are submitting a talk. How to submit
Please submit all proposals at http://goruco.wufoo.com/forms/goruco-2011-call-for-proposals/ by 11:59:59.0 PM ET on April 15th, 2011.
If you have any questions about the proposal process or other conference related questions, please email info@goruco.com. For more information about the conference itself, check the conference website (http://www.goruco.com) or follow @goruco on Twitter for updates.
