Those of you intending to go to the OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon 2008) in Beijing this year may have already pencilled in October 15-17th, based on the original proposal from the Beijing team. Unfortunately no-one thought to mention until recently that holiday dates in Germany (where many of the Sun engineers are based) clashed with this proposal. Putting OOoCon back a few weeks would mean a clash with the China-Africa Summit (Beijing is full), so after more deliberation OOoCon 2008 will be November 5th-7th.

One useful side effect of the delay is that air fares should be lower in November, which will help people who will have to pay for long haul. We’re working on a ‘bursary’ scheme to help ensure that anyone who should be at OOoCon, can be at OOoCon. However, it usually takes time for sponsors to tell us how generous they are prepared to be. Many thanks to IBM, who have already committed to a generous sum.

So, the OOoCon website is being prepared, and the Call for Papers is in draft. Expect both of these before the end of the month. The countdown has begun!

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