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The Call for Papers for XTECH 2006 is now open. Visit
http://www.xtech.org for more details. The deadline for paper and
tutorial submissions is 9 January 2006.

XTech 2006 will take place from 16-19 May in the heart of Amsterdam, at
the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Dam Square.

The theme for 2006, "Building Web 2.0", recognises the key place of
standards-based and open technology in enabling the next generation of
web applications. Practitioners and leaders from all disciplines are
invited to participate in presenting and discussing the technology and
design issues behind the changing web.

Building on the success of last year's conference, this year's tracks
include:

Applications: "mashups", frameworks, publishing, open source solutions,
aggregation
Browser Technology: browsers, AJAX, design and interaction implications

Core Technologies: the XML and RDF family, RSS/Atom, databases,
nuts-and-bolts tech
Open Data: information design, identity, tagging, privacy, trust,
Creative Commons, DRM, government
Subject matter is given as a guide, but is by no means exclusive! Read
more information in the Track Descriptions.

There are several ways you can participate. Follow the links for more
detail.

Presentations: 40 minute talks, to be accompanied by a short paper
(1,000+ words) submitted before the conference. Talks are chosen by
peer review of abstracts.
Tutorials: 3 or 6 hour sessions. Suitable for more established topics
than presentations, to aim for mass appeal.
Panel Discussions: new this year, we want to incorporate discussion
sessions into each track, with feedback given to the conference. You
should nominate a chair (can be yourself) and have some idea of
panelists to give short position statements.
Related Events and BOFs: there is room available to co-locate your
event with XTech. We'll also have BOF tables over lunch, and signup
boards for evening sessions.
There will also be Product Presentations, from vendors or open source
projects, and a few "late breaking" slots reserved for hot and
developing topics. Separate calls for participation will be made for
these.

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