Certain talks will be approved well ahead of time if the speakers is being considered for a Keynote, etc.

Please be aware that the CFP will be extended if we don't fulfill certain board guidelines such as speaker diversity, relevant content and or lack of submissions. We aim to have an interesting variety of speakers and topics. Please submit your talk to Fossetcon 2014 and we'll be sure to review your proposal.

Specialized topics that we're looking for:

Virtualization	Modeling Simulation and Training
Gaming & Game Development	Future Computing (Quantum Computing, OpenCV, Halography, etc)
Security & Privacy	NoSQL
Open Hardware	Big Data
Robotics	Embedded Linux

General topics that we're looking for:

Multimedia (Editing, Manipulation, In Home, Streaming)	Desktop and Server Open Operating Systems
Database Administration	Community
Business	Licensing
Education	Health Care
Web Development	Programming
Open Hardware	*BSD
Bitcoin	Amateur Radio
Microcontrollers	Wearable Devices
Super Computers	High Performance Computing
System Administration	Home Automation
System Automation	In Vehicle Entertainment

If you have a topic that is not listed please feel free to submit anyhow; this list is not a rigid guideline. We appreciate all submission and we thank you for your time and effort in submitting your proposal!