Check out the new USENIX Web site.


Contents

 LISA '08 Home
 Conference Overview
 Important Dates/Contact Information
 Conference Organizers
 Refereed Papers
 Training Program
 Invited Talks, The Guru Is In, and Hit the Ground Running
 Workshops, Posters, WiPs, and BoFs
 Possible Topics for Authors and Speakers
 Sponsorship and Exhibit Opportunities

Call for Participation
in PDF Format

LISA '08 Call for Participation

CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

Since 1987, the annual LISA conference has become the premier meeting place for professional system and network administrators. System administrators of all ranks, from novice to veteran, and of all specialties meet to exchange ideas, sharpen skills, learn new techniques, debate current issues, and mingle with colleagues and friends.

Attendees are diverse, a rich mix of nationalities and of educational, government, and industry backgrounds. We work in the full spectrum of computing environments (e.g., large corporations, small businesses, academic institutions, government agencies). We include full- and part-time students engaged in internships, as well as students and faculty deeply involved in system administration research. Whereas many attendees focus on practical system administration, others focus on speculative system administration research. We support a broad range of operating systems (e.g., Solaris, Windows, Mac OS X, HP-UX, AIX, BSD, Linux) and commercial and open source applications, and we run them on a variety of infrastructures.

The conference's diverse group of participants are matched by a broad spectrum of conference activities:

  • A training program for both beginners and experienced attendees covers many administrative topics, ranging from basic procedures to using cutting-edge technologies.

  • Refereed papers present the latest developments and ideas related to system and network administration.

  • Workshops, invited talks, and panels discuss important and timely topics in depth and typically include lively and/or controversial debates and audience interaction.

  • Work-in-Progress Reports (WiPs) and poster sessions provide brief looks ahead to next year's innovations.

  • The Hit the Ground Running track presents multiple important topics in single sessions, distilled down to a few solid points.
LISA also makes it easy for people to interact in more informal settings:
  • Noted experts answer questions at Guru Is In sessions.

  • Participants discuss/celebrate/commiserate about a shared interest at Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions.

  • Vendors answer questions and offer solutions at the Exhibition.
Finally, we strongly encourage informal discussions among participants on both technical and nontechnical topics in the famous "hallway track." LISA is a place to learn and to have fun!

Get Involved!
The theme for LISA '08 is "Real World System Administration."

Experts and old-timers don't have all the good ideas. We welcome participants who will provide concrete ideas to immediately implement, as well as those whose research will forge tomorrow's computing infrastructures. We are particularly keen to showcase novel solutions or new applications of mature technologies. This is your conference, and we want you to participate. Here are examples of ways to get involved in this 22nd LISA conference:

Do you want help coming up with a topic? Here are timely topics to consider.

Take a look at the dates to keep in mind.

Next page

?Need help?


Last changed: 11 Jan. 2008 ch

LISA '08 Index
USENIX Index