The VMworld Europe 2009 Call for Participation is now open — you can now submit proposals to present at Cannes. Be sure to read the Call for Participation Instructions. The deadline is January 16, but the instructions say you'll have a better chance if you submit early. From the instructions:
VMworld will be held on February 24, 25 and 26 2009 in Cannes, France and we expect around 5000 attendees interested in the virtualization industry. VMware together with 100+ technology partners and virtualization vendors will be showing their solutions across the solution exchange exhibit hall, break out sessions and hands-on labs.
About the Attendees
Based on previous events, we expect 50% of the attendees to have a technical background and the other 50% to be focused on business management. 65% of the attendees are working for companies that use virtualization in their own organization, 35% consult/support/sell virtualization solutions. The attendees will be from a geographically diverse group of countries, with the majority coming from Europe. The largest represented countries/regions will be UK (20%), Scandinavia (16%), the Benelux (16%) and Germany (11%). The event official language will be English and we expect all content to be presented in English.About the Sessions
We will have around 150 unique sessions; this will include sessions from VMware employees, customers, sponsors, virtualization vendors and industry specialists. The Sessions will fall into 6 different Tracks:
Virtual Data Center Operating System Focus on topics about running virtualization in the Datacenter Desktop Virtualization Focus on topics about Desktop Virtualization and Mobile
VirtualizationTechnology and Architecture Focus on a single or just a few (technical) components, not an overall solution. Application Workload and Performance Focus on running business applications in the real world in virtualized environments and sessions about performance. Technology Partners This track will include all the Sponsor Sessions and can include commercial information about their solutions. Hands-on Labs Sessions where attendees can get hands-on experience by doing exercises on different technical topics.
