<html><head><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px}</style></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><div style="font-size: 12.777777671813965px;"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.777777671813965px;"><br></span></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.777777671813965px;">Hi all,</span></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://degoesconsulting.com/lambdaconf-2015/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 17, 204); cursor: text;">LambdaConf 2015</a> has officially opened its Call for Proposals. </div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LambdaConf 2015 is being held in the beautiful foothills of the Rocky Mountains, in Boulder, Colorado (home to many companies using FP). The conference is devoted to helping people become better programmers through functional and declarative programming.</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're looking for lightning talks, workshops, and presentations on the following themes:</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><ul><li style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><b>FP 101</b>. Introductory material for the FP curious or those just getting their feet wet.</span></li><li style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><b>Languages</b>. New languages (functional / logic), functional ways to use existing languages, language extensions, etc.</span></li><li style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><b>Theory</b>. Type theory, category theory, abstract algebra, ongoing or new research, and anything useful or interesting to functional programmers or academics working in the field.</span></li><li style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><b>Libraries</b>. Cool libraries that demonstrate the power of functional programming in helping programmers get stuff done.</span></li><li style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><b>Case Studies</b>. Case studies showing how using a functional language or library proved to be game-changing in solving real world problems.</span></li></ul><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We currently have talks or workshops lined up for Haskell, Purescript, Scala, and Rust.</div></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you'd like to submit a proposal, just send a private email to me or <a href="http://degoesconsulting.com/lambdaconf-2015" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 17, 204); cursor: text;">visit the official website</a> for more information.</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are not yet open for registrations, but we are actively looking for a couple more volunteers, as well as sponsors. If you know someone who might be interested, please spread the word!</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Regards,</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John</div></div></div></div></body></html>