sambaXP 2018: Submit your paper now!

The 17th <link sambaxp.org _blank external-link-new-window "sambaXP – International User and Developer Conference">sambaXP</link> is around the corner: June 5-7, 2018 marks the date of the go-to conference for Samba developers and users. There is still a chance to participate in the Call for Papers and to shape the program. Hosts of the 17th samba eXPerience are SerNet and the <link samba.org _blank external-link-new-window samba.org>international Samba team</link>, chairman is Jeremy Allison – one of the founding members of the Samba team. The event will take place at Hotel Freizeit In in Göttingen (Germany).

The "Call for Papers" section at <link sambaxp.org _blank external-link-new-window "sambaXP – International User and Developer Conference">sambaxp.org</link>  holds all information about conference topics and further details. Abstracts can be submitted until February 28, 2018. The program committee would love to see technical lectures as well as user reports. Members of the committee are

• Jens-Peter Akelbein, University of Darmstadt
• Jeremy Allison, Google
• Stefan Kania, author
• Sven Oehme, IBM
• Thomas Pfenning, Microsoft
• Karolin Seeger, SerNet

The conference language is English. Submissions in German or another language are welcome, too.

"Early Bird" tickets are also available until February 28 and are priced at 399 Euros for the two conference days. The regular ticket price is 499 Euros. A tutorial is also available for Tuesday, June 5th: Samba trainer and author Stefan Kania is offering "Securing a Samba Fileserver inside Active Directory" this year. The participation fee is 450 Euros.