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Everyone!</div><div><br></div><div>We
 are now accepting Forum [1] submissions for the 2019 Open 
Infrastructure Summit in Shanghai [2].  Please submit your ideas through
 
the Summit CFP tool [3] through <span 
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style="display: inline; font-size: inherit; padding: 0pt;">September20th.</span></span></span></span> 
 Don't forget to put your brainstorming 
etherpad up on the Shanghai Forum page [4].  </div><div><br></div><div>This



 is not a classic conference track with speakers and presentations. OSF 
community members (participants in development teams, operators, working
 groups, SIGs, and other interested individuals) discuss the topics they
 want to cover and get alignment on and we welcome your participation.  
The Forum is your opportunity to help shape the development of future 
project releases. More information about the Forum [1].  Keep in mind, 
Forum submissions are for discussions, not presentations.  <br>
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 timeline for submissions is as follows:</div><div><br></div><div><span 
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 | Formal topic submission tool opens: <a 
href="https://cfp.openstack.org">https://cfp.openstack.org</a>. 
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 | Deadline for proposing Forum topics. Scheduling committee meeting to 
make draft agenda.     </div><div><span 
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 | Draft Forum schedule published. Crowd sourced session conflict 
detection. Forum promotion begins.     </div><div><span 
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 | Scheduling committee final meeting     </div><div><span 
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 | Forum schedule final     </div><div><span 
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style="display: inline; font-size: inherit; padding: 0pt;">Nov 4-6</span><span
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Forum Time!     </div><div><br></div><div>If you have questions or 
concerns, please reach out to <a 
href="mailto:speakersupport@openstack.org">speakersupport@openstack.org</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Jimmy</div><div><br></div><div>[1]

 <a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Forum">https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Forum</a></div><div>[2]

 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" 
href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/shanghai-2019/">https://www.openstack.org/summit/shanghai-2019/</a></div><div>[3]
 
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://cfp.openstack.org">https://cfp.openstack.org</a></div><div>[4]
 
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" 
href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Forum/Shanghai2019">https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Forum/Shanghai2019</a></div></div>

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