PROPOSE A SESSION
Presentations and tutorials on all topics related to ROS are invited.
Examples include introducing attendees to a ROS package or library,exploring how to use tools, manipulating sensor data and applications for robots.
Proposals will be reviewed by an ad-hoc committee that will
evaluate fit, impact and balance.
We cannot offer sessions that are not proposed! If there is a
topic on which you would like to present, please propose it.
If you have an idea for an important topic that you do not wantto present yourself, please post it to ros-users@code.ros.org.

ROSCon 2013
S T U T T G A R T, G E R M A N Y
1 1 – 1 2 M AY 2 0 1 3(immediately following ICRA, which is in nearby Karlsruhe)
http://roscon.ros.org/2013
ROSCon 2013 is a chance for ROS developers of all levels, beginner
to expert, to spend an extraordinary weekend learning from andnetworking with the ROS community. Get tips and tricks from experts and meet and share ideas with fellow developers fromaround the globe.
ROSCon is a developers’ conference, in the model of PyCon andBoostCon. Following the success of the inaugural ROSCon in St.
Paul, Minnesota (http://roscon.ros.org/2012) this year’s ROSCon
will be held in Stuttgart, Germany. Similar to last year, the two-day
program will comprise technical talks and tutorials that will introduce you to new tools and libraries, as well as teach you more about
the ones you already know. The bulk of the program will be 30-40
minute presentations (some may be longer or shorter).
If you don't want to make a formal presentation, you should stillbring your new project or idea to ROSCon!
There will be sessions of Lightning Talks, which are 5-minutemini-talks that are scheduled just-in-time at the conference.
There will also be open space for Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) meetings,impromptu hacking sessions, and informal presentations.

TOPIC AREAS
All ROS-related work is invited. Topics of interest include:• Best practices• Useful packages and stacks• Robot-specific development• ROS Enhancement Proposals (REPs)• Safety and security• ROS in embedded systems• Product development & commercialization• Research and education• Enterprise deployment• Community organization and direction• Testing, quality and documentation• Robotics competitions and collaborations
I M P O R TA N T D AT E S
1 Call for proposals open – Monday, November 12, 2012
2 Proposal submission deadline – Sunday, December 9, 2012
3 Proposal acceptance notification – Monday, January 7, 2013
PERMISSION TO RECORD AND RELEASEP R E S E N TAT I O N S
The goal of ROSCon is to disseminate information, both at theconference, and afterward. All ROSCon presentations will be recorded and made freely available online. We also ask that presenters provide their presentation materials to be made available
alongside the videos.
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
A session proposal should include:• Title• Recommended duration (usually 30-40 minutes)• Summary, 100 word max (to be used in advertising the session)• Category tags
• Description, 1–2 pages (for review purposes): outline, goals(what will the audience learn?), pointers to packages to bediscussed. Please be specific and thorough, keeping in mind
that acceptance of your proposal will be determined primarily
by this description.
Proposals should be sent to submit@roscon.ros.org

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE• Alexander Bubeck, Fraunhofer IPA• Tully Foote, Willow Garage• Ryan Gariepy, Clearpath Robotics• Brian Gerkey, Open Source Robotics Foundation• Florian Weisshardt, Fraunhofer IPA• Matthew Williamson, Rethink Robotics
F U R T H E R I N F O R M AT I O NContact info@code.ros.org