The Pluto Meeting 2001 will be held in the Italian town of Terni starting on December 7 and on through the 9. Pluto Meeting 2001 is an event devoted to the diffusion of Free Software.

This event will include talks and courses on the use of Free Software in both the enterprise and single-user contexts. A series of meetings will be held on topis chosen by the partecipants and companies will be meeting users in the exibitor's area.

We are currently seeking experts willing to hold courses of three to four hours in length during one of the days of Pluto Meeting 2001. These courses can be either at the introductory level (amied at unexperienced future users) or assume an experts knowledge of a subject that will be analyzed in further detail. In either case the requirement is made of making the learning experience as interactive as possible (in essence we are not looking for just a four-hour long lecture).

Those interested in submitting a proposal for a course can write to the secratary of the conference at segreteria@pluto.linux.it. Please include a detailed abstract.

Your abstract will necessarily include:

• Your name and e-mail;
  
• A brief description of your past involvement in Free Software;
  
• A concise summary (one page maximum) of the course you are willing to hold;

Abstracts will be revised by the organizing committe of the Meeting and authors will receive feedback on their proposals ASAP.