<div class="ace-line">Hello Everyone!</div><div class="ace-line"><br></div><div class="ace-line">We are now accepting Forum [1] submissions for the 2020 Virtual Open Infrastructure Summit [2].  Please submit your ideas through the Summit CFP tool [3] through September 14th.  Don't forget to put your brainstorming etherpad up on the Forum page [4].  </div><div class="ace-line"><br></div><div class="ace-line">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].</div><div class="ace-line"><br></div><div class="ace-line">The timeline for submissions is as follows:</div><div class="ace-line"><br></div><div class="ace-line">Aug 31st | Formal topic submission tool opens: <a href="https://cfp.openstack.org" title="https://cfp.openstack.org">https://cfp.openstack.org</a>.</div><div class="ace-line">Sep 14th | Deadline for proposing Forum topics. Scheduling committee meeting to make draft agenda.</div><div class="ace-line">Sep 21st | Draft Forum schedule published. Crowd sourced session conflict detection. Forum promotion begins.</div><div class="ace-line">Sept 28th | Forum schedule final</div><div class="ace-line">Oct 19th | Forum begins!</div><div class="ace-line"><br></div><div class="ace-line">If you have questions or concerns, please reach out to speakersupport@openstack.org.</div><div class="ace-line"><br></div><div class="ace-line">Cheers,</div><div class="ace-line">Jimmy</div><div class="ace-line"><br></div><div class="ace-line">[1] <a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Forum" title="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Forum">https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Forum</a></div><div class="ace-line">[2] <a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/2020/" title="https://www.openstack.org/summit/2020/">https://www.openstack.org/summit/2020/</a></div><div class="ace-line">[3] <a href="https://cfp.openstack.org" title="https://cfp.openstack.org">https://cfp.openstack.org</a></div><div class="ace-line">[4]<a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Forum/Virtual2020" title="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Forum/Virtual2020">https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Forum/Virtual2020</a></div>