By Shane
Did you know that for most travellers, ApacheCon Europe 2009 will be cheaper than the 2008 conference? VAT taxes will not be charged this year, so travellers will find corresponding fees less than last year.
If you’re interested in staying at the Mövenpick Hotel (which is very nice!), they’ve extended their room block discount through 13-March. So you can still register for a discounted hotel room, and if you’re staying at least 2 nights in the Mövenpick, you can register for the Special Discount Package 3 Day Conference Pass, which saves you another 150 Euro off the full conference admission price.
Past conference attendees and members of a variety of other local user and open source groups may be eligible for discount codes as well – check your past emails from the ApacheCon Planning team or from info /dot\ stonecircle /at\ gmail /dot\ com for any discount codes (which you enter later in the registration process) you may be eligible for. All ASF Committers, as usual, register with a special discount code as well.
(Yes, I know I’m a little late with this posting – that’s the trouble when you fall asleep before you remember to post!)
By Shane
We’ve all got iTunes (OK, maybe not everyone), but have you subscribed to FeatherCast yet?
FeatherCast is a semi-regular podcast run by a pair of ASF Members, Rich Bowen and David Reid. They interview committers, members, and speakers involved with ApacheCon and various Apache projects. Listening to the podcasts is sometimes a really nice way to get a different perspective on some of our projects and upcoming speakers than just reading everyone’s blog.
If you’re thinking of attending any of the trainings at ApacheCon Europe 2009, then be sure to catch several of their FeatherCasts with some of the trainers going into the details of their trainings.
Stay tuned for posts about our live video streaming, and some other 10th anniversary tidbits of the ASF.
By Shane
Can only make ApacheCon for one day? Coming all week but want to plan out what you’ll be doing? Can’t make it at all, but want to see the live video streaming we’ll have available?
We’ve done an even better job than before in focusing our tracks each day, so you can pick and choose, and know you’ll be getting a strong selection of talks on specific topics.
Morning Keynote: Data Management In The Cloud
- OSGi and Geronimo
- If we did any more on OSGi – all the way from quickstart, to real-life tales, to Geronimo management – we’d have to call ourselves Eclipse.
- Data Mining and Search Technologies
- Come hear about one of our most wildly popular projects – Lucene – and it’s many related search and data processing subprojects.
- Business and Community
- You don’t need to wear a suit – in fact, most people won’t. It’s an excellent resource for how our technology – and communities – fit into the larger ecosystems we live in.
- Geeks for Geeks (Focus: Hadoop) (Live video stream)
- You know you want to be here. Grid your Hadoop on the cloud in the cluster with a Pig in this highly technical track. (Yes, a Pig!)
Wednesday evening features the delicious opening reception with a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the ASF, as well as BOFs afterwards.
Afternoon keynote: Open sourcing the analyst business – turning proprietary knowledge inside out
- Tomcat for Developers and Administrators (Live video stream)
- This grandkitty of Servlet containers and JSP’s is as popular as ever – learn the details here.
- Service-Oriented Architecture
- Use your Synapses to figure out the right ServiceMix for your enterprise.
- Business and Community
- This day of biz/community talks is for everyone, and shows how to get community done right.
- Geeks for Geeks
- Thursday’s afternoon of G4G gets into some cutting edge tools. (Note: pony not included.)
Thursday features our ever-popular Lightning Talks, my personal favorite event of anything ApacheCon.
- HTTP Server Administration (Live video stream)
- Just what it says: hardcore httpd learning from people who helped write it; security & advanced topics.
- Builds and Clouds
- As the ASF and it’s projects grow, so do it’s build management tools.
- Java Development
- Get your java weenie hat here. Yes, that’s a good thing. Along with all the overviews, I want to see the Shindig.
- Geeks for Geeks
- Can you handle a third day of G4G?
Stay for the end of Friday, where we have a Closing Plenary and Raffle – with a number of prizes you definitely will want to win.
Have a better description of one of our tracks? Let us know here!
By Shane
That’s right: I’ll be posting once a day in the 18 days leading up to ApacheCon Europe 2009, this March 23rd thru 27th in Amsterdam.
Erm, what? ApacheCon isn’t that soon you say? Hmm. Ah – I see. My title field clearly must have dropped the leading 0x hexadecimal specifier, as in 0×18 days until ApacheCon, or for those decimally minded, 24 days until ApacheCon.
- What happens when during ApacheCon?
- ApacheCon is traditionally held over a work week. Monday and Tuesday include training classes – with in-depth learning typically from the people who wrote the software.
For those who already know the basics, you can instead join us for the Hackathon (open to the public) and BarCamp Apache (free!). The conference proper happens on the Wednesday thru Friday of the week, with keynote presentations, three+ tracks of sessions, and receptions and special events each day.
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