[advocacy-discuss] Conference Season Cometh: MySQL Users Conf, JavaOne, CommunityOne, etc.

[Sidsel Jensen]

Hi

The conference calendar that Ben made, should really have a European and 
Asian equivalent.

Here is my current list of European community oriented events.
(Please add more). The list could be added to the upcoming event wiki 
page.

FOSDEM - 23 - 24 february (Belgium)
http://www.fosdem.org/2008/

Chemnitzer Linux Tage 1st - 2nd March (Germany)
http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2008/info/

GoOpen 8th - 9th April (Norway)
http://www.goopen.no/

LinuxTag 28 - 31 May (Germany)
http://www.linuxtag.org/2008/

Open Source Days (former LinuxForum) 3rd - 4th October (Denmark)
http://www.opensourcedays.org/2008/

FSFCONS 2008 25th - 26th October (Sweden)
http://www.fscons.org/

Best,
   Sidsel Jensen
   Campus Ambassador @ University of Copenhagen
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On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Ben Rockwood wrote:

> The Conference season is upon us again.  I normally consider the MySQL
> Users Conference the my first show of the year (my calender is based on
> Bay Area confs only).
>
> Where are we at on a variety of the upcoming events?  I'll take them one
> by one to make it easy to reply to:
>
> MySQL Users Conference: This is next month, I'm a speaker this year
> actually.  For the last 2-3 years I've been in the booth and hope to be
> again this year talking about the joys of MySQL & Co. on OpenSolaris.  I
> need to get in touch with the booth crew and coordinate this years actives.
>
> CommunityOne: The call for papers went out, but I didn't see anyone pick
> up the ball on organizing for the show.  Perhaps this happened and I
> just missed it all.  Will OpenSolaris have representation this year?
> Who's leading that effort?
>
> JavaOne: Like MySQL I've been in the booth for the last couple years
> showing off OpenSolaris and plan to again this year.  Each year there
> has been more OpenSolaris representation and I'm curious to know whats
> on the lineup this year.
>
> LinuxWorld: This normally marks the end of the conference season, but
> getting a booth can be rough if we wait to long.  Yet again I'd like to
> have a presence in the .Org pavilion if SMI isn't present.  Any other
> interest is welcome.
>
> OSCON: Again, this is a ways out, but good to coordinate on early.  Any
> brewings yet?
>
> Web2.0: I'm not planning anything for this event.  Typically a snooty
> managerial crowd not well suited to meaty topics, and thus off my
> radar.  If anyone wants to organize something I'll assist and participate.
>
> Velocity2.0: This is a (to my knowledge) new conference happening in the
> Bay Area (http://en.oreilly.com/velocity2008/public/content/home).  This
> is the Web Performance and Operations Conference, and we ABSOLUTELY MUST
> BE THERE!  No one can corner that conference like OpenSolaris can.  I'm
> happy to bring in Joyent resources given that this is our bread and
> butter and its all happening on OpenSolaris.  If something is lined up,
> I want to get the skinny ASAP, if its not on our radar we need to
> organize something pronto.
>
> I'm forgetting a couple I'm sure.  Debatable shows include almost any of
> the database shows, including OracleWorld, etc.
>
>
> Feel free to comment on any of the above shows.  Lets get sync'ed up and
> organized for the upcoming shows!  We've got more to talk about every
> day.  Viva OpenSolaris!!
>
> benr.
>
>
> Disclaimer: All references to "OpenSolaris" regard the OpenSolaris
> Community and Project, not Indiana directly or indirectly.
>
>
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