| Walt Mankowski on 4 Apr 2009 19:54:41 -0700 |
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Below is information about a new open source conference being held in Portland, OR June 17-19. Note that this is the week before YAPC, so you can do both if you really want to. :) The deadline for submitting a talk proposal is April 10, so you've still got a little time if you'd like to get involved. I have a free pass to the conference that I can raffle off at a future meeting. Let me know if you're interested. Otherwise you can register for a discounted price of $150. See the details below. Walt ----- Forwarded message from Reid Beels <reid@opensourcebridge.org> ----- Open Source Bridge http://opensourcebridge.org Open Source Bridge is a new conference for developers working with open source technologies. It will take place June 17-19 in Portland, OR, with five tracks connecting people across projects, languages and experience to explore how we do our work and why we participate in open source. The conference structure is designed to provide developers with an opportunity to learn from people they might not connect with at other events. Open Source Bridge is run entirely by volunteers who believe in the need for an open source conference that focuses on the culture of being an open source citizen, regardless of where in the stack you choose to code. All proceeds from conference registration and sponsorship go directly to the costs of the conference. Our sessions and events will share in-depth knowledge about using, creating and contributing to open source as citizens of a greater community. You?ll find relevant information whether you write web apps for the cloud, tinker with operating system internals, create hardware, run a startup, or blog about technology. We're still seeking proposals ? and just extended the deadline to April 10th ? so submit yours before time runs out. Some examples of our proposals so far: Brian Aker on Drizzle, a reboot of MySQL designed ?for the cloud?; Linux Kernel hacker Greg K-H about how Linux manages development; Ward Cunningham, inventor of the wiki, about what?s next in collaboration; Amber Case, an anthropologist living in both the physical and virtual worlds, about Cyborg Citizenship. (You can view all current proposals at http://opensourcebridge.org/proposals/) In addition to regular conference sessions, we will hold an unconference day for free-form sessions, and host a 24-hour dedicated ?hacker lounge? at the top of the Portland Hilton. In addition to hosting the hacker lounge, the Hilton has offered Open Source Bridge attendees steeply discounted room rates, starting at $139/night. The city of Portland is a great place to visit. It has a thriving technical community, a love of all things open source and offers many attractions for visiting geeks, including Powell?s technical books, dozens of local brewpubs, and large greenspaces like Forest Park?all accessible by mass transit. Visit http://opensourcebridge.org/ to learn more about the conference, see our session proposals, and register to attend. Thanks! PS: Interested in taking advantage of the user group discount code that will allow user group members to register for $150? Enter ?osb4228? when you register to receive the discount. ----- End forwarded message ----- Attachment:
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