From krish.majumder at lca2015.linux.org.au Sat Dec 20 04:33:18 2014 From: krish.majumder at lca2015.linux.org.au (Krish Majumder) Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 01:33:18 +1300 Subject: [Brisbane-pm] Fwd: Linux Conference Australia 2015 in Auckland! (12-16 January, 2015) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, This year Linux Conference Australia 2015 will be held in Auckland!. This is a little write up about this conference and it's content. Please circulate this message amongst your user group members if you feel appropriate. --------------------------------- This is a shameless promotion of Linux conference which is happening in Auckland from 12-16th Jan, 2015. What is linux.conf.au? linux.conf.au is one of the foremost open source conferences in the world, and is considered the most prestigious in the Southern Hemisphere. Every year open source geeks from across the globe gather to meet their fellow technologists, share the latest ideas and innovations, and spend a week collaborating on free, open source software projects. The conference is well known for the speakers and delegates depth of talent, and its focus on technical linux content. Who is it for? linux.conf.au is about free and open source software, especially Linux. It is a technical conference which attracts some of the brightest minds in the world and it is run by the community, for the community. It's an opportunity to meet and talk with like-minded people and learn about new projects you can contribute to. For seasoned attendees, linux.conf.au is an opportunity to catch up with old friends, see what new friends are currently working on and see first-hand what the future of free and open source software will be. Where will it be held? For the first time, linux.conf.au will be held in Auckland, New Zealand in the University of Auckland's modern Owen G Glenn Building. This is the home of the University of Auckland's Business School and is one of Auckland's most architecturally striking buildings. With state-of-the-art teaching facilities and sweeping views of the Auckland Domain and Rangitoto Island, the Business School offers a unique location for our conference, and is walking distance from central Auckland. What topics will be covered? linux.conf.au covers a broad range of open source topics such as security, system administration, linux kernel, docker-coreos, web developments etc. This year amongst various other topics, there is a heavy concentation on web developments. Here are some of the talks on this topic: PostgreSQL Replication Tutorial by Josh Berkus https://linux.conf.au/schedule/30295/view_talk?day=Wednesday REST APIs and the Return of the Console App by James Blair https://linux.conf.au/schedule/30087/view_talk?day=Wednesday Towards One MILLION SQL Queries Per Second by Stewart Smith https://linux.conf.au/schedule/30203/view_talk?day=Wednesday Hop, Skip, Jump: Implementing a concurrent interpreter with Promises by Timothy Jones https://linux.conf.au/schedule/30200/view_talk?day=Wednesday Tales from the Trenches: Battling Browser Bugs for "Fun" and (Non-)Profit by Roan Kattouw http://lca2015.linux.org.au/schedule/30097/view_talk?day=thursday The future of Python packaging by Richard Jones http://lca2015.linux.org.au/schedule/30045/view_talk?day=thursday Drupal8 outta the box by Donna Benjamin http://lca2015.linux.org.au/schedule/30173/view_talk?day=thursday Cross-platform development in QML by Tomas Miljenovic http://lca2015.linux.org.au/schedule/30289/view_talk?day=friday When Your Codebase Is Nearly Old Enough To Vote by Denise Paolucci http://lca2015.linux.org.au/schedule/30051/view_talk?day=friday Building Services in Go by Mark Smith http://lca2015.linux.org.au/schedule/30217/view_talk?day=friday Grace: an open-source educational programming language by Michael Homer http://lca2015.linux.org.au/schedule/30248/view_talk?day=friday Moreover we have a full day miniconf on Developer, Testing, Release and Continuous Integration Automation on 13th January 2015. http://lca2015.linux.org.au/programme/miniconfs Full programme schedules are now finalised and can be seen here: http://lca2015.linux.org.au/programme/schedule And if this is not enough we have a Q&A session with none other than Linus Torvalds. His last Q&A session was way back in 2003, at LCA in Perth. It?s time for a follow-up so at LCA 2015 in Auckland it?s going to happen! Registration for the conference just got extended to 7th Jan 2015 so you better be quick. http://lca2015.linux.org.au/register/prices See you all on 12th Jan, '15 at the conference. ------------------------- -- Krish Majumder linux.conf.au 2015 +64 21 256 0874 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: