[oak perl] Fwd: OSCON 2005- Early Registration Now Open

George Woolley george at metaart.org
Fri May 20 10:35:44 PDT 2005


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Subject: OSCON 2005- Early Registration Now Open
Date: Friday 20 May 2005 10:04 am
From: "O'Reilly Conferences" <elists-admin at oreillynet.com>
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Register now for the 7th Annual O'Reilly Open Source Convention
August 1-5 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon
http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon

Be sure to sign up before early registration ends on June 20:
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/38/register.html

Competition in the Linux vendor industry is heating up. Fresh technologies
like Ruby on Rails and AJAX have turned the world of web apps on its head.
And Microsoft is open sourcing software! Something is definitely afoot in
the world of open source.

Join us at OSCON, the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, where the people
and projects of open source come together. At OSCON, you'll:
- Hear about open source trends that are impacting the work you do--now
and down the road
- Discover ingenious solutions to your programming problems
- Learn to work smarter, faster, and more creatively
- Build relationships with fellow users from the entire spectrum of the
open source community
- Learn about the newest features and versions from creators and experts
- Get set for technical innovations coming your way

2005 O'Reilly Open Source Convention highlights:

***Open Source Business Review***
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/38/osbr.html

New to OSCON this year is the Open Source Business Review (OSBR): two days
of premium presentations designed for executives and IT managers. OSBR
highlights how open source is changing IT in the enterprise, and
demonstrates how it can deliver benefits now and in the future. Led by
seasoned executives who have managed open source successfully within their
organizations, OSBR sessions cover essential topics like evaluating open
source and calculating ROI, governance models, managing risks, licensing,
and many others important issues.

In addition to exclusive sessions, OSBR participants can also attend OSCON
keynote presentations, OSCON sessions, exhibit hall, evening events, and
activities.

***Key People on Key Technologies***
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/38/speakers.html

- Perl: Larry Wall, Damian Conway, Allison Randal, Rafael Garcia-Suarez
- DBs: Monty Widenius, Arjen Lentz, A. Elein Mustain, D. Richard Hipp, Ann
Harrison
- Java: Jonathan Schwartz, Danese Cooper, Erik Hatcher, Rod Cope
- Python: Guido van Rossum, Ted Leung, Sam Ruby, Jim Hugunin
- PHP: Rasmus Lerdorf, Andi Gutmans, David Sklar, Luke Welling, Laura
Thomson
- Linux: Greg Kroah-Hartman, Theo Schlossnagle, Shane Caraveo, David
Wheeler
- Security: Christian Lahti, Randal Schwartz, Nitesh Dhanjani, Kees Cook
- Apache: Rich Bowen, Ask Bj�rn Hansen, Geoffrey Young
- Emerging Topics: Robert Lefkowitz, Karim R. Lakhani, Chris DiBona
- Ruby: David Heinemeier Hansson, Yukihiro Matsumoto, Mike Clark
- XML: Ben Hammersley, Jason Hunter, Evan Lenz, Odysseas Pentakalos

***Events and Activities Galore!***
- Tuesday Night Extravaganza: Damian Conway, Paul Graham, and Larry Wall
share deep and entertaining thoughts with the assembled OSCON throng
- Exhibit Hall Reception and Author Round-up: have a drink, see what
exhibitors and sponsors have to offer, and say hello to a host of open
source authors
- Powell's Technical Book Store Open House: This venerable Portland
institution throws opens its doors to OSCON participants
- HP Photo Contest: Polish your lens and pack extra batteries, because HP
is once again sponsoring a photo competition just for OSCON participants
- Portland Bridges Tour: Calling all massive gearheads--get a
behind-the-scenes look at how some of Portland's famous spans operate
- Birds of a Feather sessions (BoFs): BoFs offer a place to gather with
other open source fans on the topic of your choice

***Sponsors and Exhibitors***
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/38/exhibitors.html

- Diamond: Computer Associates, Hewlett Packard, SpikeSource, Sun
Microsystems
- Platinum: Novell
- Gold: ActiveGrid, IBM, Ticketmaster
- Silver: Activegrid, Black Duck, Google, Intel, Microsoft, SourceLabs,
Zend

For information on exhibiting or becoming a sponsor at OSCON, contact
Andrew Calvo at (707) 827-7176, or andrewc at oreilly.com for more info.

To become a media sponsor at O'Reilly conferences, contact Margi Levin at
(707) 827-7184, or margi at oreilly.com

***Important Deadlines***
- June 20: Early registration pricing ends--as does your chance to save up
to $300. (And, if you're eligible for a discount--alumni, government,
non-profit, etc.--it can be used during the early registration period to
save you even more. Check the registration page for details:
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/38/register.html)
- July 7: Hotel group rate discount ends. For hotel and travel
information, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/38/hotel.html

***Upcoming O'Reilly Conferences*** (http://conferences.oreilly.com):
- Where 2.0, June 29-30 in San Francisco, CA
- O'Reilly European OSCON, October 17-20, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Hope to see you there!

The O'Reilly OSCON Team

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