[Wellington-pm] [Fwd: OSCON Early Registration Ends June 4--Register Now]

[Grant McLean]

OSCON 2007 Portland Oregon - book now to hear our very own SamV
speak :-)

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> To: grant at mclean.net.nz
> Subject: OSCON Early Registration Ends June 4--Register Now
> Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 14:09:55 -0700
> 
> O'Reilly Open Source Convention
> July 23-27, 2007 in Portland, Oregon
> http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon
> 
> Get a Heads Up from Open Source Innovators--
> Do It Before June 4 and Save $300!
> 
> The ninth annual O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) takes place
> July
> 23-27 in Portland, Oregon. You can join more than 2500 open source
> developers, gurus, experts and users for five days of wall-to-wall
> sessions, tutorials, and events, including the O'Reilly Radar
> Executive
> Briefing. 
> 
> === Early Registration Discount Ends June 4!
> There are just a few days left to save up to $300. Sign up now at 
> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/58/register.html, where you'll
> find details about other discounts and attendance packages.
> 
> === Get a Front Row Seat at the O'Reilly Radar Executive Briefing
> Led by Tim O'Reilly and the Radar team, this all-day event on Tuesday,
> July 24, brings together industry innovators and entrepreneurs in the
> forefront of open source software and related technologies--the people
> who
> are changing our thinking right now. More about conversation than
> formal
> presentation, the Executive Briefing is intimate by design, so those
> attending have the opportunity to meet these passionate, smart, wildly
> innovative people, who will share their ideas and experiences. You'll
> come
> away from the day inspired and energized, ready to apply what you've
> learned to your own business. Seating is limited, so register early to
> be
> sure you're a part of this amazing day:
> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/58/radar.html
> 
> === The Big Picture of Open Source 
> This year's keynote line-up includes some of the most creative
> thinkers in
> the open source community: Damian Conway, Thoughtstream; Robert
> Lefkowitz,
> Asurion; Rasmus Lerdorf, Yahoo!; Howard Lewis Ship, Tapestry World
> Domination; Marten Mickos, MySQL AB; Vik Olliver, RepRap and Diamond
> Age
> Solutions; Simon Peyton-Jones, Microsoft; Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical
> and
> Ubuntu; Guido van Rossum, Python and Google; Larry Wall, Perl; and
> Simon
> Willison.
> 
> === More than 400 Sessions and Tutorials in 15 Tracks
> Sessions focusing on proven successes and newly-developed technology
> are
> organized in tracks for Administration, Databases, Desktop
> Applications,
> Emerging Topics, Java, Linus, People, Perl, PHP, Programming, Python,
> Ruby, Security, Web Applications, and Windoww, including:
> ="Everything I Needed To Know To Be a Successful Linux Kernel
> Developer I
> Learned in Kindergarten," Kristen Accardi, Intel Open Source
> Technology
> Center
> ="How To Herd Cats and Influence People," Jono Bacon, Canonical
> ="Mozilla Firefox and the Internet as an Open Platform," Mitchell
> Baker,
> Mozilla
> ="The Myths of Innovation," Scott Berkun, University of Washington
> ="Subversion Worst Practices," Ben Collins-Sussman, Google Open Source
> Program Office
> ="Design Patterns in the Architecture of Participation," Schuyler
> Erle,
> freelance software developer and activist
> ="What's In It for Me? How Your Company Can Benefit from Open Sourcing
> Code," Brian W. Fitzpatrick, Google
> ="Making Linux Work on Your Laptop," Matthew Garrett
> ="Using Puppet To Manage Your Network," Luke Kanies, Reductive Labs
> ="People Hacks," Adam Keys, The Real Adam
> ="Developing for Mac OS X with Ruby," Sansonetti Laurent, Apple
> ="Making Hard Stuff Fun and Easy with YUI CSS," Vani Raja
> ="Mind Like Water: The Path to Perl Bliss," Peter Scott
> ="High Performance JavaScript: Why Everything You've Been Taught Is
> Wrong," Joseph Smarr, Plaxo
> ="Cache That!" Gopal Vijayaraghavan, Yahoo!
> ="Kitchen Sink Language," Peter von der Ahe, Sun Microsystems
> 
> And that's just a very small sample! See a complete list of speakers
> and
> sessions at: 
> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/58/speakers.html
> 
> For the schedule of tutorials, visit: 
> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/58/tutorials.html
> 
> If Ubuntu is your passion, Ubuntu Live--the very first official
> conference
> dedicated to all things Ubuntu--is happening in conjunction with
> OSCON,
> July 22-24. OSCON attendees receive a 30% discount on Ubuntu Live
> registration fees! Read more about Ubuntu Live at:
> http://www.ubuntulive.com/
> 
> We hope to see you there.
> 
> The OSCON 2007 Team
> 
> P.S. Remember, you must register by June 4 to save $300. For complete
> information on discounts and registration options, go to 
> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/58/register.html
> 
> Additional information:
> 
> For information on exhibition and sponsorship opportunities, contact
> Sharon Cordesse, scordesse at oreilly.com
> 
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