Oreilly.com contributing editor James Turner has been busy conducting a series of interviews with some of the most thought-provoking speakers slated for Where 2.0, coming up May 19-21 in San Jose:
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Just a few of the top practitioners you’ll hear from include:
If you’re planning to attend, we encourage you to book a room now at The Fairmont San Jose to put yourself close to the action and increase your opportunities the conversations and revelations happen between attendees after the session are done for the day.
As people inspired, curious, and concerned about our planet, we’re looking forward to observing Earth Day. We’re offering an unprecedented 39% discount off any Where 2.0 Conference package to celebrate Earth Day’s 39 years of existence. Use discount code: whr09erd when registering, and make sure you sign up between now and 11:59 pm PST April 22.
Many of the projects we explore at Where 2.0 echo the themes and goals of Earth Day, and is a reminder of how our work has an impact on the global community. Just a few of the insightful speakers presenting workshops and plenary sessions at this year’s Where 2.0 include:
Check out the complete schedule, where you’ll also find info on after-hours events and networking opportunities like the Where Fair.
RailsConf program chair Chad Fowler is conducting a series of speaker interviews in the run-up to the event, which is happening very soon, May 4-7 in Las Vegas. Mosey on over to ChadFowler.com to read more about Neal Ford and Paul Gross of ThoughtWorks, Michael Bleigh, who is Creative Director and Open-Source Activist at Intridea, JRuby and Rubinius leaders Charlie Nutter and Evan Phoenix, as well as Chad’s musing on Rails, Ruby, and open source.
Five Finalists Present On Stage for Real-Time Feedback from Judges and Audience Attendees
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2 - O’Reilly Media, Inc. and TechWeb, co-producers of Web 2.0 Expo, Web 2.0 Summit and Gov 2.0 Summit, today announced the People’s Choice winner of the Launch Pad startup program. Nitobi’s PhoneGap, one of five on-stage presenters, was selected as the People’s Choice Winner on Thursday, April 2 during Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco at Moscone West.
Launch Pad, sponsored this year by Microsoft BizSpark, is a unique public forum for unveiling distinctive new companies and products. Web 2.0 Expo hosts the Launch Pad program to showcase the best Web 2.0 startups and provide a unique public forum for unveiling new companies and products. Web 2.0 Expo is the leading global gathering of developers, designers, marketers, and business professionals building the next generation Web. For more information visit: www.web2expo.com/sf.
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Sebastopol, CA, April 3, 2009 — Open source offers business a lifeline to economic survival, even as the economy crashes and companies flounder. The O’Reilly Open Source Convention shows the power of open source to help businesses rise above the competition in this daunting economic climate. Open source continues to thrive and grow because the open source community continues to find better ways, particularly to increase ease of use and lower the cost of deployment, to save technology costs in your organization. OSCON is the premier place to learn the latest advances and connect with leaders in this community. Registration has opened for the 11th OSCON, scheduled for July 20-24, 2009 in the new location of the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. The early registration period, lasting until June 2, offers advance savings.
Program Chairs Allison Randal and Edd Dumbill reviewed almost 800 proposals in order to plan the conference around tracks for Linux, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, Mobile, Databases, Desktop Applications, Web Applications, Administration, Security, People, Business, and Emerging Topics.
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