[LRUG] WebTech eXchange 2009

Wed Jan 28 07:21:51 PST 2009

Hi,

Sorry to suddenly post so many messages, but just following the 
conversation and only just know reading all different entries.

"/Re: Re: [LRUG] London RoR Conference, July '09 ? "[Potentially very 
off-topic]
/

/One of the things that I feel is a bit missing in the conference space
is cross-polination of ideas from different languages. "/

We are organising a cross-language *WebTech eXchange* in the same week 
as the RoR eXchange on *May 14+15*. Java, .NET, Groovy, Ruby, flex, 
javafx... and all the relevant frameworks are presented, as well as 
enterprise web architectures and a whole track on Cloud & Grid. Speakers 
from Amazon, Tesco, BBC iPlayer and lots more! About 50 expert speakers.

The programme will be complete by the end of next week,  but you can 
have a sneak preview of confirmed sessions here:
*http://skillsmatter.com/event/ajax-ria/webtech-exchange-2009*

This is a 2-day, 3 track conference aimed at senior enterprise web 
developers and architects from various technology backgrounds.

Tickets for £395 only, if you book on or before Feb 28th, after that 
£495. *LRUGers who would like to come, can get a further £50 of the 
ticket price, simply email sales at skillsmatter.com to get your Discount 
Promo code, *_before_ registering online.

We still have one slot open for the Developer track, 1 slot for the 
Architect track and 2 slots for the Cloud & Grid track, so if you would 
like to propose a talk, please do so by emailing me 
(wendy at skillsmatter.com, please include in the subject line: Proposal 
WebTech eXchange)

wendy

Roland Swingler wrote:
> [Potentially very off-topic]
> One of the things that I feel is a bit missing in the conference space
> is cross-polination of ideas from different languages. There are a lot
> of rails conferences, and a fair few ruby conferences but not many
> ruby/python/perl/whatever conferences. QCon does this quite well for
> the "enterprise", I think - there aren't many conferences where I can
> go and see a talk about Java, Ruby and Haskell in the same afternoon.
> I think its a bit of a shame that mostly we end up getting locked into
> language silos, where you only meet people from the same language
> background.
> [/end of off-topic]
>
> Ruby Manor was good - I'm sure Murray & James can give you lots of
> advice. From a personal point of view I could stand to spend a bit
> more than the £12 it cost for that - but only if it went towards
> getting speakers from outside London/the UK. I didn't miss any of the
> other things that RubyManor ditched like food & swag.
>
> Cheers,
> Roland
>
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Mark Coleman
> <mark at breakthrough-workshop.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hello there everyone....
>>
>> I've just recently joined the mailing list, and I feel a bit of an impostor!
>>  Although I live just by the M25, I almost never get into London, so I
>> haven't been to any events before...
>>
>> I feel especially cheeky, since my first post is an attempt to suck your
>> brains:
>>
>> I'm very keen on organising a Ruby on Rails conference in London, in the
>> summer (provisionally, July), for Rails enthusiasts.
>> I'm still at the planning stage at the moment: trying to get an idea for the
>> number of delegates that might want to come, the budget available, getting
>> in touch with potential speakers, looking for sponsors, assessing venues
>> with the appropriate facilities, etc.
>>
>> I figure that you guys will have some good tips or ideas, maybe some
>> suggestions or volunteers for speakers or sponsors? I have had a couple of
>> positive responses from some high profile speakers already, but I'd rather
>> reach people directly or through someone they already know, rather than a
>> more impersonal e-mail.
>>
>> At this early stage nothing is set in stone, but I'm hoping to emulate the
>> very excellent Scotland on Rails event, so something like of a two day
>> conference, with a great line-up of speakers and keynotes. If I can arrange
>> a tutorial day, some evening social events and a panel Q&A / discussion
>> session that would be a great addition.
>>
>> So, I just wanted to get some feedback from you guys, any thoughts?
>>
>> Many thanks!
>>
>> Mark_______________________________________________
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