[LRUG] Language of the Cloud: 20th July

[Richard Mapes]

Hi all,

 As previously mentioned on this list, Qubit is hosting a talk on the
Language of the Cloud at the end of this month as part of the Soho School
Nights Series (you can stop reading here if this doesn't interest you).
The event has now been finalised for Wednesday 20th July, and you can sign
up here : http://www.meetup.com/Soho-School-Nights/events/24486531/
<http://www.meetup.com/Soho-School-Nights/events/24486531/>
Agenda
1830-1900- Food and Drinks Reception
1900-2015 - Speaker Slots
The provisional timetable is as follows:
7pm: Channing Walton: Scala
7.15: Ludwik Grodzki: Shell scripting and Hive
7.30: Thomas Fuller: Groovy and Grails
7.45: Ben Summers: JRuby
8pm: Paul Mardling: Java

2030-2115 - Battle of the languages
2115-2130 - Wrap Up
9130 - Pub (for anyone who would like to)

Speakers:

Channing Walton: Technical Lead at UBS

Channing has been working with Java technologies since 1995, in a range of
industries but predominantly financial services and banking.
Over the last 3 years he's been interested in Scala and implemented the
Scala bindings to the Fly Object Space as a first real-world project. The
implementation was presented at the first ScalaDays in 2010.

Recently he's introduced Scala to UBS and is leading a new project
implemented in Scala and Lift.

Ludwik Grodzi: Head of Data Architecture at Qubit

Ludwik is a senior financial analyst who has previously worked for
Sainsbury's and Google to analyse large data sets.
He is currently responsible for designing a large proportion of the Qubit
data flow using a combination of shell scripting and Hive.

Thomas Fuller: Managing Director at Coherent Logic

Thomas Fuller is a software engineer with over 10 years experience, and the
managing director of Coherent Logic, a Java and Grails consultancy.
Thomas also developed the Grails Infinispan plugin, allowing intergration of
the JBoss Infinispan Data Grid with Grails applications.

Ben Summers: Technical Director at ONEIS

Ben is Founder and Technical Director of ONEIS, a platform used to develop
bespoke solutions for clients with complex information management
challenges. Prior to ONEIS Ben worked as an IT consultant and freelance
developer for over twelve years. Amongst his many "extra-curricular"
activities Ben designed and launched BoxBackup.org, an open source backup
system. Ben has used more languages and platforms than he cares to count,
and is an advocate of choosing the right tools for the job.

Paul Mardling: Senior Technical Architect at ioko

Paul has been working with Java since 1996, predominantly in the media and
entertainment sector. He has worked on a number of high profile broadcaster
websites and more recently on their video on demand offerings. He has
recently delivered several Java based projects deployed on both private and
public cloud infrastructures. Currently he is working on the design of a
cloud deployed Java application utilising a MongoDB data store.

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Also, If you know anyone else who might be interested in attending - feel
free to pass on the invitation.
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