The first of our open source themed events has been announced!
August 12, 2008 – 4:20 pmAfter several months of hard work we have finally announced the first event! Codeworks are promoting the event which will cover the ‘Software as a Service’ and Cloud Computing markets.
The event will take place on 25th September at a venue in Newcastle. There is more information on www.thinkandadrink.com (this will be updated in a few days). The target attendance is 100…but I want to hit 200 in on the night.
The event will take the form of a panel discussion, with each panel member having a few minutes to introduce themselves and why they are interested in SaaS or cloud Computing. We have three panel members confirmed (Steve Caughy from Arjuna, Tony Lucas from Flexiscale.net and yours truly). We are looking for a further three members on the panel. Do you know anybody who would like to join us? The criteria are that the person is local and they have some knowledge of the technology on a technical or business related way. It would be great to get a developer or perhaps a member of one of the local user groups to join the panel so that they can publicize their group etc. If you are interested please email me.
I hope that this is the first of many open source software ‘friendly’ themed events. The idea is that we host regular (quarterly) events about software with a slant upon open source technologies. The event will be attended by the people behind Software City. They have expressed an interest in promoting/hosting the future events. None of this will progress unless I can prove that the tech community in the North East is interested!!! I am relying upon everybody who expressed an interest to attend this event….it has taken months to organize and it is a direct output from the numerous meetings that we have had over the past few months.
Please, Please, Please attend! Bring your friends!
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One Response to “The first of our open source themed events has been announced!”
I think the event is sold out…if you want tickets please contact me directly.
Ross
By Ross Cooney on Sep 16, 2008