Jazoon ‘09: James Gosling is coming!

James Gosling’s only 2009 European appearance

Jazoon is very proud to have James Gosling deliver the opening Keynote of Jazoon’09 in Zurich, Switzerland, in 10 days. This is your only chance to meet him in Europe in person this year and to directly hear his latest news.

So if you missed JavaOne this year, attend Jazoon’09 and benefit from inside information and updates, but also get latest news about the future of Java. We all know that there are major changes coming up and that’s why you should attend Jazoon’09 to stay current.

Besides James Gosling, Jazoon’09 features many other interesting speakers from the Java world including Neal Ford, Ivar Jacobson, Adrian Colyer and Danny Coward. As a special guest we are pleased to announce Linda Cureton, CIO of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center in the USA. She will deliver the Jazoon’09 closing Keynote.

Register now
https://jazoon.com/registration?l=en

See the full conference schedule
http://jazoon.com/en/conference/schedule.html

Conference schedule in Google Calendar and iCAL

Download sessions you are interested in into your calendar, iPhone or other devices. For the first time Jazoon offers the conference schedule as Google Calendar or iCAL-file.

Take a look at the Google Calendar
http://jazoon.com/en/iCAL.html

Jazoon Networking Groups

Follow Jazoon on twitter
https://twitter.com/jazoon

Jazoon on Xing
http://www.xing.com/group-26451.e1a44d

Jazoon on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=37011557820

Stay tuned for more..

Jazoon ‘09: Recent Developments in Java

Eagerly waiting to know what’s latest in Java industry, right? You might have subscribed through email for latest feeds from many leading websites. How about attending an event and in return, getting all you want to know about the recent developments in the Java industry.

Jazoon Cutting Edge

If you are interested in the latest topics on Java don’t miss Jazoon Cutting Edge .
These 20 minutes (incl. Q&A) talks address the most recent developments in the Java industry.

Selection by program chair, mainly based on expected interest and availability of slots.

All the best, guys!

Jazoon ‘09: Rookies, where are you?

I am pretty late to announce this, however its still worth a read.. Jazoon Rookie Submissions Deadline got extended and you can now submit by 15th March, 2009 .

Hurry up, you still got more than a week to submit your proposal for Europe’s first Java Young Developer Speaker Competition . Here’s a quick review of the contest and benefits the winners will get.

Participation criteria ;

• Aged 26 or younger (on 22 June 2009)
• 20 minutes technical talk
• Submission Deadline: 15 March 2009

Companies are invited to assist their Jazoon Rookies.

Procedure ;

• Submit until 15 March 2009
• Program Committee selects the top 10 submissions
• Jazoon Rookies record a part of their talk on video and submit it
• Voting of the videos
• Top 3 Jazoon Rookies will be invited to Jazoon’09, where they present their 20 minutes talk to the audience and Jury (incl. Q&A)
• Audience and Jury evaluate the talks and select the winner

Benefits ;

• Free invitation to Jazoon’09
• Free Conference pass
• Free Travel and accommodation to attend Jazoon’09
• Jazoon Rookie Cup
• Each Jazoon Rookie participant receives a diploma

All the best, guys!

New Year, New Beginning!

For the past few days, I have been receiving mails, lots of them from friends, relatives and mailing lists, with their greetings for the new year.. I replied, forwarded and even chatted (with some) to greet them for vacation break and new year..

Blogosphere

I even saw Amit and James blogging about how the year 2008 was, as they wait to see newer challenges in the near future..

Indeed, today its a New Year, New Beginning! So, expect the unexpected.. As I take you down my memory lane, to recapture some of the defining moments of my life this year..

Well, I missed blogging yesterday as I was busy preparing for a written exam that took place yesterday, before I could celebrate the new year.. Actually, this was my 8th (incl. of viva’s, presentations, exams) in almost 4 weeks time

Started with Emails..

2008 was an amazing year, so many up’s and down’s. It can’t get better than this..

Mails, Contests, T-shirts and DVDs..

I started off this year writing mails to dev@usersguide.netbeans.org and organizing events for JIIT Sun Club (later transformed into JIIT OSUM).

Soon, I shifted focus on competitions like Code For Freedom and NetBeans Innovator Grants.. succeeding in former one as NetBeans Community Significant Contributor and failing in the qualifying stages of the latter one

Also, I received some NetBeans T-shirts, some 6.0 DVDs for distribution and the rewards for above achievements.

Coordinator, Blog Contest and Dream Team..

Of course, how can I forget being appointed as Contribution Coordinator in May and tasting success along with some hiccups..

Also, during tough times I managed to come close to winning an international blog contest, though I ended as a runner-up

Then, an interview on my way to rising from ashes, made me feel good as I looked forward to more opportunities..

I feel lucky to have got the opportunity of becoming a NetBeans Dream Team Member, I am probably the youngest member of the team and still undergraduate

Reviews, Judgements, NetCAT and Projects..

While I joined “NetBeans Dream Team”, I reviewed “Dzone RefCardz”, judged some of the “NetBeans Innovator Grant” projects and qualified for participation in the “NetCAT Program” for the first time ever and it was an amazing experience..

Probably, this was the year I wouldn’t like to remember for the university and few other projects that involved coding as I couldn’t complete even a single project the whole year.. Strange!

I came close to finishing them all, but somehow circumstances forced me not to go further.. Simultaneously, I shifted focus from writing mails to blogging and as already mentioned, I was the runner-up at one of the contests as I looked for more..

NetBeans Birthday, Recognition and More…

“NetBeans Birthday Week” was something I will remember for a long, long time.. As I got recognized once again when “NetBeans Community Docs Program” got fully deserved recognition..

On the final day, I was looking forward to see the webpage dedicated to acknowledge people involved with NetBeans Project since its inception..

I was in for a surprise, as I saw my name amongst the list of outstanding community members for my leadership in “NetBeans Community Docs Program”..

Ended with Exams..

Coming back to yesterday’s exam, I was preparing for it for quite some time and indeed, its the first time that my friends from other colleges are on vacation, while I am still having classes the entire month of December, 2008..

Anyways, it will get over soon as I look forward to my internship at an Indian IT company this January.. There’s lot more coming up, stay tuned to my blog, as of today its a New Year, New Beginning!

Happy New Year

Jazoon ‘09: 6 months to go…

Exactly 6 months to go…

In June ‘09, Zurich will host an International Conference on Java Technology (for the 3rd consecutive year since 2007) known as Jazoon.

The first ever Jazoon in summer 2007 attracted 800 participants and speakers from 28 countries. Already the very first accomplishment of Jazoon turned Zurich for four days into the epicenter of the Java and open source community.

What’s Jazoon?

Jazoon is an international industry conference on Java technology in Zurich. It addresses software developers and architects, IT decision-makers and consultants throughout Europe and around the world. Jazoon gives Java experts a platform in the heart of Europe where they share their ideas and experiences.

Check out Christian Frei’s Blog for more details, as he’s the co-organizer of Jazoon.

Hurry, Call for Papers still open!

Announcing VOC Captains!

Hey,

You remember last week, Jiri Kovalsky made an announcement on nbusers mailing list. He had come up with an interesting initiative and invited NetBeans Community Members to take part in it.

However, yesterday the VOC Captains as the selected members would be called were announced on nbusers mailing list. Here’s the post for you;

Hello NetBeans community,

I am very pleased to announce that according to the plan VOC captains were selected yesterday. The 3 representatives are: Annabel Melongo from Cameroon, Tushar Joshi from India and Michel Graciano from Brazil. I am sure they will take their new role seriously and that NetBeans users will soon recognize their work and influence.

If you are interested in the next steps, the team will soon have a kick-off online meeting in order to fine tune certain operational details and the official start of the VOC process is expected in January.

So, congratulations Annabel, Tushar and Michel!

Best regards,
-Jirka

All the best, VOC Captains!
Good luck

Voice of Community

Hey,

You know what, Jiri Kovalsky made an announcement yesterday on nbusers mailing list. He has come up with an interesting initiative and invites you to take part in it. So, I have added the mail contents in this entry and you may read it as follows;

Hello NetBeans Community,

Did you know that more than half a million people are subscribed to NetBeans.org mailing lists? It’s obviously a lot of feedback. In addition to that many people write about NetBeans via blogs, forums and other modern channels. We have implemented NetCAT programs 4 years ago to cover stabilization phase of NetBeans development. But we want more.

Today we are introducing a brand new process called Voice of Community. Our goal is to further improve the way we listen to our userbase and take the input even more seriously. However, since this initiative is about community, we are looking for 2 passionate community members who would cooperate on this with us. Let’s call them VOC Captains!

If you find this idea interesting, don’t hesitate and let us know about you  via an application form which is accessible from the Wiki page. The form will  stay opened until next Monday – 12/15.

Thank you very much,
–
Jiri Kovalsky
Technical Community Manager
http://www.netbeans.org

So, are you the Voice of Community?

Software Freedom Day was OSUM!

Hello all,

As you know NetBeans Community celebrated Software Freedom Day on 20th September, 2008 and at some places (I am sure about India), local communities celebrating Software Freedom Week, which shall get over by this Friday.

Anyways, as I had told you numerous times, and would tell you again that I was a coordinator of JIIT Sun Club till few months back, and now I am just a member there. Last Saturday, our club also celebrated Software Freedom Day, and same day club was re-launched as JIIT OSUM (pronounced as “Awesome”). OSUM stands for Open Source University Meetup!

Coming Soon: More details, photos of the event..

So, I attended that ceremony and then the members of the club were called on stage to share their experiences they had over past 1 year as an Open Source enthusiast, as the new members of a new team JIIT OSUM introduced themselves before embarking onto various events lined up for the entire weekend.

Following day, i.e. Sunday- 21st,  I conducted yet another workshop on NetBeans Plugin Development, and I was more confident this time, enjoyed every bit of it. Audience were amazing, it was another computer lab, this time being conducted at my university.

So, even without a mic, everything went smoothly. The audience loved it, I loved it- what else do you want?

Anyways, continue to be a part of open source phenomena, as Code For Freedom is back!

“The contest that changed our lives”
- Angad Singh, Varun Nischal