[Leaplist] Fwd: Help Promote ApacheCon and Save!

[Phil Barnett]

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Subject: Help Promote ApacheCon and Save!
Date: Monday 17 September 2007
From: "Sally Khudairi" <khudairi at gmail.com>

ApacheCon US 2007, the official conference, trainings, and expo of the
Apache Software Foundation (ASF), invites Linux Enthusiasts And
Professionals, Inc. to become an ApacheCon Community Partner!

Catch a unique perspective into the highly lauded, all-volunteer
community that develops and shepherds industry-leading Open Source
projects, including Apache HTTP Server – the world's most popular Web
server software. With over 100 sessions on groundbreaking technologies
and emerging industry trends, conference participants meet, mingle,
and exchange ideas with like-minded peers in a relaxed,
community-focused environment.

Returning to the East Coast for the first time in seven years, the
conference will be held 12-16 November 2007 at the Westin Peachtree
Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia. As with previous ApacheCon US events, the
week will begin with training sessions on Monday and Tuesday, followed
by the main conference Wednesday through Friday. Highlights include:

- Entertaining Keynote Addresses by Doc Searls on "Web 3.0 = The Live
Web"; Ora Lassila on "The Semantic Web, Why the Open-Source Community
Should Care, and Other Thoughts..."; and Jim Gettys on "Back to the
Future and One Laptop Per Child".

- 2-Day, Full-, and Half-Day Training Sessions offering hands-on
instruction on Apache Projects Axis2, Geronimo, Jackrabbit, Jetspeed,
HTTP Server, Lucene, Maven, MyFaces, Struts, Tomcat, Tuscany, and
emerging initiatives from the Apache Incubator, as well as widely
deployed standards such as AJAX, SSL and XSLT.

- Developer Presentations on popular flagship Apache and Open Source
technologies, including AJAX, Atom, Cocoon, Databases, Derby, Eclipse,
Geronimo, Harmony, HTTP Server, Jakarta, James, Java, LDAP, PHP,
Portlets, RDF, REST, Roller, Security, SOA, Solr, SpamAssassin,
WebDAV, and Web Services, as well as a look into projects from the ASF
Incubator and Labs.

- Fast Feather Track offers a sneak peek into proposed projects and
podlings currently under incubation at the ASF Incubator and Labs.
Catch 15-minute snapshots of new and promising code donations such as
Sling, Tuscany, and UIMA in an interactive, informal presentation
structure.

- Business and Community Track featuring panel sessions,
presentations, and case studies that address core Open Source
business, community-building, marketing, standardization, and
legal/licensing issues, as well as explore broader areas such as the
Semantic Web, Web Services, Web 2.0, and mobile technologies.

- Special Events include geeking, hacking, and relaxing in the Online
Lounge, conference and sponsor receptions, keysigning, out-of-the-box
public speaking at the Lighting Talks, and more!

- Sponsor Events and Expo gives attendees direct access to
industry-leading organizations such as BlackHat, Covalent, DevZuz,
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), the Java Community Process, Krugle, and WSO2.


USER GROUPS SAVE AN ADDITIONAL 10% off all-access pass includes
evening events, conference meals for all three days, attendance to all
sessions and to the exhibit hall. This discount is limited to Full
Conference or Single Day Pass registration only and cannot be applied
towards Training sessions.

Sign Up Today To Receive Your Unique ApacheCon Community Partner
Discount! To become a Community Partner, contact Sally Khudairi on +1
617 921 8656 or sk at apache.org. Registration and find more information
on the conference is available at http://www.us.apachecon.com/

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Phil Barnett
AI4OF
SKCC #600