I was lucky enough to be selected to speak at this, so you will see at
least one OTUG-ger in New Orleans!

Come on down and represent the Twin Cities.

--
Hamlet D'Arcy
hamletdrc@...

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Jay
Zimmerman<jzimmerman@...> wrote:
>
>
> SpringOne & the Groovy/Grails Experience Unite!
> SpringSource and the No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposium Series are
> pleased to announce that SpringOne will join forces with the Groovy/Grails
> Experience for the premier Java event of the year: SpringOne2GX! This one of
> a kind event will be held on October 19-22nd at the beautifully restored 5
> Star Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans! Event Name: SpringOne 2GX 2009 Dates:
> October 19 - 22, 2009 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
> Venue: Roosevelt Hotel URL: http://www.springone2gx.com SpringOne 2GX
> participants will have the opportunity to attend two great events at one
> venue. Over the last 5+ years, Spring has created a major shift in the java
> development space. Groovy and Grails are exciting technologies adding
> momentum to this trend. SpringOne will cover the latest developments in the
> Spring ecosystem, including Spring 3. The Groovy/Grails Experience will
> provide in-depth coverage of Groovy, Grails, and Griffon. So whether you're
> a Spring enthusiast, Tomcat user, Groovy/Grails fan, or just interested in
> open source development, you'll find valuable content in sessions presented
> here. SpringOne 2GX, will feature over one hundred (100) sessions delivered
> by speakers who are project leads, published authors and recognized experts.
> You'll meet and learn from open source leaders who create and drive
> innovation for these technologies. It's the ideal place to obtain critical
> skills and knowledge to help you build, run and manage software solutions.
> REGISTRATION: Super Early Bird Registration- good thru July 31st st at a
> rate of $1,150 per person Early Bird Registration - runs from August 1st
> thru September 18th at a rate of $1,350 per person Regular Registration -
> runs from September 19th thru October 19th at a rate of $1,550 per person
> **Special Group Discount: Register 4 and get 1 additional pass
> complimentary** NOTE: A special $75 discount is available to all JUG members
> for SpringOne 2GX.
> Use the promo code, springone2gx75 when registering. Registration fee
> includes: 1). Full access to SpringOne 2GX sessions, keynotes and BOFs 2).
> All meals and snacks 3). Custom binder - with handouts of sessions attended
> 4). Access to all slide decks from SpringOne 2GX Springone 2GX will offer 8
> concurrent sessions per time block for you to choose from. Our current
> speaker roster for SpringOne 2GX 2009 includes: Adrian Colyer, CTO of
> SpringSource Andres Almiray, Griffon Expert Andrew Glover, Co-author of
> "Continuous Integration" Arjen Poutsma, Founder & Project Lead for Spring
> Web Services Ben Alex, Creator of Spring Security (Acegi) & SpringSource
> Principal Software Engineer Burt Beckwith, Senior Java Developer and Grails
> Expert Christian Dupuis, Lead of SpringSource Tool Suite and Spring IDE
> Costin Leau, Lead, Spring OSGi and Spring JavaConfig Dave Klein, Author of
> 'Grails: A Quick-Start Guide' Dave Syer, Lead of Spring Batch, SpringSource
> Principal Consultant Graeme Rocher, Head of Grails Development for
> SpringSource Guillaume LaForge, Head of Groovy Development for SpringSource
> Hamlet D'Arcy, Sr. Java/Groovy Developer Hans Dockter, Founder and Project
> Lead of Gradle Jeff Brown, Core Member of the Grails Development Team Jeremy
> Grelle, Lead of the Spring Faces Project Joseph Nusairat, Co-Author of
> Beginning Groovy & Grails Juergen Hoeller, co-founder of the Spring
> Framework Project Keith Donald, Lead of Spring Web and Creator of Spring Web
> Flow Ken Sipe, Technology Director, Perficient, Inc. (PRFT) Mark Fisher,
> Spring Integration Lead Mark Thomas, Senior Software Engineer, SpringSource.
> Matt Taylor, Freelance Groovy/Grails Developer Paul King, co-author of
> "Groovy in Action" Robert Fischer, Java Concurrency Specialist and GORM
> Expert; Principal, Smokejumper Consulting Rob Harrop, Lead Engineer of
> SpringSource dm Server Rod Johnson, CEO of SpringSource Scott Davis, Author
> of "Groovy Recipes" & TDD Expert Scott Vlaminck, Sr. Architect/Developer
> with Refactr Venkat Subramaniam, Founder of Agile Developer, Inc. Join us
> again for another great show! We appreciate your support and patronage!! Go
> to http://www.springone2gx.com for registration details. For more
> information on SpringSource go to www.springsource.com For more information
> on the No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposium Series go to
> www.nofluffjuststuff.com See you in New Orleans! Jay Zimmerman SpringOne 2GX
> Symposium Director jzimmerman@...
>