Registration Opens for the First O'Reilly EuroOSCON

For Immediate Release
For more information, contact: 
Suzanne Axtell (707) 827-7114 or suzanne@oreilly.com
 
Registration Opens for the First Annual 
O'Reilly European Open Source Convention 

Sebastopol, CA--Europe has proven to be particularly welcoming to open
source projects and innovators. Widespread adoption by European
governments and organizations has signaled strong support for open source
technologies and has put that part of the world squarely in a leadership
position in the open source space. Recognizing this, and to continue
championing open source in an international forum, O'Reilly Media has
launched its first O'Reilly European Open Source Convention (EuroOSCON).
Registration has just opened for EuroOSCON, which will be held at the
Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on October 17-20, 2005.
Discounted registration pricing is in effect until August 29.

EuroOSCON 2005 targets the specific needs of European developers,
programmers, and systems and network administrators, helping them to
deliver the benefits of open source technology in all its variations to
their companies and organizations. Like OSCON, its US counterpart,
EuroOSCON aims to be the crossroads of all things open source, bringing
together diverse projects and communities from across the continent and
around the world. By highlighting emerging technologies, the convention
helps to evangelize the newest and most promising applications and
developments to the widest possible audience. 

The program committee has assembled tutorials, sessions, panel
discussions, and on-stage conversations focusing on all aspects of
building applications, services, and systems that take advantage of the
open source platform with an emphasis on practical skill-building.  Mature
technologies will be explored in depth alongside newer and less developed
software and tools, allowing attendees to take in the full range of open
source's capabilities. 

As EuroOSCON program chair Nat Torkington summarizes, "We have a whole
track for business, covering developing nations, business models, and the
future of open source in Europe. Java, Linux, and Emerging Topics are
huge.  We'll have an Asterisk tutorial and a strong Python track. We're
celebrating the best speakers and unique needs of Europe as well as
bringing over top American open source experts. From web technology like
AJAX, Ruby on Rails, and Plone to server technology like MySQL and Apache,
we've sought out the most essential open source technology." 

Featured topics and presenters at EuroOSCON include:

- Keynote presentations: David Heinemeier-Hansson, Cory Doctorow, Tim
O'Reilly, Nathan Torkington, Rael Dornfest, Marc Hedlund
- Business: Doug Levin, Donald Rosenberg, Danese Cooper
- Linux: Alan Cox, Luis Casas Luengo, Greg Stein, Frederic Descamp, Erwin
Tenhumberg
- Java: Brian Sam-Bodden, Erik Hatcher
- PHP: Rasmus Lerdorf, Sebastian Bergmann, Daniel Guermeur
- Python: Alex Martelli, Joel Burton, Martijn Faassen
- Perl: Larry Wall, Damian Conway, Abigail, Leon Brocard, Autrijus Tang
- Databases: David Axmark, Theo Schlossnagle, Jutta Horstmann
- Security: Ben Laurie, Marty Pauley, John Viega
- Emerging Topics (Ruby on Rails, AJAX, Subversion): Kathy Sierra, Paul
Everitt, Martin King-Turner

EuroOSCON will also feature entertaining evening events, plenty of
opportunities for informal networking, and an exhibit hall filled with
exciting, cutting edge products. Sponsors include Computer Associates,
Microsoft, and SpikeSource.

The 2005 O'Reilly conference calendar includes ETech, the O'Reilly
Emerging Technology Conference; the MySQL Users Conference, co-presented
with MySQL AB; Where 2.0 Conference; and Web 2.0 (co-hosted by Tim
O'Reilly and John Battelle, and co-produced with MediaLive International).
O'Reilly conferences bring together forward-thinking business and
technology leaders, shaping ideas and influencing industries around the
globe. For over 25 years, O'Reilly has facilitated the adoption of new and
important technologies by the enterprise, putting emerging technologies on
the map.

Additional Information:

For complete details, visit:
http://conferences.oreilly.com/eurooscon

A list of speakers can be found at: 
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/41/speakers.html

To apply for media credentials, go to:
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/41/press.html

For information on exhibition and sponsorship opportunities at O'Reilly
conferences, contact Andrew Calvo at (707) 827-7176 or
andrewc@oreilly.com

To become a media sponsor at O'Reilly conferences, contact Margi Levin at
(707) 827-7184 or margi@oreilly.com

 Upcoming O'Reilly conferences (http://conferences.oreilly.com):
- O'Reilly Open Source Convention, August 1-5 in Portland, OR
- Web 2.0, October 5-7 in San Francisco, CA
- O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, March 6-9, 2006 in San Diego,
CA

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