So, based on the many positive responses, it looks like we could definitely put together a credible track, even without doing a broader CFP.
Christofer, what's your final take on this - do we want to try to tackle more than one day? Do you think we should pursue three days - one "Apache Way" kind of day, and two of project/technical content? Or should we stick to a single day? --Rich On 05/23/2017 10:31 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: > We have been invited to participate at Solutions.Hamburg 2017 - > https://solutions.hamburg/ - providing an Apache Day. This event is > September 6-8 in Hamburg. The complete invitation is copied below. > > They're asking for a 30 minute keynote-style presentation, and 4 > 75-minute presentations. Or possibly just 2, if that's all we can manage. > > It's also suggested that we could possibly do more than one day, which > would expand the scope to include project talks, rather than just Apache > Way/Community talks. I'm definitely open to this concept, if we can find > the content, and the speakers, and can feature some of our incubating > and recently-graduated projects. (Message: Tomorrow's Software, Today.) > > So, for this, we need to craft the agenda, as per Shane's earlier email, > and we need to identify speakers who can be there, and present the content. > > FWIW, I've done my back-to-back travel for the year, and am NOT > available to attend/speak at this event. Also, I expect that having > speakers who speak German would be a significantly better option than > having US-based speakers anyways. > > So, we're looking for 2-5 volunteers who can be in Hamburg in September, > and who are willing to work with this list to craft the overall message > that we want to present to this audience. > > Christofer Dutz is our primary contact with this event. > > > Details: > ================ > > firstly: its correct, I’m inviting the Apache Foundation for free - > regular industry Partners are paying 5000 Euros for half a Day, We are > not charging OpenSource or NGO Projects. > > The Audience we are targeting are Senior Field Engineers and Senior > Developers. The “experten.werkstatt” is the subpart of the > Solutions.hamburg where we’d like to to hardcore tech talk at > masterclass niveau. So, you can bring your A-Game and define the Format > as you like talk, workshops, sparing - you name it. > > We have Rooms in the size of up to 100 people, the idea is that the > Foundation is moderating and hosting the Room as a Partner. Our Idea is > to have 3 days (dev/ops/devops - not my idea) so it is thinkable to do > half, full or all three days - if you like. Its also thinkable to do > half a day dev and half a day devops - you get the idea. > > the timetable will be: > > 10:00 - 10:30 Keynote 30 Min. > 10:30 - 10:40 Break 10 Min. > 10:40 - 11:55 Talk S1-A 75 Min. > 11:55 - 12:15 Break 20 Min. > 12:15 - 13:30 Talk S1-B 75 Min. > 13:30 - 15:15 Lunchbreak 105 Min. > 15:15 - 16:30 Talk S2-A 75 Min. > 16:30 - 17:00 Break 30 Min. > 17:00 - 18:15 Talk S2-B 75 Min. > > so one half day slot will be 2x75 Minutes > > Wed: Developer Day (Legendary Speakers Event in the Evening) > Thu: DevOps Day > Friday: Operations Day (legendary Big Party in the Evening) > > Regarding a Talk about the Apache Foundation: that would possibly fit > into a keynote slot - we can figure something out. > > pleas see https://solutions.hamburg for reference (sorry, german only.) > > > -- Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com - @rbowen http://apachecon.com/ - @apachecon
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