LJC 2011 Conference
LJC Conference 2011 is a one day event with a wide range of talks and workshops, drawing from a wide range of experiences of the people in industry. There will also be some great giveaways too.
Its a great opportunity to learn with up to 30 sessions during the day, including lightening talks, open source project overviews, workshops, Birds of a Feather (BoF) discussion groups and presentations.
When:
November 26, 2011
Time:
08.30 am sign in & breakfast.
Price: £20.00 per person
Where:
IBM Southbank, 76/78 Upper Ground Southbank, London. SE1 9PZ
The conference will start with a keynote talk on The future of the Java ecosystem and community" and then split off into different session tracks throughout the day, giving you an opportunity to experience a wide range of topics and ideas. Giveaways - Books & T-Shirts O'Reilly have kindly donated a range of books that we will give away at the conference. Atlassian will be giving away some cool Angry Nerd T-shirts too! We also have Java 7 Roadshow T-sshirts from Oracle and one other T-shirt surprise.Directions (Google Map) The entrance to the IBM offices is from UpperGround (Google Street View ) opposite the junction of Cornwall street. You will see a driveway going up to the first floor of the building, walk up the footpath on this driveway to arrive at the entrance to the IBM building.
Official sponsors include:
What people said about our last two conferences (see photos)
"Fantastic day, learned a great deal and made some valuable connections with people in the industry, more of these please"
"Amazing forum. Met some of the best minds in the field. Inspired me to learn more and work harder.. "
"Brilliant time! Learnt a lot and met a lot of great people. Look forward to the next one :-)"
"An excellent opportunity to learn more about things I should know about, but didn't"
Whilst there will be plenty of learning you can soak up at the conference, those who want can get more involved and we encourage you to share your ideas and experiences. Some sessions have already been proposed, why dont you let us know what you want to see or present?
Get involved
You can also come up with ideas and sessions on the morning of the conference (as with an unconference)!!
Clojure
We encourage you to talk about a wide range of topics, not just specifics of the Java language, Spring, Hibernate, Open Source, OSGi, etc, but also about tools and practices - eg. software craftsmanship, BDD, TDD, Kanban, Agile and other practices that enhance our world. Due to the diversity of the Java ecosystem in terms of languages, we have many people from the Groovy, Scala and Clojure user groups will be sharing their experiences.
Payment
The open conference has a minimal payment to cover costs of food and venue and to ensure people turn up. No payment is made to speakers from this entry fee. If you are unable to pay via Paypal, please contact the organiser directly and we will try to seek alternative solution.
Thank you!
The LJC Community