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Subject: [GT2006] Call for IDEAS! The 5th Cocoon GetTogether: October 2nd to
 4th in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 19:13:24 +0200
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Thread-Topic: [GT2006] Call for IDEAS! The 5th Cocoon GetTogether: October 2nd
 to 4th in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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From: "Arje Cahn" <a.cahn@hippo.nl>
To: <users@cocoon.apache.org>,
	<dev@cocoon.apache.org>

Hi folks,

We need your ideas! What would YOU like to see at this year's Cocoon =
GetTogether???

This year's Cocoon conference will be held again in Amsterdam, The =
Netherlands, from Monday, October 2nd, until Wednesday, October 4th. =
Faster and funkier than ever!

The GetTogether event runs as a series of presentations on different =
aspects of Apache Cocoon. Several short tracks will give you insight on =
all aspects of Cocoon, from generator to serializer and from CForms to =
AJAX, packed with with real success stories and best practices. There's =
plenty of time for interaction and probing questions. Whether you're a =
Cocoon developer or user, either expert, beginner, or only curious, this =
event is for you. Want to know more about the technology and the people =
behind it? Come join us at this year's Cocoon GetTogether in Amsterdam!

But first, we'd like to hear everyone's ideas on WHAT you would really, =
*really* like to see:

* Which parts of Cocoon would you like to see demonstrated?
* Which bits of code would you like to see projected on a huge screen in =
big,=20
  *big* letters, with the author right next to it, explaining you =
exactly how and *why*=20
  he wrote it like that?
* Which parts of Cocoon do you find utterly complicated and would you =
like to get some help with?
* What would you like your boss to get demonstrated? (convince him to =
use Cocoon :-) )
* ...maybe you've got some Cocoon wizardry yourself to share at the =
Lightning Lottery Talks?

Everyone is free to send in a list of subjects for which he or she would =
travel all the way to Amsterdam.
There's no program yet. This year's program is up to YOU - so send in =
those ideas!

Here's a couple of them to get you started:

- Success stories (why someone chose Cocoon, for what, what was great =
and what not?)
- Comparison of Cocoon with other web frameworks
- Why should I upgrade to 2.2?
- Some howto's / best practices for
    - Configuration
    - Using Spring
    - Building Cocoon
- 10 Reasons to use Cocoon
- A "What's new in 2.2 and how to use it track" with different topics, 5 =
to 10min per topic.
- What's up for Cocoon 3.0?
- The Funky Cocoon AJAX tour (with lots of samples!)
- A short (!!) introduction to OSGi (what's all that fuzz about?!)
- Practical case studies, where people show how they are using Cocoon, =
the high-level=20
  architecture of their apps, what they're integrating Cocoon with, what =
makes their app=20
  unique, etc. We could to 20+10 (20 minutes prez, 10 minutes questions) =
slots for this,=20
  and have at least 4 or 6 of them during the day.

We're all using Cocoon in wildly different ways, which is one of its =
major strengths - let's show this at this year's GetTogether!
Please add your thoughts!

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Kind regards,

Arj=E9 Cahn

Hippo =20

Oosteinde 11
1017WT Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel  +31 (0)20 5224466
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