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Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:00:29 +0000 (GMT)
From: Sally Khudairi <sk@apache.org>
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Subject: [ANNOUNCE] The Apache Software Foundation Announces ApacheCon Europe
 Community Edition Officially Sold-Out; Extends CFP for North America Event
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NOTE: this announcement is also available online at http://s.apache.org/08=
=0A=0APremier Open Source event brings developers and users together to lea=
d communities "The Apache Way", and accelerate success in evaluating, build=
ing, adopting, and deploying solutions across the Apache ecosystem.=0A=0A=
=0AForest Hill, MD =E2=80=9330 October 2012=E2=80=93 The Apache Software Fo=
undation (ASF) today announced key milestones and updates for ApacheCon, it=
s official conference series.=0A=0A=0ANow in its 13th year, ApacheCon bring=
s users, developers, gurus, students, novices, and enthusiasts together to =
explore key issues in evaluating, building, and adopting Open Source innova=
tions "The Apache Way". ApacheCon is an ideal opportunity for technologists=
 currently developing Apache-based solutions, as well as those interested i=
n committing code to an Apache project, contributing to the Apache Incubato=
r, or enhancing their Open Source products and community practices. In alig=
nment with the community-driven culture of the ASF, all content for ApacheC=
on is selected by members of Apache Project Management Committees.=0A=0A=0A=
More than 500 delegates will convene at ApacheCon Europe 5-8 November 2012 =
at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena in Sinsheim, Germany. The sold-out event marks th=
e introduction of the "Community Edition" of ApacheCon --a smaller, less fo=
rmal event aimed at a more technically-oriented audience, and featuring nea=
rly 140 presentations across 6 tracks, MeetUps, FastFeather and Community T=
racks, Hackathon, and BarCamp. The complete schedule is available at http:/=
/www.apachecon.eu/schedule/=0A=0A=0AApacheCon Europe is underwritten throug=
h a generous donation by Platinum Sponsor SAP; Claus von Riegen, Head of Op=
en Source and Open Standards participation, will serve as the conference=E2=
=80=99s opening plenary speaker. Joining SAP are Gold Sponsors Citrix (co-s=
ponsors of the Cloud Track and sponsors of the event=E2=80=99s wireless con=
nectivity), Google (sponsors of special student registration subsidies), Ho=
rtonworks (exclusive sponsors of the Big Data Track), and LucidWorks (exclu=
sive sponsors of the Lucene/Solr & Friends Track and LuceneEurocon, which i=
s co-located with ApacheCon); and Silver Sponsors Cloudant (co-sponsors of =
the NoSQL Database Track), HP (co-sponsors of the Cloud Track), Optiver (co=
-sponsors of the NoSQL Database Track), and Oracle (sponsors of the Apache =
OpenOffice Track); and evening events sponsors Adobe, codeBusters, The Open=
 Bastion, and VMware.=0A=0A=0AApacheCon Europe Community Edition is organiz=
ed and run by the Apache community with assistance from The Open Bastion, p=
roducers of ApacheCon North America 2013.=0A=0AScheduled to take place 24 F=
ebruary =E2=80=93 2 March 2013, ApacheCon North America will be held at the=
 Portland Hilton in Portland, Oregon, United States. The event will kick of=
f with pre-conference trainings, BarCamp, and hackathon the first two days;=
 followed by the main conference + expo 26-28 February; and closing with po=
st-conference sprints, workshops, and team building events.=0A=0A=0AThe the=
me for ApacheCon North America is "Open Source Community Leadership Drives =
Enterprise-Grade Innovation", showcasing the diverse applications and solut=
ions made possible by Apache technologies. Submissions about novel uses of =
Apache products and how they are helping to shape the future are particular=
ly welcome, including proposals on technical, business and community matter=
s for audiences at all levels from beginner to expert, with particular focu=
s on those demonstrating real-world experience of solving specific problems=
.=0A=0A=0ADozens of Apache technologies=E2=80=94from Abdera to Zookeeper=E2=
=80=94will be represented across popular topic areas and tracks that includ=
e: Apache Daily (everyday tools, frameworks, and components), ApacheEE (Jav=
a Enterprise projects at the ASF), Big Data, Enterprise Messaging & Integra=
tion, Cloud, Linked Data, Lucene/Solr & Friends (Smart Search & Analytics),=
 Modular Java, NoSQL Database,=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 OFBiz (Open Source Enterpr=
ise Resource Planning), Apache OpenOffice, Web Infrastructure, Business & C=
ommunity, and many more. To submit a proposal for ApacheCon North America, =
visit http://na.apachecon.com/=0A=0A=0AEarly-Bird registration will open wi=
th the announcement of the conference program at the end of November. Updat=
es will be posted on the @ApacheCon Twitter feed and the ApacheCon Website.=
=0A=0A=0AFor sponsor and exhibitor information, contact Nancy Asche at nanc=
y.asche@conferencedirect.com or on +1 407 601 6228.=0A=0A=0AFor press/analy=
st registration and credentialing, or to become a Media Partner, contact Sa=
lly Khudairi on +1 617 921 8656 or sk@apache.org.=0A=0A=0AAbout The Apache =
Software Foundation (ASF)=0AEstablished in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundati=
on oversees nearly one hundred fifty leading Open Source projects, includin=
g Apache HTTP Server =E2=80=94 the world=E2=80=99s most popular Web server =
software. Through the ASF's meritocratic process known as "The Apache Way",=
 more than 400 individual Members and 3,500 Committers successfully collabo=
rate to develop freely available enterprise-grade software, benefiting mill=
ions of users worldwide: thousands of software solutions are distributed un=
der the Apache License; and the community actively participates in ASF mail=
ing lists, mentoring initiatives, and ApacheCon, the Foundation=E2=80=99s o=
fficial user conference, trainings, and expo. The ASF is a US 501(3)(c) not=
-for-profit charity, funded by individual donations and corporate sponsors =
including AMD, Basis Technology, Citrix, Cloudera, Facebook, Go Daddy, Goog=
le, HP, Hortonworks, Huawei, IBM, InMotion Hosting, Matt Mullenweg, Microso=
ft, PSW Group, SpringSource/VMware,
 WANdisco, and Yahoo!. For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/ o=
r follow @TheASF on Twitter.=0A=0A=0A"Apache", "Abdera", "Apache Abdera", "=
Zookeeper", "Apache Zookeeper" and "ApacheCon" are trademarks of The Apache=
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