Hi All
Registration for ApacheCon Europe 2008 has now opened, and this year POI
should have a decent presence there. So, I thought I'd let everyone know
what we'd be up to this year, so you have plenty of time to book your trip
before the early registration discount deadline :)
First up, there's a half day POI training session on the Tuesday. This
will cover things including:
* the new OOXML support for excel (hopefully it'll be nearly there then!)
* the event user model and missing record aware event user model, which
allow low memory streaming parsing of excel files
* a review of the excel usermodel support, especially concentrating on the
handy features that people miss
* tips for doing streaming ooxml parsing for low memory
* powerpoint and word processing
* our new sub-projects for outlook msg and visio
There should be things to learn for both new and existing poi users, so do
sign up for it if you can.
Next up, we'll be having a BoF (Birds Of A Feather) session one evening.
This'll be a chance to meet up with POI developers and users, find out
where the project's heading, get tips on using and contributing to poi,
that sort of thing. Oh, and drink beer too, that's also part of it!
Finally, there should be a few developers around during the pre-conference
hackathon. If you're interested in getting involved in poi, it's a great
chance to get some mentoring on fixing bugs, submitting patches and so on.
There's also the chance to get your favourite bug fixed, by being on hand
to provide the needed information, problem files, test new code etc.
Hopefully see many of you there!
The official ApacheCon announcement follows:
ApacheCon Europe 2008 is Open for Registration!
7-11 April -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://www.apachecon.com/2008/EU/
* Join us for 2 days of Pre-Conference Trainings and 3 Days of
Multi-Track Conference Sessions, Keynote Presentations, Fast
Feather Sessions, Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions, Exhibitor
Showcases... and more
* ApacheCon Europe highlights flagship Apache technologies and
Open Source topics across nine focus tracks, including System
Administration; Application Development; SOA, Web Services,
and Web 2.0; Java and AJAX Development; Web Security; and
Business/Community issues. New initiatives in the ASF
Incubator and ASF Labs will be showcased in the Fast Feather
Track.
* Register before 7 February to take advantage of the Early
Bird Registration Discount
* Book a minimum of 2 nights at the Mövenpick hotel when you
register to save 425 Euro
* For additional information and to register for the conference
go to http://www.apachecon.com/2008/EU/
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