Okay. I give. I googled Spring, went to the conference site, wiki'd SpringOne, and don't know.
What is Spring? Respectfully, Liz, Data Base Administrator, Methods Engineering Jay Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/21/2008 07:22 AM Please respond to [email protected] To [email protected] cc Subject [jug-discussion] Early Bird Discount ends October 31st...SpringAmericas 2008 returns December 1-4th to Hollywood, FL (JUG Discount Available...) Join us in beautiful Hollywood, Florida for SpringAmericas 2008 coming December 1-4th. SpringAmericas 2008 is the conference for the global Spring community. This one-of-a-kind event is for application developers, solution architects, and project managers who develop business applications with Spring and the technologies Spring integrates with. Don't miss out on the Early Bird Registration for SpringAmericas 2008 ending Friday, October 31st! Register today!! Event: SpringAmericas 2008 formerly The Spring Experience Dates: December 1-4, 2008 Location: Hollywood, Florida Venue: 5 Star Westin Diplomat Hotel (Special $205/night rate available thru 11/7/08) URL: http://americas.springone.com/conference/hollywood/2008/12/index.html Rate: $1,500 available thru 10/31/08 - Special $75 JUG Discount - see below... Special Group Discount: Register 4 and get 1 additional pass complimentary New for 2008, The Spring Experience conference is now SpringOne Americas ( www.americas.springone.com). SpringOne is the annual conference for the global Spring community. This event is brought to you by SpringSource and the No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposium Series. SpringOne will focus on the emerging technologies and best practices around the Spring Framework and enterprise software development. This event will feature the project founders, core committers, authors, consultants, project leads, and professional trainers. Having drawn thousands of developers, architects, CIOs and CTOs since its inception, SpringOne Americas, formerly known as The Spring Experience, is designed to support the Spring and SpringSource developer and technical thought leader community. SpringOne Americas provides an open forum to share insights on current development challenges and future directions around Spring, as well as to showcase the latest advancements in Spring technology. Keynote sessions by Rod Johnson, the ?creator and father of Spring,? John Rymer, industry analyst from Forrester Research, and Adrian Colyer, the chief technology officer for SpringSource, will headline the conference. The four-day conference will also feature more than 70 sessions split into five parallel tracks that address all aspects of Spring, including web architecture, enterprise integration and large-scale production systems. Other sessions will be led by many of the core developers of the Spring Framework and Apache projects including Juergen Hoeller, Rob Harrop, Ben Alex, and Filip Hanik. ?With the enterprise-wide adoption of Spring as a mission-critical part of application infrastructure, technologists increasingly need to understand best practices, learn about the successes of Spring-based solutions, and gain insight into the roadmap for the technology,? said Rod Johnson, CEO of SpringSource. ?SpringOne is the perfect venue to achieve these goals, get valuable education from the technology experts, and to network with other Spring professionals.? The conference?s concentrated focus will be on in-depth technical presentations, customer testimonials, hands-on workshops and technical advice about Spring Portfolio projects and SpringSource products, including SpringSource Enterprise and the new SpringSource Application Platform. In addition, the conference will feature technical presentations on infrastructure technologies from the Apache Software Foundation, namely the Apache Tomcat Application Server. EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION - SpringAmericas is good thru Friday, October 31st at a rate of $1,350 per person. Registration fee includes: 1). Full access to Spring Americas 2008 sessions, keynotes and BOFs 2). All meals and snacks 3). Custom binder 4). Audio/Video(slides) exclusively for SpringAmericas 2008 attendees 5). SpringAmericas 2008 Party NOTE: A special $75 discount is available to all JUG members for SpringAmericas 2008. Use the promo code, sa2008jug75 when registering. See you in Florida! Jay Zimmerman SpringAmericas 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email (and all attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain privileged and/or proprietary information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
