Ok, a while ago Baiju Thakkar asked me about the feasibility of
creating our own mod_perl conference. It took me a while to relate on
this issue, but I didn't wasted time and over the last ApacheCon I've
talked to the Camelot folks who had a great success organizing the
ApacheCon and they have agreed to help us to organize our own
conference.
First of all, why holding yet another conference, the answer is
simple, we want mod_perl to be in the center of the event and not a
side project. Think about Perl Conference -- mod_perl is just a little
part of the Apache track. Think about ApacheCon -- mod_perl is again
just a drop in a ocean.
Well, there are many issues to solve, the most important is that we
will not be able to hold a mod_perl conference if we want to bring
enough people to make it a real event including sponsors, expo booths,
social events and etc.
Therefore I've suggested to hold a "Server Side Web App Dev using
Scripting Languages" conference (you think of a shorter and nicer name
:) So we want to invite speakers from all "mainstream" camps that use
scripting languages for the web development.
The candidates I've been thinking about are php, python, perlex,
fastcgi. Camelot thought that java would fit in, I'm not sure about
this, but it can bring more people and sponsors. Other mainstream
scripting languages/technologies we might think about.
Why people would go to this yet another conference? It's simple --
think about IT managers. In order to make sure they get the latest
advances of the webdev technology they send their people to the Perl
and Apache conferences. Isn't it a waste? (Both conference a great but
read on) Now we create a single conference that can cover all the
aspects of the web development in one place.
Once we decide that the conference is a feasible one and profitable
enough for Camelot to do this with us, we will need a few folks from
each camp to be on the committee to decide on the speakers and help
organizing the conference.
My initial idea of the conference is quite simple: Having a track of
all-in-one for people who are new to the webdevelopment or want to
become an OSS convert, as they are tired to hunt ghosts in the
programs coded in ASP/CF/whatever proprietary language that has been
picked by their bosses. So we give them a whole track, so they can
test each of the OpenSource technologies and decide what's their pick.
The rest are full tracks dedicated for each technology, so if I want
to learn mod_perl I'd spend all the days listening to mod_perl
speakers so when the conference is over I'll go back with a bag full
of tricks and a very good push to get me going when I'll start coding
myself. Having a dedicated track will allow to provide all the
information that generally being skipped due to the lack of time.
Thoughts?
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