I think it would be great if the sprint could occur before the
conference as it makes less harder to participate (as you don't have
to concern the loosing of panels or other 'competing' conference
events).
However, for this specific conference, I understand that this means to
have facilities available in a Sunday, will it be possible?
Em 01/09/2009 04:41, Hernan Wilkinson <[email protected]> escreveu:
>
> yeah, that is not a problem, but it could be more difficult to
> gather people... how many people do you want to participate?
>
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 6:06 AM, Stéphane Ducasse
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> May I suggest a simple modification? It would be better to have a
> sprint before the conference. and does not mean that a group of
> coder can cod
e in a room during boring conference talks Then I do
> not see why we would need a projector.
> Stef
>
>
> On Aug 24, 2009, at 11:04 PM, Hernan Wilkinson wrote:
>
> > Hi Alexander no problem, I'll ask for a room for that.
> > Hernan.
> > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Alexandre Bergel wrote: Andres,
> > I would like to organize a Pharo Sprint. Do you think a room may
> > be provided with: enough chair, a white board, a video projector.
> > Cheers, Alexandre
> >
> > On 22 Aug 2009, at 17:46, Andres Valloud wrote:
> >
> > > Argentina's third Smalltalk conference, Smalltalks 2009, will be
> > held
> > > from November 19th through November 21rd at the Facultad de
> > > Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEyN), Universidad de Buenos
> > > A
ires (UBA).
> > > All those connected with Smalltalk, be it faculty, students,
> > > researchers, developers or entrepreneurs, are invited to
> > participate,
> > > free of cost, as presenters and members of the audience. The
> > > organization committee will announce the registration website
> > shortly.
> > > The conference's goal is to gather both the Argentine and
> > > International Smalltalk community to get connected sharing our
> > > work and experience with regards to Smalltalk or related topics.
> > > Smalltalks 2009 presentations will be divided between the
> > > "Industry and Development" and "Research and Education"
> > > categories. In addition, the event will host a Smalltalk
> > > programming contest.�
� As in other editions, well known
> > > personalities from the international community will attend the
> > > conference.
> > > The "Research and Education" category is the best match for
> > > research and education work done with Smalltalk in universities
> > > and public or private entities. The "Industry and Development"
> > > category is suitable for presentations related to Smalltalk
> > > software developed by companies
> > or
> > > individuals, both public and private.
> > > A list of suggested presentation topics, not exclusive, is
> > > below:
> > >
> > > * Development tools. Development with prototypes. Model driven
> > > * development. Agile practices (XP, TDD, etc). Web application
> > > * deve
lopment. Metamodeling / metaprogramming. New frameworks
> > > * or models. Materials for education. Embedded systems and
> > > * robotics. SOA and web services. Experience reports, both
> > > * development and research. Commercial systems. Automation and
> > > * best testing practices. Interoperability with other
> > > * technologies. Best design and architecture practices.
> > > Interested presenters should keep in mind the following deadline
> > > schedule.
> > > 1. You must present a summary of the proposed presentation no
> > > later than Monday, October 19th, 2009. The summary must fit on
> > > a single page, and must include a description, objective, and
> > > category of the
> > work to
> > > be shown. The submission
procedure will be announced shortly.
> > > 2. The conference's program committee will select the event's
> > > presentations from the proposals submitted according to the
> > > above procedure by Monday, October 26th. The proposals
> > > including dynamic examples as opposed to just static
> > > presentations will be given priority.
> > > 3. The conference schedule will be published in the
> > > conference's website on Wednesday, October 28th.
> > > 4. The conference's works and presentations will be published
> > > in
> > the
> > > conference's website after the conference.
> > > Those interested in the coding contest can become familiarized
> > with it
> > > at the smalltalks-2009-coding-contest
Google group:
> > > [email protected]
> > > The contest's goal is to have a good time solving a problem in
> > > Smalltalk, and win a prize while at it. We are working hard to
> > ensure
> > > everyone can participate, and we will show examples and
> > > prototypes that can be improved by the participants.
> > > For directions to FCEyN, you can go to the computer science
> > > department's web site:
> > > http://dc.uba.ar
> > > Feel free to share this invitation with those who might be
> > interested.
> > > If you have any questions, send us an email at
> > > fundacion (dot) smalltalk (at) gmail (dot) com
> > > See you at the conference! Smalltalks 2009 Organization
> > > Committee.
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