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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