It's a real difficult one for me as I have little idea about the
audience ('s interest) at Devoxx, but for me the Velocity aspect in
XWiki is quite unique. Just a thought!

On 2 July 2012 10:14, Vincent Massol <vinc...@massol.net> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm about to submit some talk proposals related to XWiki for Devoxx Belgium 
> (http://www.devoxx.com/display/DV12/Home).
>
> I was thinking it might be good to ask you what you think should be best that 
> I present related to XWiki. What would you like to hear yourself at a general 
> conference like Devoxx?
>
> The tracks they have this year:
>
> * Java Standard Edition (JDK 8++)
> * Java Enterprise Edition (focus on Java EE 7 and beyond)
> * Web (includes HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3 and RIA technologies)
> * Mobile (includes Android, Hybrid and mobile web)
> * Methodology
> * Other languages on the JVM
> * Architecture, Cloud and Security
> * Future<Devoxx> is a brand new Devoxx track. Here we'll embracing the world 
> where software meets hardware and schedule talks on walking objects (think 
> NAO's, lots of NAO's), interactive objects like Arduino, but also intelligent 
> flying and real-time rolling devices! Basically anything that feels happy in 
> the Future<Devoxx> :o)
>
> The formats they have available:
>
> * Conference (60 mn)
> * University (University talks are in depth presentations of 2 x 60 minutes 
> with a 15 minute break in between. )
> * Tools in Action (Tools in Action are 30 minute presentations demonstrating 
> a programming tool.)
> * BOF (BOF sessions are 60 minutes long, scheduled in the evening and are 
> informal.)
> * Quickie (Short 15 minute presentations during Lunch breaks)
> * Hands-on Labs (3 hour hands-on sessions. )
>
> Some ideas I have (from talks I've done in the past or new ideas):
>
> * XWiki: A web development runtime platform
> (example: 
> http://www.slideshare.net/xwiki/xwiki-a-web-development-runtime-platform-9277065)
> Track: java, javaEE, web
>
> * XWiki: The Long tail of applications
> Explain how XWiki addresses the long tail of application
> (see http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/SecondGenerationWiki)
> Show lots of nice implementations of XWiki done for various use cases + 
> present architecture and main concepts
> Track: java, javaEE, web
>
> * Hands on: Create a Conference web site live (1 hour or up to 3 hours if we 
> do it as a Hands on lab)
> See http://massol.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Blog/Breizhcamp2012XWiki
> Track: java, javaEE, web
>
> * Quickie: Application Within Minutes
> Create a real useful web application in 15 minutes
> Need to find a use case: bike shop, holiday request app, expense report, etc
> Track: java, javaEE, web
>
> * Creating your own project's quality dashboard (1 to 3 hours)
> Uses XWiki to create a website for your development project with the 
> following features:
> * Documentation for your project
> * Display JIRA issues
> * Display Sonar metrics
> * Display Jenkins statuses
> * Display Git statistics of your project
> * Application to perform releases (checklist, release notes)
> * Send alerts (mail, IRC, etc) when thresholds are reached
> Example: 
> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/XWikiOrgProposal2#HCommunityHome
> Track: Methodology, java, javaEE, web
>
> * Bridging Open source and Business
> A model for professional open source based on the example of the XWiki open 
> source project
> Provides a solution for having a real community-based open source while 
> having one or several companies funding the project
> Track: Methodology
>
> * A quick history of wikis (Quickie: 15 mn)
> Shows evolution of wikis since their creation and where wikis are heading in 
> the future
>
> Let me know if you have new ideas, if you like some of those, how you would 
> modify them to better fit Devoxx, etc.
>
> Thanks a lot
> -Vincent
> http://about.me/vmassol
> More about my previous talks: 
> http://massol.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/VincentMassol
>
>
> PS: Let me know if you plan to be in Devoxx this year! :)
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