EclipseDay hosted by Google: Attendee list filling up fast

On Tuesday June 24th, 2008 we will hold an Eclipse event at the Googleplex. The first of its kind, hosted by the great folks of the Google Open Source Programs Office (OSPO).

As Ian noted on his blog, I suggested an event of this type while I was interning with the Build Tools team at Google last year. Soliciting the eclipse committers mailing list for feedback concerning a potential DemoCamp at Google revealed great interest in the community and knowing of Google Engineers' love for all things technologically slick - and Eclipse definitely qualifies ;) - ultimately led to an event of larger scope.

Ian Skerrett, Marketing Director for the Eclipse Foundation, Leslie Hawthorn, Program Manager for Google's OSPO and Rob Peterson, Manager of the Google Build Tools team, signed up for the idea right away.

We started brainstorming ideas for the conference and bouncing them off of each other via emails and phone conferences late last year and have since been supported by more members of the Google Build Tools team and OSPO. I would like to single out my host Rob Konigsberg, colleague Rob Clevenger and Tiffany Griffith for their efforts on making this event happen.

Even with so many people involved and the event having developed a dynamic of its own, I like to think of EclipseDay as my personal Waynestock and if you attend, it shall be yours too.
I hope for a similarly fun get-together :)

The Google-hosted very first EclipseDay will manifest as a gathering of one hundred eclipse-enthusiast developers. The talks will provide for a general hands-on approach and should prove to be insightful for a broad audience. I suggest you have a look at the agenda.

Space is limited so please sign up if you would like to join - only nine spots are left on the attendee list.

It would be great if you could make it to the talk Scott Lewis and I will give on ECF work: "Wiring Hacker Synapses: Collaborative Coding and Team Tooling in Eclipse"

See you at the Googleplex.


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