Special Events

BARCODE • RECEPTIONS • EXPO • LIGHTNING TALKS • RAFFLE

ApacheCon’s Special Events bring the conference to life, and Amsterdam will be no exception. The fun continues with stimulating receptions, lively presentations, thought-provoking Birds of a Feather sessions (BOFs), and quick-witted sessions such as the Lightning Talks.

MONDAY

BarCode . . . we provide the Bar and you bring the Code!
Monday 7 April 17:30-19:30 • Sponsored by Yahoo!

Open to Everyone Enrolled in Pre-Conference Trainings and ASF Committers
Experience an evening of "Un-Conference" activity and join The ASF Committers for this informal gathering to discuss and explore a select group of Apache projects. Bring your questions, your ideas and join the party. Come for the conversation, stay for the beer! Featured projects will include Hadoop, Wicket, Apache Tomcat, Lucene, Mahout and Solr

WEDNESDAY

Expo Opens: Atrium Foyer • Foyer 1 • Foyer 2
Wednesday 9 April • 08:00-20:30
Thursday 10 April • 08:00-18:00
Friday 11 April • 08:00-16:30
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Bookstore • Visit the ApacheCon Bookstore in Foyer 1
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Business Panel
Wednesay, 9 April • 10:30

The ApacheCon Business Track addresses key business, marketing and legal/licensing issues in Open Source. A panel of influencers -- including Hewlett-Packard Program Manager Scott Lamons and industry analyst Dr. David Waddington -- will address key topics in "The Business of Open Source" that include:

Prestige Users - implementation opportunities, deployment challenges, and best practices
Propulsion Providers - business (re)generation, product development, and fulfillment
Power Players - market shapers, money makers, and business model-shakers

Moderator Sally Khudairi will create a lively, interactive dialogue by including questions and comments from the audience throughout the 50-minute session.

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Fast Feather Track
Wednesday and Thursday Afternoons in Lausanne

The ASF is now over 10 years old, with more than fifty top-level projects and dozens of other active projects – so many that we couldn’t cover them all in a 10-day conference! And additionally, there are new ideas and potential new projects being hatched in the Incubator and Labs every day. With this in mind, we bring you the Fast Feather Talks. An extra session track has been added to the conference. Join us in an intimate setting to hear 10 to 15 minute updates on some of your favorite (or soon-to-be favorite!) projects within the ASF community. Stay for a few talks, or stay all afternoon and get caught up on the exciting, cutting-edge world of ASF projects!

During the conference, the Fast Feather schedule will be updated regularly and posted in front of Lausanne -- the room at the Moevenpick in which the sessions will be presented.

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Welcome Reception & Key Signing
Wednesday, 9 April • 18:30

Join us Wednesday evening to relax and meet and geek with the people you have seen all day but have been too busy with the conference to really sit down and talk to. Have a bit of food and a glass of beer or wine and enjoy yourself!

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Birds of a Feather Sessions (BOFs)
Wednesday, 9 April • 20:00-22:00 and Thursday, 10 April • 20:00- 22:00

BOFs are growing each year. To see what is being planned, go to the ApacheCon Wiki for the most up-to-date schedule. Also, if you want to submit a BOF, the Wiki is where you do that, as well.

THURSDAY

Fast Feather Track • Continued from Wednesday
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Lightning Talks
Thursday, 10 April • Sponsored by Google

This lively session has become a fun and expected ApacheCon tradition! Thursday evening, after the day's sessions are done, we will gather in the main hall and the beer will flow. As a community, taking time to laugh together is as important as taking time to code together. The Lightning Talks are spontaneous and each year has its own unique highlights. Topics can be of any sort, as long as they relate to the ASF or to ASF projects. See you there!
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The JTeam Beer Boat Cruise
Thursday, 10 April • Sponsored by JTeam

Drop your business card off at the JTeam booth or at our BOF talk with JTeam Architect Uri Boness on Wed. evening (9 April) to win a seat on the Beer Boat Cruise on 10 April! Leaving Thursday evening from the hotel jetty, the cruise event is an informal meet and geek while you enjoy Amsterdam’s incomparable views from canal level. The boat will return one and a half hours later to the hotel. This event is by invitation only. Please contact sales@jteam for more info.
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BOF Sessions • Continued from Wednesday
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FRIDAY

ApacheCon Raffle
Friday 11 April, 17:30 • Sponsored by ThinkGeek and HALO Worldwide

All registered attendees are automatically entered in the ApacheCon Raffle sponsored by ThinkGeek.com and HALO Worldwide. Join us at the Closing Plenary at 17:30 on Friday, 11 April, where randomly-selected individuals receive fabulous giveaways such as cool gadgets, T-shirts,
timepieces, electronics, and more! There is no "pay-to-play" or ticketing system, so everyone gets a fair chance. The catch? You have to be there to win!

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