O'Reilly Events

Below you will find a list of upcoming events where O'Reilly authors, editors, or staff will be presenting, exhibiting or otherwise participating.
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Date   Event Location Nov 24-26, 2009 Permalink Dave Cross--Perl Tutorials: organized by UKUUG and O'Reilly Dave Cross (co-author of Perl Template Toolkit) offers three independent tutorials - Introduction to Perl, Intermediate Perl and Advanced Techniques in Perl. Imperial Hotel London, Great Britain Nov 29-Dec 3, 2009 Permalink Subra Kumaraswamy Leads a Cloud Security Panel at ISF World Congress 2009 Join author Subra Kumaraswamy (Cloud Security and Privacy) for ISF's Annual World Congress. It offers ISF Members an opportunity to come together for three days in an exclusive and confidential environment to discuss and debate the key issues facing information security professionals - and get practical advice they can take back and use. Vancouver, Canada Dec 1-4, 2009 Permalink Bill Scott at The Rich Web Experience 2009 Loews Portofino Hotel 5601 Universal Boulevard Orlando, FL United States Dec 2, 2009 Permalink Webcast - Confessions of a Public Speaker For leaders, managers and anyone who speaks and expects someone to listen, Scott Berkun shares an insider's perspective on how to effectively present ideas to anyone. Loosely based on his third book, Confessions of a Public Speaker, this fun, interactive webcast brings you lively lessons and insightful confessions, giving you new insights into the art of persuasion--as well as teaching and learning--directly from a master of the trade. Awesome early reviews include Wired's Editor in Chief, who said the book was "A fresh, fun, memorable take on the most critical thing: what we say. Highly recommended." And Garr Reynolds, author of Presentation Zen said "Loved it!". Bring your toughest questions and situations for Scott to answer or solve. Dec 3, 2009 Permalink Where 2.0 Online Conference By creating a widespread platform that allows for third-party development and geolocation, iPhones are advancing the whole industry. Learn more from the comfort of your desk as this half-day, online event explores: Sensors in Your iPhone; Augmented Reality; Location Sensors; Working with Audio Input; Computer Vision and the iPhone Camera Dec 7, 2009 Permalink Subra Kumaraswamy at SDForum SIG on Cloud Security Author Subra Kumaraswamy (Cloud Security and Privacy) addresses the security challenges, the steps you need to take to ensure your web applications are secure and your data is safe, and regulatory issues such as audit and compliance. With few details about such concerns provided to date, the obvious question to information security practitioners is, "what do those concerns really mean to organizations?" Symantec vCafe 350 Ellis Street Mountain View, CA United States Dec 7-8, 2009 Permalink Adewale Oshineye at XP Day Church House Dean's Yard, Westminster London, Great Britain Dec 7, 2009 Permalink Kevin Kline at Raleigh SQL Server User Group Author Kevin Kline (SQL in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition and Transact-SQL Programming) presents "Should I Virtualize SQL Server?" Tek Systems 1201 Edwards Mill Rd. Suite 201 Raleigh, NC United States Dec 8, 2009 Permalink Steven Feuerstein -- The Best of Oracle PL/SQL Workshop Join Steven Feuerstein (Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices, 2nd Edition) for this one-day seminar about the most important features of the PL/SQL language. He'll take you beyond the basics to show you how to apply these features in the context of best practices, so that you write highly optimized and easily maintained and enhanced applications. Seminole Community College 100 Weldon Boulevard Sanford, FL United States Dec 8, 2009 Permalink Velocity Online Conference The O'Reilly Velocity Online Conference takes a look at some of the newest developments in web performance and operations, including: How Web Speed Affects Online Business KPIs; Faster Load Times Through Deferred JavaScript Evaluation; Load Balancing & Reverse Proxies with Varnish & More; CouchDB from 10,000 ft. In this half-day online conference, you'll have the opportunity to hear from experts, share your ideas, ask questions, and join in a conversation… Dec 9-10, 2009 Permalink Kevin Kline at Greenville SQL Server User's Group Author Kevin Kline (SQL in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition and Transact-SQL Programming) presents "Stored Procedure Best Practices." EPCI College of Technology 7802 Airport Center Drive Greensboro, NC United States Dec 10, 2009 Permalink Gov 2.0 Online Conference Web 2.0 is the industry which has shown that transparency, participation, collaboration add up to increased efficiency. Gov 2.0 harnesses this for the public good, as we'll explore in this half-day, online conference: City of Santa Cruz Budget Crisis: A Blueprint Using Social Media; txts 4 africa; Transit 2.0 at Bart.gov; Utah Department of Public Safety Media Portal; Digital Diplomacy. Dec 10-11, 2009 Permalink Kevin Kline at the Columbia SQL Server User's Group Author Kevin Kline (SQL in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition and Transact-SQL Programming) presents "SQL Statement Tuning with Query Optimizer Strategies." Training Concepts 250 Berryhill Road, Suite 502 Columbia, SC United States Dec 11-12, 2009 Permalink Kevin Kline at Charleston SQL Server Users Group Author Kevin Kline (SQL in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition and Transact-SQL Programming) presents "Should I Virtualize SQL Server?" APR 250 Johnnie Dodds Blvd (Hwy 17) Mount Pleasant, SC United States Jan 19, 2010 Permalink Webcast - DRBD and MySQL - An HA Match Made In Heaven DRBD has grown in popularity as an excellent low-cost high availability solution for MySQL. It provides synchronous replication of your data without MySQL having to worry too much about the details. Combined with Linux Heartbeat, and you have automatic failover as well. By using this Operating System level replication, you avoid some of the problems of MySQL's statement based replication, data discrepencies between your nodes, and configuration file complexity. No more failing slave nodes! Jan 21, 2010 Permalink Webcast - Using ICT (Information & Communications Technology) to Create a Sustainable Business Sustainability is not a catch phrase or a flash-in-the pan endeavor; it is a guiding principle that drives a business’s value creation. It ensures that an organization is able to sustain long-term economic opportunities, competitive differentiation, and market relevance, which positively impacts all constituents. And the most sustainable businesses are those that are able to effectively tie their information and communications infrastructure to support their business objectives. Attend this webcast for tips on how to leverage ICT to create sustainable success. Jan 21, 2010 Permalink Kevin Kline at Memphis SQL Server User's Group New Horizons 4775 American Way Memphis, TN United States Feb 3, 2010 Permalink Francesco Cesarini --Tutorial: Practical Erlang Programming Francesco Cesarini (Erlang Programming) will give a tutorial on Practical Erlang Programming. The tutorial covers the basic, sequential and concurrent aspects of the Erlang programming language. The Caesar Room, Imperial Hotel Russell Square London, Great Britain Feb 10, 2010 Permalink Dux Raymond Sy facilitates "SharePoint 101" tutorial at SharePoint Technology Conference Dux Raymond Sy (SharePoint for Project Management) will facilitate a hands-on, introductory "SharePoint 101" workshop for business users. Participants will learn how to create SharePoint sites, define permissions, incorporate relevant lists and libraries, build management dashboards and create automated reporting capabilities. Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport 1333 Bayshore Hwy Burlingame, CA United States Feb 11, 2010 Permalink Dux Raymond Sy presents "Best Practices in Gathering Requirements for SharePoint Projects" at SharePoint Technology Conference Dux Raymond Sy (SharePoint for Project Management) presents "Best Practices in Gathering Requirements for SharePoint Projects." In this presentation, you will learn key techniques in effectively eliciting, analyzing, prioritizing, validating and documenting requirements for SharePoint projects. Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport 1333 Bayshore Hwy Burlingame, CA United States Feb 11, 2010 Permalink Dux Raymond Sy presents "Best Practices in SharePoint User Management" at SharePoint Technology Conference Dux Raymond Sy (SharePoint for Project Management) presents "Best Practices in SharePoint User Management." In this presentation, you will learn the fundamentals of SharePoint site membership, effective techniques in identifying user communication and information needs and best practices in managing SharePoint user permissions. Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport 1333 Bayshore Hwy Burlingame, CA United States Feb 22-24, 2010 Permalink Tools of Change for Publishing Conference (TOC) The sell-out conference has become a can't miss gathering for everyone not wanting to be left behind amidst the challenges and opportunities presented by today's rapidly changing publishing industry. Marriott Marquis in Times Square New York City, New York, Mar 30-Apr 1, 2010 Permalink Where 2.0 At the 6th annual O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference, we will expose the tools pushing the boundaries of the location frontier, track the emergence of new business models and services, and spend time examining new sources of data and the platforms for collecting them. San Jose Marriott 301 South Market Street San Jose, CA United States Apr 12-15, 2010 Permalink MySQL Conference & Expo Join us in 2010 for the 8th annual MySQL Conference & Expo. Mark your calendars for the largest gathering of MySQL developers, users, and DBAs worldwide. Santa Clara, CA United States May 3-6, 2010 Permalink Web 2.0 Expo SF The 4th edition of Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco is scheduled for 2010 - Web 2.0 Expo will return to Moscone West May 3-6, 2010. Make sure to save the date! Moscone West 747 Howard St San Francisco, CA United States May 25-27, 2010 Permalink Gov 2.0 Expo Gov 2.0 Expo will showcase the real-world application of Web 2.0 technologies in government and municipal sectors, featuring a practical program that will teach government employees and contractors how to apply technology best practices to foster greater transparency, effi ciency, and collaboration. Walter E. Washington Convention Center 809 Mt Vernon Pl NW Washington, DC United States Jun 7-10, 2010 Permalink RailsConf The fifth edition of RailsConf is moving East! Co-produced by Ruby Central and O'Reilly Media, RailsConf is the official and largest gathering of the Ruby on Rails community. RailsConf incorporates keynotes, sessions, and tutorials to arm participants with the knowledge and skills they need to capitalize on the wealth of services and opportunities the Rails framework has to offer. Baltimore Convention Center 1 W Pratt St Baltimore, MD United States Jun 22-24, 2010 Permalink Velocity The Velocity conference is where to learn how to build websites and services that are fast, scalable, efficient, and reliable. We're bringing together people from around the world who are doing the best performance and operations work to improve the experience of web users worldwide. Santa Clara, CA United States