Call for Papers for both Devoxx UK and France now open!
- by Yolande
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The two conferences are taking place the last week of March 2013 with London on March 26th and 27 and Paris on March 28th and 29th. Oracle fully supports "Devoxx UK" and "Devoxx France" as a European Platinum Partner. Submit proposals and participate in both conferences since they are a two-hour train ride away from one another.
The Devoxx conferences are designed “for developers by
developers.” The conference committees are looking for speakers who are
passionate developers unafraid to share their knowledge of Java, mobile, web
and beyond. The sessions are about frameworks, tools and development with in-depth
conference sessions, short practical quickies, and bird-of-a-feather discussions.
Those different formats allow speakers to choose the best way to present their
topics and can be mentioned during the submission process
Devoxx has proven its success under Stephan Janssen, organizer
of Devoxx in Belgium for the past 11 years. Devoxx has been the biggest Java
conference in Europe for many years. To
organize those local conferences, Stephan has enrolled the top community leaders
in the UK and France. Ben Evans and Martijn Verberg are the leaders of London Java
User Group (JUG) and are also known internationally for starting the Adopt-a-JSR
program. Antonio Goncalves is the leader of the Paris JUG. He organized last
year’s Devoxx France, which was a big success with twice the size first
expected.
The organizers made sure to add the local character to the conferences. "The community energy has to feel right," said Ben Evans and for that he picked an "old Victoria hall" for the venue. Those leaders are part of very dynamic Java communities in France and in the UK. France has 22 JUGs; the Paris JUG alone has 2,000 members. The UK has over 50,000 developers working in London and its surroundings; a lot of them are Java developers working in the financial industry. The conference fee is kept as low as possible to encourage those developers to attend. Devoxx promises to be crowded and sold out in advance. Make sure to submit your talks to both Devoxx UK and France before January 31st, 2013.
