CloudCamp London #7 at QCon, Mar 11, 2010
About CloudCamp:
CloudCamp is an unconference where early adopters of Cloud Computing technologies exchange ideas. With the rapid change occurring in the industry, we need a place where we can meet to share our experiences, challenges and solutions. At CloudCamp, you are encouraged to share your thoughts in several open discussions, as we strive for the advancement of Cloud Computing. End users, IT professionals and vendors are all encouraged to participate.
This CloudCamp will be more of an Un-unconference. Again we are lucky to have been invited by QCon to co-locate with their conference at the QEII Conference Centre (see below), but as as result we are restricted to one room, albeit a very large one. So for the first time we will not be breaking out for unpanel/openspaces sessions, instead we will have a US Presidential style debate - but a 4 way debate exploring 4 different views of cloud computing.
Registration URL: http://cloudcamplondon7.eventbrite.com/
Venue: QEII Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE
Agenda
Registration from 6.00
Start at 6.30
Welcome to CloudCamp: Simon Wardley - Canonical
Lightning talks: Strictly 5 minutes, vendor neutral and interesting, if not you get to ' Red Card' them and send them off!
- Russ Miles - OpenCredo - 'Enabling Choice; Enabling the Market' - a look at the key blockers to the emerging cloud market and how the fole of cloud brokers is essential to making the open cloud market a reality. Through vendor lock-in to commoditiesvs. exotics a look at the signifcant parallels the cloud market has with todays financial system, and how you play that system to your advantage...
- Chris Swan - CapitalSCF - ' SaaS – an unintended casualty of the copyfight'.
- Geir Magnusson Jr. - Gilt Groupe.
- Joe Baguley - Quest Software - 'Energy, carbon, and clouds' - how the CRC and other measures represent both and opportunity and a risk to computing.
Unpanel: Chaired by Alexis Richardson, Rabbit Technologies. The panel will be selected from the audience, join in volunteer your expertise, raise your hand and ask questions.
"The Big Cloud Debate " : A presidential style 4 way debate pitching 4 divergent views and approaches to cloud computing against each other. The speakers are:
- Matt Deacon - Microsoft
- Simon Wardley - Canonical
- Rod Johnson or Chris Richardson - VMware
- Chris Read- Thoughtworks
The questions for consideration are:
- Is cloud computing ready for the enterprise?
- In 5 years time will anyone need private clouds?
- Do standards matter in the cloud?
- Is it inevitable that you will move to the clouds?
Finish 8.30 leave the QEII Conference Centre.
Relocate to Old Star pub for food, drinks and networking, until 11pm.
Two minutes walk away at 66, Broadway, Westminster, London, SW1H 1DB. http://www.traditionalpubslondon.co.uk/oldstar/index.php
QCon
The 4th annual QCon London (March 10-12) has been announced and registration is open! QCon London has become a mainstay conference for the UK and European software development community. This year continues in our tradition of practitioner-driven high quality content with over 15 tracks and 100 speakers - speaker assembly currently in progress.
We have arranged a special discount for CloudCamp members of an additional £100 off when you use the discount code "CLOUDCAMP".
This year continues in our tradition of practitioner-driven high quality content with over 15 tracks and 100 speakers including:
• Ralph Johnson - Co-author of the now-legendary book, "Design Patterns" and "Gang of Four" member
• Facebook: Architecture and Design - by Aditya Agarwal
• Dan Ingalls - The principal architect of five generations of Smalltalk environment
• Lean and Agile at the Code Level - by Jim Coplien, father of Organizational Patterns
• Message Passing Concurrency in Erlang - By Joe Armstrong, father of ErLang
• Test-Driven Development of Asynchronous Systems - Nat Pryce
• ... and much more
Register before February 22nd and save up to £297. QCon is an enterprise software development conference for team leads, architects, and project managers covering Architecture & Design, Java, .NET, Emerging Languages, NoSQL, Browser as a Platform, Software Craftsmanship, SOA, Agile methodologies and other timely topics. Last years' QCon London drew over 500 people despite the economic downturn. There were thousands of tweets and hundreds of blogs written by attendees - see Key Takeaway Points and Lessons Learned from QCon London 2009 for a feel!
