Hello Subramani sir I need to know from where and how we can get registered for this confrence?
Thanks and Regards Akhilesh Malani E-mail malani.akhil...@gmail.com Mobile +919620133716 On 2/22/10, Subramani L <lsubram...@deccanherald.co.in> wrote: > ThoughtWorks takes lead in organizing first 'RubyConf India' > > -- Supported by Ruby Central, the first formal gathering of the Ruby > Community in India takes place in Bangalore -- > > Bangalore, India - 22nd February, 2010 - The Ruby Community in India is > excited to announce 'RubyConf India 2010' on Mar 20th and 21st at the > Royal Orchid > Hotel in Bangalore. Spread over 2 days, 'RubyConf India 2010' will offer > Ruby enthusiasts an opportunity to network with key people in the > international > Ruby community, learn about the latest technology changes first-hand and > deepen their expertise in the field. It will feature keynote addresses > and talks > by the likes of Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto (the creator of Ruby himself > will speak via a video call), Chad Fowler (author of "The Passionate > Programmer"), > Obie Fernandez (pioneering Rails developers and author of "The Rails > Way"), Ola Bini (core committer on JRuby since 2004) and Nick Sieger of > Engine Yard > and JRuby fame. > > Taking the lead in organizing and sponsoring this event is ThoughtWorks > Technologies, a leading global IT consultancy specializing in Global > Distributed > Agile delivery. Co-sponsored by Castle Rock Research Corporation, > Mahaswami Software and US based Hashrocket, this first of its kind > conference will draw > active participation and sponsorship from the Ruby ecosystem in India > and is made possible by a grant from Ruby Central Inc - a non-profit > organization > in the USdedicated to the support and advocacy of the Ruby programming > language across the globe. > > An emerging technology that promises to revolutionize the way software > is developed, Ruby is an open source, dynamic programming language that > runs natively > on Linux, Windows and Mac OS. It runs on the Java and .Net platforms as > JRuby and IronRuby respectively. It offers an ideal development > environment for > Agile practitioners with one of the most active open source communities > worldwide which produce and support tools and projects like "Ruby on > Rails" - a > powerful web application development framework that significantly > reduces time-to-market and is used by top web companies like Twitter and > Shopify. > > Chad Fowler, Co-Director of Ruby Central, Ruby enthusiast and author of > books such as "The Passionate Programmer" and "My Job went to India" had > this to > say about the event - "As a one-time expatriate living in Bangalore, > Ruby and India are two of my greatest passions. It's wonderful to see > Ruby and Rails > spread into India. Adoption of leading edge agile technologies such as > these is crucial to the continued success of India as an IT services > provider and > innovator. This event is a major step in spreading the productivity and > joy of Rails development into the Indian IT industry". > > A strong supporter of open-source & emerging technologies and a pioneer > in the Agile method of global software delivery, ThoughtWorks has > consistently participated > in Ruby conferences and other related events across the globe. This year > it instituted the "Innovation & Technology Trust", a public non-profit > with the > objective of providing a support system and networking between > professionals in the field of emerging technologies and open-source by > bringing them together > during workshops, seminars, conferences. Ruby Central has been hosting > International Ruby Conferences around the world since 2002 and more > recently instituted > a Regional Grants Program to support conferences at a regional level. > These two institutions have now come together to host the first RubyConf > India in > 2010 which will feature distinguished practitioners and thought leaders > from the global Ruby Community and cater to the needs of the growing and > talented > Ruby community in India. > > Explaining the rationale for ThoughtWorks organising 'RubyConf India > 2010', Mahesh Baxi Managing Director ThoughtWorks India said "Open > Source software > is here to stay and ThoughtWorks has been an active contributor, > supporter and user of Open Source software like Java, Ruby & JRuby." > > RubyConf India 2010 was sold out within the first 5 days of opening > registrations! Says spokesperson for the event Sidu Ponnappa, "The fact > that RubyConf > India was sold out in just five days is a strong indicator of the change > that is occurring in the Indian software industry. We're seeing the > beginnings > of a shift from conservative, bread and butter development that we've > been doing for the last two decades to the more exciting and challenging > world of > high-end engineering that has traditionally been considered the preserve > of the first-world." The organizers have increased capacity since then > to allow > more enthusiasts to make the most of this opportunity. Keep an eye out > for more information and updates at > www.rubyconfindia.org > ! Follow RubyConf India on twitter - http://twitter.com/rubyconfindia. > > > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > -- "When I Am Here, Then Why Do You Fear" Thanks and regards Akhilesh Malani Transition processing officer. Mphasis Kshema Dhama, no.1-Globle Village, Mysore road, Bangalore-560059 Bangalore's mob no- +919620133716, +919342232100 Chennai's Mob no: +919840226825 Skype id: akhi_25thcentury E-mail id: malani.akhil...@gmail.com To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
