Update: organizers are looking for new dates for the Summit in SF, currently trending towards October.
For Beam Summit Europe see: https://twitter.com/matthiasbaetens/status/1098854758893273088 On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 9:09 PM Austin Bennett <whatwouldausti...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > PMC approval still pending for Summit in SF (so things may change), but > wanted to get a preliminary CfP out there to start to get sense of interest > -- giving the targeted dates are approaching. Much of this > delay/uncertainty my fault and I should have done more before the holidays > and my long vacation in from end of December through mid-January. This CfP > will remain open for some time, and upon/after approval will make sure to > give notice for a CfP deadline. > > Please submit talks via: > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfD0qhoS2QrDbtK1E85gATGQCgRGKhQcLIkiiAsPW9G_7Um_Q/viewform?usp=sf_link > > Would very much encourage anyone that can lead > hands-on/tutorials/workshops for full day, half-day, focused couple hours, > etc to apply, as well as any technical talks and/or use cases. Again, > tentative dates(s) 3 and 4 April 2019. > > Thanks, > Austin > > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 7:58 PM Austin Bennett < > whatwouldausti...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Other projects/Summits like Kafka and Spark offer add-on days to summits >> for training. I'm wondering the appetite/interest for hands-on sessions >> for working with Beam, and whether we think that'd be helpful. Are there >> people that would benefit from a beginning with Beam day, or a more >> advanced/specialized session. This was on the original agenda for London, >> but hadn't materialized, seeing if we think there is interest to make this >> worth putting together/making-available. >> >> Furthermore, it had been mentioned that an introduction to contributing >> to Beam might also be beneficial. Also curious to hear whether that would >> be of interest to people here (or for those that those here know, but >> aren't following these distribution channels for themselves -- since >> following dev@ or even user@ is potentially a more focused selection of >> those with an interest in Beam. >> >> Thanks, >> Austin >> >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 3:05 PM Austin Bennett < >> whatwouldausti...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I really enjoyed Beam Summit in London (Thanks Matthias!), and there was >>> much enthusiasm for continuations. We had selected that location in a >>> large part due to the growing community there, and we have users in a >>> variety of locations. In our 2019 calendar, >>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CloF63FOKSPM6YIuu8eExjhX6xrIiOp5j4zPbSg3Apo/ >>> shared in the past weeks, 3 Summits are tentatively slotted for this year. >>> Wanting to start running this by the group to get input. >>> >>> * Beam Summit NA, in San Francisco, approx 3 April 2019 (following Flink >>> Forward). I can organize. >>> * Beam Summit Europe, in Stockholm, this was the runner up in voting >>> falling behind London. Or perhaps Berlin? October-ish 2019 >>> * Beam Summit Asia, in Tokyo ?? >>> >>> What are general thoughts on locations/dates? >>> >>> Looking forward to convening in person soon. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Austin >>> >>