Hi All, First of all I would like to thank all contributors who submitted a talk for the event. And of course all those who considered submitting one but could fit it their schedule. For those I say: No worries, there will always be a next event. The future is looking bright. Since I started building the track for ApacheCon 2012 in Sinsheim, Germany we have seen not only a steady increase in absolute numbers of talks, but also see a stand fast distribution amongst the key areas of Adoption/Applicability, Community and Development. We came from nothing and in this third year of succession we reached a new high of 14 talks submitted by various OFBiz contributors. Potentially a full 2 day track...
Currently we have reviewed and advised the organisers to accept all 14 talks. Of those 14 we have considered 3 of them to be more suitable outside of the OFBiz track (2 being to generic in nature, 1 also being applicable in another track). Of the 11 remaining we have one being about the state of the project, several talks dealing with improving the adoption from a development perspective (raging from quick starting development via improving UX experience to extending OFBiz with new features), a few targeting implementation/operational aspects and a few targeting potential adopters in industry sectors (ISP/Professional Services). All in all quite a diversity of talks addressing the multitude of aspects that OFBiz encompasses. >From now on it is in the hands of the organisers. They have the final say in how many talk (and which of course) do get on the roster of the event and when. Of course we will be available to them for feedback/insights when issues and/or questions regarding the track arise. Of course we'll keep you posted how things progress from here, but as we now are on the brink of the next phase (marketing the track), we could use some assistance on creating (electronic) banners/posters/flyers to drive a great attendance. So if you have any suggestions or can help in any way regarding this, please send a reply to this thread. Best regards, Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* Services & Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail & Trade http://www.orrtiz.com
