Where to Find Us at OSCON 2009

OSCON has returned to the San Francisco Bay Area for 2009, and Googlers will once again be out in force to spread the joy of all things Google and Open Source. Please make sure to join us on Tuesday, July 21st for the conference opening ceremonies, where we'll announce the winners of the 5th Annual Google O'Reilly Open Source Awards. If you've already arrived for the conference, you may want to stop by our Birds of a Feather session for the Google Summer of Code™ community this evening at 8:00 PM. We're also proud to feed all of you in the great Google tradition at Wednesday's lunch.

And, of course, there will be several talks and tutorials delivered by Googlers, including:

• Introduction to Google App Engine by Joe Gregorio, 8:30 AM on July 20th (tutorial)
• Zen and the Art of Abstraction Maintenance by Alex Martelli, 10:45 AM on July 22nd
• Even Faster Websites by Steve Souders, 11:35 AM on July 22nd
• Getting Started in Free and Open Source, by Cat Allman and Leslie Hawthorn, 11:35 AM on July 22nd
• Programmer Insecurity and the Genius Myth, by Ben Collins-Sussman and Brian Fitzpatrick, 1:45 PM on July 22nd
• Green Computing for the Little Guys with Bill Weihl, 1:45 PM on July 22nd (panel)
• Your Work in Open Source, the Numbers, by Chris DiBona, 9:15 AM on July 23rd
• JRuby on Google App Engine by John Woodell and Max Ross, joined by Ted Han, 10:45 AM on July 23rd
• The Google Open Source Update, by Chris DiBona and Leslie Hawthorn, 11:35 AM on July 23rd

If you're around Silicon Valley and can't make the entire conference, keep in mind that the Birds of a Feather sessions, OSCamp and a host of other events at OSCON are free of charge to attend with your expo hall registration. We hope to see you there!

By Leslie Hawthorn, Open Source Team