Want to meet one of our authors face-to-face? Here’s where they’ll be in the coming months.
Here’s what our authors will be up to in the coming months.
- 2013-02-02, Detroit Mobile CityCore Audio IntroductionChris Adamson (author of iOS SDK Development)
- 2013-02-02, FOSDEM 2013Live pair programming with Julien Biezemans, lead developer of Cucumber-JSMatt Wynne (author of The Cucumber Book and Cucumber Recipes)
- 2013-02-04, BDD Kickstart, BrusselsGet a flying start with BDD, the collaborative process that's changing the face of software development (with Julien Biezemans)Matt Wynne
- 2013-02-04, JFokus - SwedenWorkshops and talks on Functional Programming and JVM related languagesVenkat Subramaniam (author of Practices of an Agile Developer, Programming Groovy, Programming Scala, Programming Concurrency on the JVM, and Programming Groovy (2nd edition))
- 2013-02-08, NEScala 2013, Philadelphia PABuilding Scala Hygienically with Pants. Describing a new, bottom-up build system that allows developers to statically declare build dependencies.Mark Chu-Carroll (author of Good Math)
- 2013-02-11, Trondheim XP og Agile MeetupKom og lær Ruby!Paolo Perrotta (author of Metaprogramming Ruby)
- 2013-02-18, DevNexus - AtlantaTalks on Java 8 and also CoffeeScriptVenkat Subramaniam
- 2013-02-20, RubyConf AustraliaFull day Advanced Ruby tutorial
- 2013-02-21, RubyConf AustraliaKeynoteDave Thomas
- 2013-02-26, Agile India - BangaloreWorkshop and talks on Agile technical practicesVenkat Subramaniam
- 2013-02-28, Big Ruby Conf -- Dallas, TexasBuild a Bigger Brain: How Healthy Living Makes You SmarterJoe Kutner (author of Deploying with JRuby and The Healthy Programmer)
- 2013-03-01, Joy of Coding, Rotterdam, NetherlandsJava is from Mars, Ruby is from VenusPaolo Perrotta
- 2013-03-01, The Joy of Coding - Rotterdam, the NetherlandsKeynote at a conference focused on developer joyChad Fowler (author of The Passionate Programmer (2nd edition) and Rails Recipes)
- 2013-03-04, SpeakerConf - ArubaAn opportunity to hang out with fellow speakersVenkat Subramaniam
- 2013-03-07, CocoaConf ChicagoMobile Movies with HTTP Live StreamingChris Adamson
- 2013-03-07, AgileIndy ConferenceTutorial: Agile Project Management: Do You Have What it Takes?
- 2013-03-07, CocoaConf ChicagoGame Dev WorkshopJonathan Penn
- 2013-03-07, CocoaConf ChicagoiPad Productivity APIs (All-Day Tutorial)Chris Adamson
- 2013-03-07, CocoaConf ChicagoCore Audio in iOS 6Chris Adamson
- 2013-03-08, NFJS - Minneapolis, MNTalks on HTML 5 and JVM languagesVenkat Subramaniam
- 2013-03-08, CocoaConf ChicagoZen and the Art of iOS Gesture RecognizersJonathan Penn
- 2013-03-08, AgileIndy ConferenceKeynote: Agile ManagementJohanna Rothman
- 2013-03-09, CocoaConf ChicagoUI Automation - Automate ALL THE THINGS!Jonathan Penn
- 2013-03-13, 33degree - Warsaw, PolandVarious JVM languages related topicsVenkat Subramaniam
- 2013-03-20, Pragmatic Studio, Reston, VAThree days, two presenters, one objective—to get you up and running with RailsDave Thomas
- 2013-03-21, CocoaConf DCiPad Productivity APIs (All-Day Tutorial)Chris Adamson
- 2013-03-21, CocoaConf DCMobile Movies with HTTP Live StreamingChris Adamson
- 2013-03-21, CocoaConf DCCore Audio in iOS 6Chris Adamson
- 2013-03-25, #inspect 2013 - Brussels, BelgiumCoreData In Motion - An overview of how CoreData works, when to use it, and how to use it in RubyMotionJonathan Penn
- 2013-03-28, #inspect, Brussels BelgiumWrapping RubyMotion - Discussing techniques for making Objective-C APIs more pleasant in RubyClay Allsopp (author of RubyMotion)
- 2013-04-04, DenverJS - Denver, COJavaScript related topicVenkat Subramaniam
- 2013-04-04, Ancient City Ruby, St. Augustine, Florida, USAClojure for the UnsuspectingPaolo Perrotta
- 2013-04-05, NFJS, NYCTalks on HTML 5 and JVM languagesVenkat Subramaniam
- 2013-04-12, ACCU, Bristol, UKWorkshop "Gumption Traps Reloaded" with Ivan Moore and talk "Is eXtreme Programming still alive and kicking?"Rachel Davies (author of Agile Coaching)
- 2013-04-18, CocoaConf San JoseCore Audio in iOS 6Chris Adamson
- 2013-04-18, CocoaConf San JoseMobile Movies with HTTP Live StreamingChris Adamson
- 2013-04-18, CocoaConf San JoseCore Audio Workshop (All-Day Tutorial)Chris Adamson
- 2013-04-21, NFJS, Reston, VATalks on HTML 5 and JVM languagesVenkat Subramaniam
- 5.5 days of leadership training for people who want to learn to be problem solving leadersJohanna Rothman
- 2013-04-22, Railsberry - Krakow, PolandA talk on something other than Rails. This is a Rails conference about everything except for Rails.Chad Fowler
- 2013-04-22, Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo 2013"How to Design Indexes, Really" and "Extensible Data Modeling with MySQL"Bill Karwin (author of SQL Antipatterns)
- 2013-05-07, Great Indian Developer Summit, BangaloreWorkshops and talks on various topicsVenkat Subramaniam
- 2013-05-20, Let's Test Conference, SwedenTutorial: Hiring for Your Team: Culture Trumps SkillsJohanna Rothman
- 2013-05-21, Let's Test Conference, SwedenKeynote: Becoming a Kick-Ass Test ManagerJohanna Rothman
- 2013-05-22, GR8Conf, CopenhagenTalks on various topics related to Groovy and the JVMVenkat Subramaniam
- 2013-05-28, Fluent 2013Flow Control with Promises: Learn to control async tasks in JavaScript with Promise-based interfacesTrevor Burnham (author of CoffeeScript and Async JavaScript)
- 2013-06-12, NDC OsloTalks on various topicsVenkat Subramaniam
- 2013-07-16, ÜberConfWorkshops and talks on various topicsVenkat Subramaniam
- 2013-09-11, BDD Kickstart, BarcelonaGet a flying start with BDD, the collaborative process that's changing the face of software developmentMatt Wynne
- 2013-09-14, Barcelona Ruby ConferenceHexagonal railsMatt Wynne
- 2013-09-14, BarucoTBDDavid Chelimsky (author of The RSpec Book)
O’Reilly Events
Upcoming events from our friends at O’Reilly.
- 2013-02-12, TOC New York, New York, NYTools of Change New York:“For six years, the O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference in New York has been the seminal event for professionals and companies engaged with the challenges and opportunities of new publishing technologies and business models.”
- 2013-02-26, Strata 2013, Santa Clara, CAO’Reilly Strata Conference: “Tap into the collective intelligence of more than 150 data experts at Strata 2013. Strata gives you the skills, tools, and technologies you need to make data work today.”
- 2013-03-24, TOC Bologna, Bologna, ItalyTools of Change Bologna: “Happening in conjunction with the Bologna Children's Book Fair, TOC Bologna is where the children's publishing and technology industries come together to discuss, learn, and share ideas around the art, craft, and business of storytelling in the digital age.”
USENIX Events
What’s coming from our USENIX friends.
- 2013-02-12, FAST ’13, San Jose, CA11th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies: “FAST '13 brings together storage-system researchers and practitioners to explore new directions in the design, implementation, evaluation, and deployment of storage systems.”
- 2013-02-24, NDSS , San Diego, CANetwork & Distributed System Security Symposium: “The purpose of NDSS is to bring the global Internet community together to learn about and discuss cutting-edge advances in the science and application of network and distributed systems security.”
- 2013-03-15, Cascadia IT, Seattle, WACascadia IT Conference 2013: “A gathering of professionals from the diverse IT (computer and network administration) community in the U.S. Pacific Northwest / British Columbia to learn, share ideas, and network.”
- 2013-04-02, TaPP ’13, Lombard, IL5th USENIX Workshop on the Theory and Practice of Provenance: “The workshop may cover any topic related to theoretical or practical aspects of provenance, including but not limited to: provenance in databases, workflows, programming languages, security, software engineering, or systems; provenance on the Web; real-world applications of or requirements for provenance.”
- 2013-04-03, NSDI ’13, Lombard, IL10th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation: “NSDI focuses on the design principles, implementation, and practical evaluation of large-scale networked and distributed systems.”
- 2013-04-15, EUROSYS, Prague, Czech RepublicEurosys 2013: “EuroSys has become a premier forum for discussing various issues of systems software research and development, including implications related to hardware and applications.”

