The second annual O’Reilly Where 2.0 Conference wrapped up last week in San Jose. Over 700 location-aware hackers, entrepreneurs, "neogeographers," and members of the mapping establishment were immersed in the amazing location-aware innovations that are finding their way into every nook of the tech sector. Sponsor parties, the Where Fair, a relevant exhibit hall, a special Geo Developers Day hosted by Google before the conference began, and lots of quality networking made for a rich conference experience.

Read more about Where 2.0 at http://conferences.oreilly.com/where/.

Check out news articles, announcements, blogs, and photos here: http://www.oreillynet.com/conferences/blog/where_20/ and view speaker presentation slides here: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/47/presentations.html

And save the date for the next Where 2.0 Conference—it’s returning to the San Jose Fairmont on June 19-20, 2007.

Upcoming O’Reilly Conferences:

-OSCON: Radar schedule is up; hotels filling quickly -EuroOSCON: Early registration discount ends August 7 -Web 2.0: Requests for invitations now being accepted -ETel: Save those 2007 dates—February 27-March 1 at the San Francisco Airport Marriott; CFP opens next month -ETech: Save the date—March 26-29, 2007 in San Diego -MySQL Users Conference: Save the date—April 23-26, 2007 in Santa Clara

See below for more 2006 conference details. You can also sign up to receive individual conference announcements here: http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/nl/home#conferences

OSCON, the O’Reilly Open Source Convention July 24-28, 2006 in Portland, Oregon http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/

The early registration discount has ended, but we do offer many other discounts that don’t expire. Check ‘em all out at: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/46/register.html

The DoubleTree has sold out, but there are still plenty of hotels in the area with rooms available to fit every budget. Visit our Hotel and Travel page for more information: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/46/hotel.html

We’ve planned five very full days—and nights—in Portland.

Check out the hundreds of OSCON sessions here: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/46/sessions.html

the nearly two hundred speakers here: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/46/speakers.html

the tens of tutorials here: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/46/tutorials.html

and the extracurricular events here: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/46/events.html

O’Reilly Radar Executive Briefing Organized by Matt Asay and Tim O’Reilly, the Executive Briefing will give a limited number of attendees an exclusive opportunity to meet with the innovators, entrepreneurs, and companies that we believe will have the biggest impact on the world of open source in the year to come. This all-day event takes place Tuesday, July 25 at OSCON. Read more about the Executive Briefing here: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/46/radar.html

The premier Executive Briefing will include presentations from:

"Open Source and the Future of Asymmetric Competition"

Matt Asay, VP, Business Development, Alfresco Software Marten Mickos, CEO, MySQL AB David R. Skok, General Partner, Matrix Partners Michael Tiemann, Vice President, Open Source Affairs, RedHat, Inc. "The World is Light: The Rising Tide of Intellectual Property and the Need for a New Marketplace for Rights" Irwin Gross, General Partner, Worldview Technology Partners "Failing to Succeed" Robert "r0ml" Lefkowitz, Chief Scientist, Root Markets "Who’s on the O’Reilly Open Source Radar?" Tim O’Reilly, Founder and CEO, O’Reilly Media, Inc. "What’s Microsoft Doing with Open Source?" Bill Hilf, General Manager, Competitive Strategy, Microsoft Corporation

Once again we’re taking the exhibit hall to new heights. Many thanks to our supportive sponsors: Autodesk, Greenplum, Sun, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Ticketmaster, ActiveState, AMD, Covalent, Dell, Google, Intel, Laszlo, Mindtouch, Oracle, Port 25, Shopzilla, Six Apart, Solid, Techtracker Media, Yahoo!, and Zend.

View the complete list of exhibit hall sponsors here: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/46/exhibitors.html

Be sure to join us for what’s shaping up to be the largest and most comprehensive Open Source Convention yet.

EuroOSCON, the O’Reilly European Open Source Convention "Open and Connected"

September 18-21, 2006 in Brussels, Belgium http://conferences.oreilly.com/eurooscon/

EuroOSCON brings together the best and brightest across every open source persuasion for four days of intense, inspirational interaction. It’s the one place where developers and their managers get their hands on the latest skills, where technologists debate entrepreneurs, where community activists connect with politicians, and where creators come face to face with their most devoted users.

EuroOSCON early registration is now open—sign up before August 7 and you’ll save 300 euros:

http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/48/register.html

Some of the speakers from around the globe presenting at EuroOSCON include Rasmus Lerdorf, Yahoo!/PHP; Charles Lamb, Oragle; Matt Asay, Alfresco; Greg Stein, Google; Damian Conway, Thoughstream; and Florian Mueller, No Software Patents. For the complete list of speakers, visit: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/48/speakers.html

A sampling of sessions and tutorials include (more are being added as you read this):

http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/46/sessions.html

From programming, web apps, Ruby, and security, to business, databases, Java, Linux, and Ajax, the second annual EuroOSCON has the people, projects, and vision you need to take your know-how to the next level. Come be a part of the FLOSS community that’s not just building the future, but taking it to the mainstream.

Web 2.0 Conference

November 7-9, 2006 in San Francisco, California http://web2con.com

A stellar speaker line-up, timely topics, and networking like it’s 1999: Web 2.0 returns for its third year. This year’s theme is "Disruption and Opportunity," focusing on the services, applications, businesses, and models that are reshaping the business landscape and creating opportunities for entrepreneurs who understand the power of the Internet.

Web 2.0 Conference attendance is limited to maximize networking and dialogue. General registration for the conference is by invitation only; visit the web site to request an invitation. (Don’t delay, we predict that we’ll reach capacity soon.)

Confirmed speakers include:

-John Battelle, Chairman and Publisher, Federated Media Publishing

-Jeffrey P. Bezos, Founder and CEO, Amazon

-Beth Comstock, President, NBC Universal Digital Media and Market Development

-Chad Hurley, CEO and Founder, YouTube

-Eric from The Kleptones

-Blake Krikorian, CEO, Sling Media

-Marissa Mayer, Vice President, Search Products and User Experience, Google, Inc.

-Roger McNamee, Elevation Partners

-Mary Meeker, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

-Jonathan F. Miller, Chairman and CEO, AOL

-Tim O’Reilly, Founder and CEO, O’Reilly Media, Inc.

-Kevin Rose, Founder and Chief Architect, digg

-Toni Schneider, CEO, Automattic

-Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., Chairman, The New York Times Company

-Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO, Facebook

More participants will be announced as the program takes shape over the coming months.

Hope to see you at a conference soon,

The O’Reilly Conference Team

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