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JCertif 2012 Call for Papers Now Open -- http://www.jcertif.com!
As some of you already know. The next edition of JCertif is coming and will take place on September 03th-09th in Brazzaville, Congo.
If you have an interesting presentation idea, we want to hear from you!
We invite you to share your Java experiences with the industry and community by submitting a proposal for this far from the « classic » event !
JCertif is a mix of technical session, training, life experience and a bit of an adventure !
Many Java evengelist have participated in the past events. If you Still hesitating to join us, I just want to mention a few names that we had :
The full list of speakersfor 2012 edition will be published at the end of this month
We can guarantee:
Content :
5 key themes :
70% French and 30% English delivered by an international team of speakers.
The deadline for submission : 20 July 2012 at 11:59 PM PCT
Attendees :
1000+ attendees
The conference regularly attracts close to 700 Developers and engineers (the one that write some code), and managers/entrepreneurs, senior- and mid-level administrators, government employees, in addition to a significant number of corporate and other educational leaders.
How it will be organized :
- Exhibition floor : 400 m2
- JCertif University : Training/Coding session/User group meet-up : 7 Equipped rooms for 30 participants -- 5 full days
- JCertif Conference : Conference and talk : 2 rooms (500 and 200 participants) -- 2 full days.
See what we did in the past :
JCertif 2011 : - Website : http://2011.jcertif.com
Photos :
- JCertif Conf 2011 : https://picasaweb.google.com/101033732619256173933/JCertif2011
- JCertif University 2011 : https://picasaweb.google.com/101033732619256173933/JCertifUniversit...
JCertif 2010 : - Website : http://2010.jcertif.com
- Oracle Java Magazine : JCertif 2010 honored in the first Oracle Java Magazine Premier Issue (Page 7) : http://bonbhel.blogspot.ca/2011/08/jcertif-2011-and-jug-africa-hono...
Photos:
- JCertif 2010 University : https://picasaweb.google.com/bonbhel/JCertifUniversity2010
- JCertif 2010 Conference : https://picasaweb.google.com/bonbhel/JCertif2010
What they said about us :
Blogs about JCertif 2011 :
Blogs about JCertif 2010 :
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