Vancouver RubyCamp 2008 – Talk Highlights

Here is the list of talks that we have confirmed so far. For more detail on the talks, see the wiki page. Make sure you scroll down, as there are a ton of great talks.

There’s still time to add a talk or two, but let us know soon so that we can fit you in the schedule.

Note for the speakers: If you won’t be at the conference for the full day, or if you won’t be able to make it for the scheduling round first thing in the morning, let me know at scott@spattendesign.com so that we can make sure you get on the schedule at a time that works for you.

Without further ado, here’s the list:

Wrangling Large Data Sets with Rails and JavaScript

Presenter: Eric Promislow, ActiveState

TrimPath Junction (Ruby on Rails in 100 % JavaScript)

Presenter: Jim Pick

JRuby (Ruby on Java)

Presenter: Alexey Verkhovsky, ThoughtWorks

Hosting Options, Tips and Tricks for Scaling Ruby on Rails Facebook Apps

Presenter: Mark Mayo, Joyent

Flexible Rails: Flex 3 on Rails 2

Presenter: Peter Armstrong, Ruboss

What’s Ahead for JavaScript?

Presenter: Kurt Cagle

Secrets of a Successful Rails Deployment

Presenter: Vince Hodges and Paul Prescod, Kinzin

Techniques for Improving Rails Reliability

Presenter: Kukuljevic-Pearce, Kinzin

Multi-Threaded Image Uploading and Thumbnailing with Mongrel, Rack, ImageScience and Thread Queues

Presenter: Vince Hodges and Marc Gomez and Ian Suda, Kinzin

Rails and Not-for-Profits (The DogOnRails Presentation)

Presenter: Joe Bowser, Nitobi Software / FreeTheNet Vancouver

Rubyize This!

Presenter: Scott Patten, spatten design (This will be in the hackathon-unconference track.)

Welcome – Join us for Vancouver’s 1st RubyCamp @ WorkSpace on January 26th, 2008

Welcome. You are invited to join us for RubyCamp 2008 in Vancouver on Saturday, January 26th.

RubyCamp is a free one-day gathering for Rubyists and Railers.

When and Where:

WorkSpace in downtown Vancouver, B.C., Canada
January 26th, 2008 from 9:00 to 5:00

Who Should Come:

Anyone who’s interested in Ruby and Rails, whether you’re just interested in learning what this Ruby thing is all about or you know Ruby inside out.

The Conference Track:

A conference-style track with “classic” talks on Ruby or Rails topics. We’re looking for a few more speakers, send in your talk proposal!

The Hackathon Track:

An informal un-conference track focusing on hacking some Ruby code, showing off a cool feature you just added to your Rails application or demonstrating a new addition to Rails 2.0. If you’re interested in working on some code or showing off something, get started by promoting your ideas and get some buzz going.

About Vancouver:

Vancouver is located in Beautiful British Columbia on Canada’s Pacific West Coast. While you’re in the 2010 Winter Olympics City take advantage of the great snowboarding and skiing in nearby Whistler/Blackcomp or Cypress Mountain.

See you all at RubyCamp in Vancouver.