BEGIN:VCALENDAR
X-WR-CALNAME:OSCON 2009
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:Expectnation
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090720T120000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090720T083000
DTSTAMP:20090730T152111
LOCATION:Meeting Room J2
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/8118
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-20-08:30--8118
SUMMARY:Automating Enterprise Workflow with Open Source Tools
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jim Brandt (Best Practical Solutions). In diffi
 cult financial times, all businesses are looking to do more with less. A
 utomating repetitive tasks with computers is one way to do this. This tu
 torial will discuss how to use open source tools to implement workflow u
 sing real-world examples.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090720T120000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090720T083000
DTSTAMP:20090726T122937
LOCATION:Ballroom A7
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/7553
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-20-08:30--7553
SUMMARY:Mastering Perl
DESCRIPTION:Presented by brian d foy (The Perl Review, LLC). Go beyond t
 he syntax and idioms of Perl to manage your code base so it doesn't mana
 ge you. Show your Perl code who is in charge through benchmarking and pr
 ofiling, configuration, logging, and fixing third party modules.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090720T170000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090720T133000
DTSTAMP:20090723T221401
LOCATION:Ballroom A8
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/8904
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-20-13:30--8904
SUMMARY:Running the Show: Configuration Management with Chef
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Edd Dumbill (O'Reilly Media, Inc. ). Few applic
 ations are architecturally simple. As soon as you grow, you find yoursel
 f using multiple subsystems and machines to scale, creating new headache
 s in configuration management. Help is at hand! This tutorial introduces
  Chef, a modern Ruby-based open source approach to systems integration. 
 Chef lets you manage your servers by writing code, not running commands.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090721T120000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090721T083000
DTSTAMP:20090724T165706
LOCATION:Ballroom A4/A5
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/7519
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-21-08:30--7519
SUMMARY:Linux System and Network Performance Monitoring
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Darren Hoch (StrongMail Systems). The Linux Sys
 tem and Network Performance Course teaches systems administrators practi
 cal methodologies for monitoring systems using standard system tools. Th
 e course breaks performance into 4 functional components: CPU, Memory, I
 /O, and Network.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090721T170000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090721T133000
DTSTAMP:20090726T122958
LOCATION:Ballroom A4/A5
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/8451
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-21-13:30--8451
SUMMARY:Doing Perl Right
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Paul Fenwick (Perl Training Australia), Jacinta
  Richardson (Perl Training Australia). You already know some Perl.  You'
 ve read a book, written a few scripts, maybe even a module, but are you 
 sure you're doing it right?  Languagues and techniques evolve over time,
  and Perl is no exception. This detailed tutorial covers many of the bes
 t modern and practical techniques in Perl, including Moose, autodie, Dev
 el::NYTProf, Devel::Cover, PAR, Perl::Critic and more.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T091500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T090000
DTSTAMP:20090804T004549
LOCATION:Exhibit Hall 3
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/9014
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-22-09:00--9014
SUMMARY:Welcome
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Allison Randal (DrugDev, Inc.), Edd Dumbill (O'
 Reilly Media, Inc. ). Opening remarks by the OSCON program chairs, Allis
 on Randal and Edd Dumbill.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T094500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T093000
DTSTAMP:20090803T232842
LOCATION:Exhibit Hall 3
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/10153
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-22-09:30--10153
SUMMARY:Intel and Open Source: Innovation and Leadership for Continued G
 rowth
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dirk Hohndel (Intel Corporation). Imad Sousou, 
 Director of Intel Open Source Technology Center will present the technol
 ogy vision and direction for Intel’s overall Open Source efforts, includ
 ing Mobility, Virtualization, Power, and Performance.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T100000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T094500
DTSTAMP:20090803T210744
LOCATION:Exhibit Hall 3
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/9124
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-22-09:45--9124
SUMMARY:A Brief History of Software
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Michael  Lopp (Rands in Repose). In 15 minutes,
  discover 15 years of secrets behind building software faster, more effi
 ciently, and using less floppy disks.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T113000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T104500
DTSTAMP:20090724T064747
LOCATION:Ballroom A8
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/7931
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-22-10:45--7931
SUMMARY:Reconnoiter: Monitoring and Trend Analysis
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Theo Schlossnagle (OmniTI/Circonus). Monitoring
  systems to collect metrics is systems administration 101.  However, sys
 tems are more complicated, there are more metrics and correlation is a m
 ust to troubleshoot problems or plan for growth.  As our problem got big
 ger, our tools didn't get better.  Reconnoiter is a large-scale monitori
 ng and trend analysis system designed to nip these problems in the bud.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T122000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T113500
DTSTAMP:20090726T002919
LOCATION:Ballroom A8
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/8468
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-22-11:35--8468
SUMMARY:Virtualize vs Containerize: Fight!  Why the Biggest Virtualizati
 on Technologies Aren't Always the Best Choice
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Irving Popovetsky (Irving Popovetsky Consulting
 ), Andy de la Lucha (Mentor Graphics). Everyone has a reason to love vir
 tualization: security, configuration isolation... the list goes on. But 
 containerization offers many of the same goodies as virtualization, alon
 gside an efficiency and performance advantage. Just what you need, more 
 options. There's no wrong answer. Andy de la Lucha and Irving Popovetsky
  help you ask the right questions about what's right for your environmen
 t.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T122000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T113500
DTSTAMP:20090727T195911
LOCATION:Ballroom A2
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/8438
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-22-11:35--8438
SUMMARY:The Future of Filesystems and Storage
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Theodore Ts'o (Linux Foundation). What does the
  future hold in store for filesystem and storage technologies?  Why is i
 t that there has been a flowering of new filesystems showing up in Linux
  in the last 18 months?   This talk will review the new file systems and
  storage technologies which have shown up in Linux and discuss what is l
 ikely to come in the future.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T143000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T134500
DTSTAMP:20090723T003816
LOCATION:Ballroom A7
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/7413
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-22-13:45--7413
SUMMARY:Green Computing for the Little Guys: What Can a Fortune 2000 Com
 pany Do To Green Their Centralized Computing Resources?
DESCRIPTION:Presented by James Turner (O'Reilly Media), Bill Weihl (Goog
 le, Inc.), Jim Oberholtzer (United States Bowling Congress), Allyson Kle
 in (Intel Corporation). Large data center providers such as Google and M
 icrosoft are taking significant steps to cut down their power and coolin
 g requirements, but how about a typical company with a campus-sized data
  center?  What can be done to make a server room full of rack-mounted 1U
  systems more efficient?  Does virtualization hold the key?  Are more co
 res better than less?  Our panelists will clue you in.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T143000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T134500
DTSTAMP:20090723T213428
LOCATION:Ballroom A8
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/8410
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-22-13:45--8410
SUMMARY:Automating System Builds and Maintenance with Cobbler and Puppet
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Eric Mandel (BlackMesh), Jason Ford (BlackMesh)
 . Quickly, accurately, and reliably deploying new systems, across the en
 tire spectrum of production, test, and development systems, is a constan
 t challenge for system administrators and developers.  We leveraged Cobb
 ler and Puppet to overcome these challenges and will show attendees how 
 they can use Cobbler and Puppet to quickly, accurately, and reliably dep
 loy new systems.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T152000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T143500
DTSTAMP:20090729T210630
LOCATION:Ballroom A8
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/8472
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-22-14:35--8472
SUMMARY:Server Management & Source Control: The key to scalability and t
 eamwork
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Lance Albertson (Oregon State University Open S
 ource Lab). Keeping track of configuration changes between hundreds of s
 ervers is a challenging task not to mention keeping a history of all the
  changes that were made. This session focusing on utilizing open source 
 technology to not only help you manage your servers but it also promote 
 teamwork and self documentation. I'll focus on how the OSU Open Source L
 ab uses cfengine and git to manage their servers.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T171500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T163000
DTSTAMP:20090730T155839
LOCATION:Meeting Room B2
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/8432
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-22-16:30--8432
SUMMARY:Linux Filesystem Performance for Databases
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Selena Deckelmann (PostgreSQL). How do you choo
 se the right filesystem for your database management system? Administrat
 ors have a variety of filesystems to choose from, as well as volume mana
 gement and hardware or software RAID. This talk will examine how differe
 nt the performance of filesystems really are, and how do you go about sy
 stematically determining which configuration will be the best for your a
 pplication and hardware.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T180500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T172000
DTSTAMP:20090801T191510
LOCATION:Ballroom A7
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/8385
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-22-17:20--8385
SUMMARY:Bluffer's Guide to autoconf and automake
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Casey West (Casey West Consulting). As users of
  FLOSS software we have, on occasion, the need to understand the configu
 ration systems of the software we use. This presentation will arm you wi
 th just enough knowledge to be dangerous. You will learn how to write co
 nfigure template files and, yes, you will learn about m4. m4 is the macr
 o processor language used by autoconf.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T200000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T190000
DTSTAMP:20090724T165512
LOCATION:Meeting Room B2
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/10192
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-22-19:00--10192
SUMMARY:BASH and Beyond...
DESCRIPTION:Explore the concepts in automating tasks with BASH, PERL and
  other scripting languages. What command line tools do you use to get th
 e job done efficiently and effectively? With the growing prevalence of w
 eb front-ends, how do you still use the command line to administer your 
 systems?
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T200000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090722T190000
DTSTAMP:20090724T051853
LOCATION:Ballroom A1
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/9091
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-22-19:00--9091
SUMMARY:Open Source Network Monitoring & Management
DESCRIPTION:As businesses, both small and large, try to cut operating co
 sts, they begin to turn to open source software.  How do we lessen the e
 ntry barrier to network monitoring with open source software, and what h
 urdles do we still need to jump?
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090723T093000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090723T091500
DTSTAMP:20090803T013347
LOCATION:Exhibit Hall 3
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/9168
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-23-09:15--9168
SUMMARY:Your Work in Open Source, the Numbers
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Chris DiBona (Google, Inc.). Google crawls more
  than just web  pages, we also crawl source code. Ever wondered just how
  much open source code is out there? What licenses is all that code unde
 r? Which projects are the most shared? We'll try to answer these questio
 ns in this talk.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090723T094500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090723T093000
DTSTAMP:20090728T051808
LOCATION:Exhibit Hall 3
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/10209
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-23-09:30--10209
SUMMARY:Enabling Academic Research – Open Tools and Services on Microsof
 t Platforms
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tony Hey (Microsoft Corporation). Microsoft Ext
 ernal Research builds bridges between academia, industry, and government
  to advance computer science, education, and scientific research. Modern
  science and academic research increasingly relies on integrated informa
 tion technologies and computation to collect, process, and analyze compl
 ex data.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090723T101500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090723T100000
DTSTAMP:20090728T051820
LOCATION:Exhibit Hall 3
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/9016
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-23-10:00--9016
SUMMARY:Apps for America
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Clay Johnson (InformationDiet.com). New Technol
 ogy is crashing the gates of Washington, DC as a new administration begi
 ns to find its legs. Open Source developers are the key to making a lot 
 of this change happen and we've got to move fast and work together in or
 der to do it right. This talk is about strategy-- how can open source de
 velopers change their government?
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090723T122000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090723T113500
DTSTAMP:20090729T175243
LOCATION:Ballroom A7
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/8397
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-23-11:35--8397
SUMMARY:Security-Centered Design: Exploring the Impact of Human Behavior
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Chris Shiflett (Analog). Perception is as impor
 tant as reality. In this multifarious talk, I'll introduce some of what 
 I have learned about cognitive psychology, exploring topics such as chan
 ge blindness and ambient signifiers, and I'll show some real-world examp
 les that demonstrate the profound impact human behavior can have on secu
 rity.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090723T171500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090723T163000
DTSTAMP:20090724T195341
LOCATION:Meeting Room B2
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/7438
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-23-16:30--7438
SUMMARY:Open Source Documentation Doesn't Have to Suck
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Addison Berry (Lullabot). Many people view Open
  Source documentation as something they have to suffer if they want to u
 se a free product. As Open Source code spreads faster and further in the
  great, wide world, we need to up the ante on documentation as well to k
 eep fanning the flames. We'll take a look at how one community, the Drup
 al project, is trying to raise the bar and how others can learn from the
 ir ups and downs.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090723T180500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090723T172000
DTSTAMP:20090725T042759
LOCATION:Ballroom A3/A6
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/8074
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-23-17:20--8074
SUMMARY:Effective Job Interviewing from Both Sides of the Desk
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Andy Lester (petdance.com). An engaging, frank 
 discussion of the job interview, its failings, and how to make it work f
 or all involved.  Effective interviewing reframes the interview as what 
 it really is: The candidate's first day on the job.  This session, aimed
  at the specific needs of the technical professional, shows how manager 
 and candidate must work together for their common benefit.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090723T193000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090723T183000
DTSTAMP:20090727T044401
LOCATION:Exhibit Hall 3
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/9005
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-23-18:30--9005
SUMMARY:State of the Onion Address
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Larry Wall (The Wall Nuthouse). The OSCON tradi
 tion continues as Larry Wall delivers the annual State of the Onion Addr
 ess.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090724T091500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090724T090000
DTSTAMP:20090802T235804
LOCATION:Exhibit Hall 3
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/10458
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-24-09:00--10458
SUMMARY:Applying Open Source Principles to Federal Government
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Gunnar  Hellekson (Red Hat). The current Admini
 stration talks the talk in terms of its adoption of new technology solut
 ions, access to information, and the call for transparency and increased
  citizen participation.  But can it walk the walk?  This keynote will ad
 dress how open source advocates can help the Federal Government unlock t
 he innovative potential of the open source development model.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090724T094500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090724T093000
DTSTAMP:20090725T230629
LOCATION:Exhibit Hall 3
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/10456
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-24-09:30--10456
SUMMARY:The Rewilding: A Metaphor
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Karl Schroeder. Open source software.  Ecosyste
 m services, distributed "smart" electrical grids, and sustainable econom
 ics. Collective intelligence, the Science Commons, and Wikipedia.  What 
 do all these have in common? They seem to represent a new ethos of "lett
 ing go" of centralized control--in project management, industrial and ec
 onomic infrastructure, and culture.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090724T113000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090724T104500
DTSTAMP:20090724T231558
LOCATION:Ballroom A1
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/8862
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-24-10:45--8862
SUMMARY:Recent Advances in the Linux Kernel Resource Management
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kirill Kolyshkin (OpenVZ). The talk outlines th
 e standard Linux kernel mechanisms for controlling resources (such as CP
 U, RAM, disk) and reveals their shortcomings. It explains what are conta
 iners and why resource management is important for those. A new Linux ke
 rnel features -- cgroups and memory controller -- are explained in detai
 ls, with some tricky implementation details and a look into what else ha
 s yet to be done.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090724T122000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090724T113500
DTSTAMP:20090802T141854
LOCATION:Ballroom A4/A5
URL:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/8060
UID:http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009--s2009-07-24-11:35--8060
SUMMARY:The Conway Channel
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Damian Conway (Thoughtstream). The usual smorga
 sbord of new and improbably useful modules beamed straight into your min
 d from the secret island hideaway of Perl's own Dr Evil.
END:VEVENT
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