JavaOne Free to College Students

Sun will be giving complimentary registrations to JavaOne to college students who pre-register:

http://developers.sun.com/events/studentprogram

CommunityOne -- Free Day at JavaOne

There's still time to register for community sessions proceeding JavaOne. And registrants are allowed to attend the JavaOne Keynotes and Expo the next day: Tuesday, May 6th.

This year there are separate tracks for MySQL, OpenSolaris and Linux, Web scale computing and more. A panel in the AM features Marten Mickos from MySQL, Matt Assay from Alfresco, Jim Zemlin of the Linux Foundation, and Ian Murdock of Debian fame.

Or join the RedMonk analysts for a day long "unconference" focused on open source.

For information on sessions and registration, go to: http://developers.sun.com/events/communityone/
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If you can't make it to San Francisco this May, CommunityOne sessions will be streamed out to the Net. Visit: http://developers.sun.com/events/communityone

Interop: Free Expo Pass or 20% off

Special Offer from Xirrus: Save 20% on Interop Conference Passes or Register for a Free Interop Las Vegas Expo Pass with Discount Code: CMCLNL39. Interop takes place April 27 - May 2, 2008.

Ethernet Expo: Europe 2008 / Register for Free

The regular price of this event is $1000. However, if you are employed by a service provider, financial institution, or consultancy/integrator, or are a network professional at a large or in an enterprise, educational establishment, utility, or government agency, you may qualify for free admission, provided you confirm your attendance by Wednesday, April 9, 2008.

To register for this event, please click here: Register for Ethernet Expo Europe

2008 Events, April and on-ward

Just April...

MDM Summit 2008
March 30 – April 1, Hilton Hotel, San Francisco,CA
http://www.sourcemediaconferences.com/MDM/register.html

MuleCon 2008
April 1-2, Kearny St Hilton, San Francisco, Ca
http://www.mulesource.com/mulecon2008/

Sun Tech Days
April 4-6, St. Petersburg, Russia
http://developers.sun.com/events/techdays/

RSA Conference 2008
April 7-11, 2008, San Francisco
https://rsa-email.rsa.com/servlet/cc5?jkHQASAAQSVohOHjKKPUxHllQgLlVaVU

2008 Scrum Gathering
14-16 April, Chicago, Illinois
http://www.scrumalliance.org/gathering

MySQL Conference and Expo
April 14-17, 2008, Santa Clara, CA
http://www.mysqlconf.com/

Web 2.0 Expo
April 22-25, 2008
San Francisco, CA
http://sf.web2expo.com/

Interop Moscow
Apr 23-24, Moscow, Russia
http://www.interop.ru/

CSI SX: Security Exchange
Apr 27-29, Las Vegas, NV
http://www.csisx.com/

Interop Las Vegas
Apr 27- May 2, Las Vegas, NV
http://www.interop.com/lasvegas

May through August...

JavaOne 2008
May 6 - 9, San Francisco, Ca
http://java.sun.com/javaone

IWW2008 Internet Identity Workshop
May 12-14, Mountain View, CA
http://iiw.idcommons.net/index.php/Iiw2008a

ChicagoCon 2008spring - Ethical Hacking Conference
May 12 - 18, MicroTrain Center, Lombard, IL
http://www.chicagocon.com/

ISPCON 2008
May 13-15, Chicago, IL
http://www.ispcon.com/
Free Expo Pass Code: EM1

Forrester's IT Forum 2008
May 20-23, The Venetian, Las Vegas
http://www.forrester.com/events/eventdetail?eventID=2067

DC PHP Conference & Expo 2008
June 2–4, George Washington University, Washington, DC
http://www.dcphpconference.com/

Gartner IT Security Summit
June 2-4, 2008, Washington DC
http://www.gartner.com/us/itsecurity

Data Governance 2008
June 2-5, Hotel Kabuki, San Franciso, CA
http://www.DG-conference.com

Enterprise Architecture Conference - Europe 2008
June 9-11, 2008, Portman Hotel, London, UK
http://www.irmuk.co.uk/eac2008/

Symantec Vision 2008
June 9-12, Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas
http://vision.symantec.com/VisionUS/

Enterprise 2.0 Conference
June 9–12, 2008, Boston, MA
http://www.enterprise2conf.com/
http://www.enterprise2conf.com/conference/free-stuff.php
Priority Code: * CMBYEB03

Better Software Conference & EXPO
June 9-12, 2008 Las Vegas, Nevada, The Venetian
http://www.sqe.com/BetterSoftwareConf/Default.aspx

Infosecurity Canada 2008
June 10-12, Toronto, ON, Canada
http://www.infosecuritycanada.com

ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2008
June 15-19, New Orleans, LA
http://www.odtugkaleidoscope.com/

LinkedData Planet - Spring 2008
June 17-18, Roosevelt Hotel, New York, NY
http://www.linkeddataplanet.com/

Red Hat Summit 2008
June 18-20, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Mass.
http://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/

Gilbane Content Mgt Conference SF
June 18-20, 2008, San Franciso, CA
http://gilbanesf.com

Fedora Users and Developers Conference (FUDCon)
June 19-21, 2008, Boston, Mass.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDConF10

Burton Catalyst Conference North America 2008
June 23-27, San Diego, CA
http://catalyst.burtongroup.com/Na08/

SOA World 2008 East
June 24, New York City
http://www.soaworld2008.com/

The 2008 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (USENIX '08)
June 22 - 27, Boston, MA
http://www.usenix.org/usenix08/lg

Dr. Dobb's Architecture & Design World 2008
July 21- 24, 2008, Hyatt Regency, Chicago, IL.
http://www.sdexpo.com/2008/archdesign/maillist/mailing_list.htm

O'Reilly Open Source Convention - OSCON 2008
Jul 21 - Jul 25, Portland, OR
http://www.conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/

Linuxworld Conference
August 4-7, 2008
San Francisco, California
http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/

Agile Conference 2008
August 4-8, Toronto, Canada
http://www.agile2008.org/

...to the end of 2008

Semantic Web Strategies Fall 2008
Oct 5-7, Marriott Hotel, San Jose, California

Mobile Content Strategies 2008
October 6-7, 2008, Marriott Hotel, San Jose, CA
http://www.mobilecontentstrategies.com/

LinkedData Planet Fall 2008
October 16-17, 2008, Hyatt, Santa Clara, CA
http://www.linkeddataplanet.com/

Agile Development Practices 2008
Nov. 10 - 13, 2008, Orlando, FL
http://www.sqe.com/AgileDevPractices/

ISPcon Fall 2008
November 11-13, San Jose, CA
http://www.ispcon.com/future/f08_schedule.php