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Posted to dev@beam.apache.org by Chad Dombrova <ch...@gmail.com> on 2020/01/23 03:14:17 UTC
Re: [Discuss] Beam Summit 2020 Dates & locations
Hi all,
Did we come to a consensus on dates and locations for the summits?
Particularly interested in the North America Summit.
Thanks,
-chad
On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 7:26 AM Alexey Romanenko <ar...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Probably, it would make sense to wait a bit for October (or September)
> dates since the dates of ApacheCon 2020 have not been officially set and
> announced yet, afaik.
>
>
> On 26 Nov 2019, at 03:55, Ahmet Altay <al...@google.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 2:49 PM Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy <
> aizhamal@apache.org> wrote:
>
>> Maria put together this documents with related industry conferences [1],
>> it would make sense to choose a time that doesn't conflict with other
>> events around projects close to Beam.
>>
>> How about for June 21-22 (around Spark Summit) for North America, and
>> October 5-6 or October 12-13 for Europe?
>>
>
> Sounds good to me. IMO, October 12-13 for Europe is better, in between
> related flink and spark summits.
>
>
>>
>> [1]
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LQv95XP9UPhZjGqcMA8JksfcAure-fAp4h3TTjaafRs/edit#gid=1680445982
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 4:45 PM Udi Meiri <eh...@google.com> wrote:
>>
>>> +1 for better organization. I would have gone to ApacheCon LV had I
>>> known there was going to be a Beam summit there.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 9:31 AM Alexey Romanenko <
>>> aromanenko.dev@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 8 Nov 2019, at 11:32, Maximilian Michels <mx...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > The dates sounds good to me. I agree that the bay area has an
>>>> advantage because of its large tech community. On the other hand, it is a
>>>> question of how we run the event. For Berlin we managed to get about 200
>>>> attendees to Berlin, but for the BeamSummit in Las Vegas with ApacheCon the
>>>> attendance was much lower.
>>>>
>>>> I agree with your point Max and I believe that it would be more
>>>> efficient to run Beam Summit as a “standalone" event (as it was done in
>>>> London and Berlin) which will allow us to attract mostly
>>>> Beam-oriented/interested/focused audience comparing to running this as part
>>>> of ApacheCon or any other large conferences where are many other different
>>>> topics and tracks.
>>>>
>>>> > Should this also be discussed on the user mailing list?
>>>>
>>>> Definitively! Despite the fact that users opinion is a key point here,
>>>> it will not be so easy to get not-biased statistics in this question.
>>>>
>>>> The time frames are also very important since holidays in different
>>>> countries (for example, August is traditionally a "vacation month" in
>>>> France and some other European countries) can effect people availability
>>>> and influent the final number of participants in the end.
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > Cheers,
>>>> > Max
>>>> >
>>>> > On 07.11.19 22:50, Alex Van Boxel wrote:
>>>> >> For date wise, I'm wondering why we should switching the Europe and
>>>> NA one, this would mean that the Berlin and the new EU summit would be
>>>> almost 1.5 years apart.
>>>> >> _/
>>>> >> _/ Alex Van Boxel
>>>> >> On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 8:43 PM Ahmet Altay <altay@google.com
>>>> <ma...@google.com>> wrote:
>>>> >> I prefer bay are for NA summit. My reasoning is that there is a
>>>> >> criticall mass of contributors and users in that location,
>>>> probably
>>>> >> more than alternative NA locations. I was not involved with
>>>> planning
>>>> >> recently and I do not know if there were people who could attend
>>>> due
>>>> >> to location previously. If that is the case, I agree with Elliotte
>>>> >> on looking for other options.
>>>> >> Related to dates: March (Asia) and mid-May (NA) dates are a bit
>>>> >> close. Mid-June for NA might be better to spread events. Other
>>>> >> pieces looks good.
>>>> >> Ahmet
>>>> >> On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 7:09 AM Elliotte Rusty Harold
>>>> >> <elharo@ibiblio.org <ma...@ibiblio.org>> wrote:
>>>> >> The U.S. sadly is not a reliable destination for international
>>>> >> conferences these days. Almost every conference I go to, big
>>>> and
>>>> >> small, has at least one speaker, sometimes more, who can't
>>>> get into
>>>> >> the country. Canada seems worth considering. Vancouver,
>>>> >> Montreal, and
>>>> >> Toronto are all convenient.
>>>> >> On Wed, Nov 6, 2019 at 2:17 PM Griselda Cuevas <
>>>> gris@apache.org
>>>> >> <ma...@apache.org>> wrote:
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Hi Beam Community!
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > I'd like to kick off a thread to discuss potential dates
>>>> and
>>>> >> venues for the 2020 Beam Summits.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > I did some research on industry conferences happening in
>>>> 2020
>>>> >> and pre-selected a few ranges as follows:
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > (2 days) NA between mid-May and mid-June
>>>> >> > (2 days) EU mid October
>>>> >> > (1 day) Asia Mini Summit: March
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > I'd like to hear your thoughts on these dates and get
>>>> >> consensus on exact dates as the convo progresses.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > For locations these are the options I reviewed:
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > NA: Austin Texas, Berkeley California, Mexico City.
>>>> >> > Europe: Warsaw, Barcelona, Paris
>>>> >> > Asia: Singapore
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Let the discussion begin!
>>>> >> > G (on behalf of the Beam Summit Steering Committee)
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> -- Elliotte Rusty Harold
>>>> >> elharo@ibiblio.org <ma...@ibiblio.org>
>>>>
>>>>
>
Re: [Discuss] Beam Summit 2020 Dates & locations
Posted by Austin Bennett <wh...@gmail.com>.
We are working on it. Identifying initial funding sources and other bits
necessary to help make this happen.
On Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 7:14 PM Chad Dombrova <ch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Did we come to a consensus on dates and locations for the summits?
> Particularly interested in the North America Summit.
>
> Thanks,
> -chad
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 7:26 AM Alexey Romanenko <ar...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Probably, it would make sense to wait a bit for October (or September)
>> dates since the dates of ApacheCon 2020 have not been officially set and
>> announced yet, afaik.
>>
>>
>> On 26 Nov 2019, at 03:55, Ahmet Altay <al...@google.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 2:49 PM Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy <
>> aizhamal@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Maria put together this documents with related industry conferences [1],
>>> it would make sense to choose a time that doesn't conflict with other
>>> events around projects close to Beam.
>>>
>>> How about for June 21-22 (around Spark Summit) for North America, and
>>> October 5-6 or October 12-13 for Europe?
>>>
>>
>> Sounds good to me. IMO, October 12-13 for Europe is better, in between
>> related flink and spark summits.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LQv95XP9UPhZjGqcMA8JksfcAure-fAp4h3TTjaafRs/edit#gid=1680445982
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 4:45 PM Udi Meiri <eh...@google.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> +1 for better organization. I would have gone to ApacheCon LV had I
>>>> known there was going to be a Beam summit there.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 9:31 AM Alexey Romanenko <
>>>> aromanenko.dev@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 8 Nov 2019, at 11:32, Maximilian Michels <mx...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > The dates sounds good to me. I agree that the bay area has an
>>>>> advantage because of its large tech community. On the other hand, it is a
>>>>> question of how we run the event. For Berlin we managed to get about 200
>>>>> attendees to Berlin, but for the BeamSummit in Las Vegas with ApacheCon the
>>>>> attendance was much lower.
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree with your point Max and I believe that it would be more
>>>>> efficient to run Beam Summit as a “standalone" event (as it was done in
>>>>> London and Berlin) which will allow us to attract mostly
>>>>> Beam-oriented/interested/focused audience comparing to running this as part
>>>>> of ApacheCon or any other large conferences where are many other different
>>>>> topics and tracks.
>>>>>
>>>>> > Should this also be discussed on the user mailing list?
>>>>>
>>>>> Definitively! Despite the fact that users opinion is a key point here,
>>>>> it will not be so easy to get not-biased statistics in this question.
>>>>>
>>>>> The time frames are also very important since holidays in different
>>>>> countries (for example, August is traditionally a "vacation month" in
>>>>> France and some other European countries) can effect people availability
>>>>> and influent the final number of participants in the end.
>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Cheers,
>>>>> > Max
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On 07.11.19 22:50, Alex Van Boxel wrote:
>>>>> >> For date wise, I'm wondering why we should switching the Europe and
>>>>> NA one, this would mean that the Berlin and the new EU summit would be
>>>>> almost 1.5 years apart.
>>>>> >> _/
>>>>> >> _/ Alex Van Boxel
>>>>> >> On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 8:43 PM Ahmet Altay <altay@google.com
>>>>> <ma...@google.com>> wrote:
>>>>> >> I prefer bay are for NA summit. My reasoning is that there is a
>>>>> >> criticall mass of contributors and users in that location,
>>>>> probably
>>>>> >> more than alternative NA locations. I was not involved with
>>>>> planning
>>>>> >> recently and I do not know if there were people who could attend
>>>>> due
>>>>> >> to location previously. If that is the case, I agree with
>>>>> Elliotte
>>>>> >> on looking for other options.
>>>>> >> Related to dates: March (Asia) and mid-May (NA) dates are a bit
>>>>> >> close. Mid-June for NA might be better to spread events. Other
>>>>> >> pieces looks good.
>>>>> >> Ahmet
>>>>> >> On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 7:09 AM Elliotte Rusty Harold
>>>>> >> <elharo@ibiblio.org <ma...@ibiblio.org>> wrote:
>>>>> >> The U.S. sadly is not a reliable destination for
>>>>> international
>>>>> >> conferences these days. Almost every conference I go to, big
>>>>> and
>>>>> >> small, has at least one speaker, sometimes more, who can't
>>>>> get into
>>>>> >> the country. Canada seems worth considering. Vancouver,
>>>>> >> Montreal, and
>>>>> >> Toronto are all convenient.
>>>>> >> On Wed, Nov 6, 2019 at 2:17 PM Griselda Cuevas <
>>>>> gris@apache.org
>>>>> >> <ma...@apache.org>> wrote:
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > Hi Beam Community!
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > I'd like to kick off a thread to discuss potential dates
>>>>> and
>>>>> >> venues for the 2020 Beam Summits.
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > I did some research on industry conferences happening in
>>>>> 2020
>>>>> >> and pre-selected a few ranges as follows:
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > (2 days) NA between mid-May and mid-June
>>>>> >> > (2 days) EU mid October
>>>>> >> > (1 day) Asia Mini Summit: March
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > I'd like to hear your thoughts on these dates and get
>>>>> >> consensus on exact dates as the convo progresses.
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > For locations these are the options I reviewed:
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > NA: Austin Texas, Berkeley California, Mexico City.
>>>>> >> > Europe: Warsaw, Barcelona, Paris
>>>>> >> > Asia: Singapore
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > Let the discussion begin!
>>>>> >> > G (on behalf of the Beam Summit Steering Committee)
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> -- Elliotte Rusty Harold
>>>>> >> elharo@ibiblio.org <ma...@ibiblio.org>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>