Chip Childers Keynote and Full Schedule Announced for the Second CloudStack Collaboration Conference!

[Karen Vuong <ka...@yahoo.com>]

## The Program Has Been Announced!
 
There’s a stellar line-up of talks from various Apache
CloudStack committers such as, "How to Run from a Zombie: CloudStack
Distributed Process Management" by John Burwell, "SDN in
CloudStack" by Hugo Trippaers, "CloudStack University” by Sebastian
Goasguen and "High Availability and Disaster Recovery for Cloud
Workloads" by Venkata Budumuru. 
 
It doesn’t end there! There’s also plenty of exciting
topics from organizations that integrate with or use CloudStack including,
"Stackmate: your friend in the cloud business" by Kishore
Yerrapragada, "Calling CloudStack: Building a Phone Company One Zone at a
Time" Evan McGee (Ringplus), "Putting the PaaS in CloudStack" by
Diane Mueller (Redhat) and "Whats the Use!? (Real Customer Use-Cases)"
by Paul Angus ShapeBlue. 
 
But that’s not all! The agenda is jam-packed with even
more talks. Check out the topics and the featured panel discussion, “CloudStack
& Cloud Storage: Where are we at? & Where do we need to go?” Make a
note of which talks you won’t want to miss! To view the schedule: [1] http://www.cloudstackcollab.org/schedule/ 
 
## Chip Childers to Keynote the CloudStack Collaboration
Conference
 
Chip Childers, Vice President of Apache CloudStack at the
Apache Software Foundation, will be kicking off the conference with “State of
the Project: Apache CloudStack in 2013”.  In this talk, he will highlight success stories from around the
community, describe the scope of our software's impact in the industry, and
share his thoughts on the project's future direction; setting the stage for the
conference, and year, to come.
 
In case you missed it, Gene Kim will be speaking on day
one of the conference, with a new talk called "Why We Need DevOps Now: A
Fourteen Year Study of High Performing IT Organizations." He will also be
taking time to sign copies of The Phoenix Project for attendees. It’s the one
book on DevOps that you should read about this year, it's The Phoenix Project
by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford. (A limited supply of the book
will be given out free to folks who have registered for the conference, so
you’ll want to register before supplies run out!). To view Gene Kim’s keynote:
[2] http://www.cloudstackcollab.org/keynote1 
 
## Important Dates
 
* June 23rd - CloudStack Hackathon. This is your place
and opportunity to share ideas, collaborate, discuss plans for Apache
CloudStack and put those bright ideas into practice guided by the CloudStack
development team! This will be a full day of hacking, learning and having some
fun! The day will start with brainstorming ideas & forming teams. You bring
your laptop, appetite, skills and ideas. Get ready to hack!
 
* June 24th - Conference talks and planned sessions
begin.
 
* June 25th - Day Two of the conference talks and planned
sessions. Conference ends.
 
## Evening Events
 
* Sunday, June 23rd: Welcome Cocktail Party sponsored by
SolidFire at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Attendees can register early
and head over to the welcome party to mingle over cocktails and hors d'oeuvres
with members of the CloudStack community! 
 
* Monday, June 24th: Are you a daredevil? Join the
CloudStack community at California’s Great America for the CloudStack Roller
Coaster Party from 6:30pm - 10:00pm! Private access for CloudStackers will be
given on the top five rides - Flight Deck, Rue le Dodge Bumper Cars,
Celebration Swings, Vortex, and the brand new roller coaster, Gold Striker. Not
a fan of roller coasters? There will be caricature artists, bumper cars, ice
cream, BBQ, beer and wine, music and so much more to do! Register for the evening
events here: [3] http://www.cloudstackcollab.org/evenings/  
 
## Location and Pricing
 
The CloudStack Collaboration Conference 2013 will be held
at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
 
We encourage attendees to stay at the Hyatt Regency Santa
Clara to participate in after-hours events with the Apache CloudStack
community. Book your room today to take advantage of the CloudStack
Collaboration Conference 2013 special rate of $199.00 per night. There are a
limited number of rooms available at this special rate so book early at [4] www.cloudstackcollab.com/register   
 
## See You in California!
 
The CloudStack community is excited to reunite this year
and exchange ideas, discuss plans for Apache CloudStack, learn how others are
using it, and participate in workshops and sprints about CloudStack. We hope
you'll join us! Spread the word, and join us in Santa Clara, CA on June 23rd.
 
Want more information? Check out [5] www.cloudstackcollab.org for further
information and updates on the conference.
 
## Sponsorships
 
Not sure if you can afford the CloudStack Collaboration
Conference admission ticket? If you are an individual developer that
contributes to the Apache CloudStack community - don’t let that stop you! Send
an email to planning@cloudstackcollab.org and we would be glad to make an arrangement for you. 
 
## Follow Conference Tweets at #CCC13!
 
## References
 
[1] http://www.cloudstackcollab.org/schedule/
[2] http://www.cloudstackcollab.org/keynote1 
[3] http://www.cloudstackcollab.org/evenings/ 
[4] www.cloudstackcollab.com/register
[5] www.cloudstackcollab.org