MesosCon Seattle 2015 Keynote Speakers Announced

[Dave Lester <da...@davelester.org>]

The countdown until #MesosCon has begun: 7 weeks until MesosCon!

MesosCon is an annual conference organized by the Apache Mesos
community, bringing together users and developers to share and learn
about the project and its growing ecosystem. Register now[1] and join us
in Seattle this August!

Here’s a rundown of several conference announcements:

*Keynote Speakers** * **We’ve curated a stellar line-up of invited
keynote speakers, including:
 * Adrian Crockroft (Battery Ventures)
 * Benjamin Hindman (Mesosphere)
 * Neha Narula (MIT)
 * Peter Bailis (Berkeley) You don’t want to miss these! We’ll also
   feature platinum sponsored keynotes from Cisco, Intel, and
   Mesosphere.

*Mesos Hackathon** * **The Mesos community will once again hold a day-
long hackathon, this year on Wednesday, August 19th and sponsored by
SignalFx. More details will be announced soon including the location and
registration; stay tuned and hold the date!

*Lightning Talks** * **Want to present at MesosCon, but missed the call
for full sessions? We’ve opened a CFP for lightning talks[2]; the
application deadline is July 15th.

*Diversity Scholarship Program** * **The MesosCon scholarship program[3]
provides support to women, people of color, and people with disabilities
who may not otherwise have the opportunity to attend MesosCon for
financial reasons. Equal access and diversity are important to MesosCon,
and we aim to remove this obstacle for underrepresented attendee groups.
We want you at MesosCon, and we want to help you get there! Applications
are beginning to be reviewed, and will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Apply today! We also encourage MesosCon attendees to donate toward the
diversity scholarship program directly during the time of registration
using the online system.

*Stay In Touch** * **As we make future announcements about the
conference, stay in the loop and help us get the word out! We’ll be
tweeting from @ApacheMesos and @MesosCon, blogging on the Apache Mesos
blog, and sharing updates on the project’s user@ mailing lists.

*About MesosCon** * **MesosCon will take place August 20 - 21, 2015
at Sheraton Seattle in Seattle, WA with a hackathon taking place the
day prior to the event. The standard attendee registration fee will
be US$399 (Through July 31, 2015), and late registration US$499
beginning August 1, 2015. Students are eligible for a special
registration fee of US$99 (Note that a valid student id will be
required at onsite check-in).

Hope to see you at this year’s MesosCon!


Links:

  1. http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/mesoscon/attend/register
  2. http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/mesoscon/program/lighting-talks
  3. http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/mesoscon/attend/scholarship