OSGi DevCon March 2012, Reston Virginia

After a slow start we suddenly got a lot and very good submissions for the OSGi DevCon 2012 in Reston Virgina. Though this made the life of the program committee harder (thanks to BJ Hargrave (IBM), Neil Bartlett (Paremus), David Bosschaert (JBoss), and Christer Larsson (Makewave)!) it resulted in a fabulous program. There is really no excuse for not visiting this premier OSGi conference in the US considering we're also throwing in a free registration for Agile Connected and EclipseCon which are co-located!

You can find all the submissions here: http://tinyurl.com/osgidevcon2012selections

There really is a lot of interesting stuff:

• Apache Felix Web Console - Web Based OSGi Framework Administration — The Apache Felix Web Console has been created out of a need to remotely administer an OSGi Framework. This administration includes maintenance of bundles, editing Configuration, and introspecting ...
• Best Practices for (Enterprise) OSGi applications — Since the first release of the OSGi Enterprise specification in March 2010 the use of OSGi in the enterprise has increased dramatically. Moving traditional Java EE applications to an OSGi stack is...
• Dynamic RIAs with Equinox and Vaadin — When you want to use OSGi on the server-side, there are only a few options when it comes to dynamic and modular UIs. Besides RAP (Rich Ajax Platform), Vaadin is another UI toolkit that integrates...
• Experiences from Building the Fastest OSGi Container on the Planet — What is the fastest OSGi container? Felix or...
• Liberate your components with OSGi services — Converting any large application to be OSGi based is a difficult and complex process. Many projects find the fences that OSGi put in place puts insurmountable barriers in the way of success. Many...
• Mastering OSGi with Ease — This tutorial is a compressed version of the renowned Masterclass on OSGi. Its goal is to take you into areas of OSGi that are extremely useful, but seldom discovered through independent...
• Micro Services in JavaScript — Although modularity concepts from OSGi might not map cleanly to programming languages other than Java, the ideas around OSGi Micro Services might be universally applicable. In this talk we will...
• Moving the Guidewire platform to OSGi — Guidewire Software builds advanced applications for the insurance industry. With over a hundred customers in a dozen countries, including global giants like AXA, Geico, and Tokyo Marine, our...
• OSGi in the cloud - quo vadis? — Modularity as in OSGi solves a major issue with architecting elastic applications for the cloud. Cloud resources are inherently dynamic in their nature and undergo frequent changes either due to...
• Smart Home Mashups: A New Application Opportunity — The number of smart devices in the home is exploding. These devices no longer just include TVs, Bluray players and game consoles. They now include door locks, thermostats, refrigerators, washer...em—
• What's new in the OSGi Enterprise Release 5.0 — The Enterprise OSGi Release 5.0 will be generally available at EclipseCon/OSGiCon 2012. A number of significant enhancements have been made since the previous release, ...

The details of the schedule can be found from our the OSGi DevCon home page. We're planning an OSGi BOF where we will be presenting our new (then still draft) specifications and providing some really interesting news.

REGISTRATION FOR THE CONFERENCE IS NOW OPEN.
Registration for OSGi DevCon 2012 and EclipseCon 2012 is open and you should book by Dec 31, 2011 to secure the best price.  Employees of OSGi Members are also entitled to an extra discount by using the coupon code: OSGI

If you come for the OSGi DevCon conference please do not forget to check that OSGi is of your interest during the registration since we found out this year that this is actually important for future OSGi DevCons. 

Finally, don’t forget to make your hotel reservation too.  The conference hotel room booking system for the Hyatt Regency Reston is also available; it is best to book early to secure your place.

Looking forward to seeing you in Reston in March next year!

OSGi DevCon Committee:

Peter Kriens
Mike Francis

(corrected 13/12/2011: left David out of the program committee list)