Justin Erenkrantz From Apache Announced as a Keynote Speaker

Each year, the Jasig Conference Planning Committee tries to outdo the previous year's committee with regards to obtaining top keynote speakers. This year is no different. We've already announced our stellar line-up of keynote speakers: Gregory A. Jackson from EDUCAUSE, Rod Johnson from SpringSource, and Justin Erenkrantz from the Apache Software Foundation. Over the coming months, we'll be using this blog to clue you in to why the Jasig conference is relevant to you. To kick this off, we're going to discuss our keynote speakers, in particular, in this entry, Justin Erenkrantz.

Justin's currently a software engineer for Joost, an Internet TV service. He also recently received his PhD from the University of California, Irvine, with a dissertation titled Architectural Dissonance and Harmony in REST-based Applications. In addition to that, he's currently serving as the president of the Apache Software Foundation. He's contributed to many projects that many of us use in our daily jobs including the Apache HTTP Server, Subversion, and APR.

The Apache Software Foundation recently celebrated its tenth anniversary, much like Jasig will be doing at the upcoming conference. The similarities don't end there though. Jasig has adopted the Apache 2.0 license as its license, and adopted much of Apache's concepts including meritocracy and incubation. The Apache Software Foundation's growth (including pains) and evolution provide an interesting glimpse into possible future directions for Jasig.

Justin's keynote will review the history and structure of Apache, discuss "The Apache Way", relevant business models often seen with Apache projects, and other aspects of the foundation.

Even if you're not actively involved in the guidance of Jasig, or any of its projects, the tale of Apache is sure to be of interest. You'd be hard-pressed to find a project that you've worked on that hasn't in some way utilized a project sponsored by Apache. You'll also gain valuable insight into how your favorite Jasig projects are run!

Find out more about Justin and the details on his presentation on the Jasig Conference web site.

Jasig 2010: Registration is Open

Register Now for Jasig Spring 2010: "Ten Years of Open Source Innovation"


When: March 8 - 10, 2010
          Supplementary Seminars March 7th and 10th
          Developer Days, March 11 - 12

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Help us celebrate Jasig's 10th anniversary in San Diego with outstanding speakers and special events!

Listen to...
    Gregory A. Jackson, Vice President for Policy Analysis at Educause
    Justin Erenkrantz, President of the Apache Software Foundation
    Rod Johnson, Founder of the Spring Framework Project

See presentations and seminars on new technologies soon to impact higher education. You'll be hearing about Spring 3, Amazon EC2, Groovy,  REST, mobile applications, etc.

Spend seminar time implementing and upgrading uPortal, deploying CAS, and customizing Bedework; configure the new enterprise HelpDesk application; learn how to use uPortal's new mobile theme; build dynamic JavaScript user interfaces using the jQuery toolkit.  Learn how to develop next generation portlets, lay the foundation for an enterprise identity management architecture; learn how to submit a project to the Jasig Incubator.

Attend presentations on Identity & Access Management, the Fluid Project, OpenRegistry, Kuali Workflow, Internet2 Middleware Solutions, OpenCast, OWASP, and much more...

Visit the Jasig Conference Site:  http://www.ja-sig.org/conferences/10spring/index.html

Register now!  http://www.ja-sig.org/conferences/10spring/registration.html

See you in San Diego!

-The Jasig Spring 2010 Program Committee