Do you want to meet the brains behind some of the most innovative, groundbreaking and useful features in Open Source operating systems?
Have you ever wondered what it takes to make useful features or technologies appear in different operating systems?
Some of the finest minds in Open Source operating systems are coming to Brisbane for the first Kernel Conference Australia - come and hear keynote presentations from Jeff Bonwick, Bill Moore from Sun Microsystems Inc and Max Alt from Intel USA - learn about other operating systems' features - be inspired to contribute.
BREAKING NEWS: Brendan Gregg, author of the DTraceToolkit and member of the Fishworks team at Sun Microsystems has confirmed his participation in the conference and will be presenting on DTrace!
Kernel Conference Australia is a Kernel-focused technical conference to be held in Brisbane, Australia, from July 15th to 17th, 2009. Any and all Open Source kernels and the technologies within those kernels are open for discussion. The only hard criteria is that the kernel must be covered by an OSI-approved license.
This will be the first conference of its type for Australia or the Asia-Pacific region.
From this conference, you should expect to walk away with:
- meet and learn from the inventors of Sun's revolutionary ZFS filesystem
- learn how different operating systems implement features you depend on
- discover what it takes to complete a successful kernel port
- learn about the latest research in operating systems
Who should attend?
- Anybody who wants to learn how their operating system really works!
- Developers
- System Administrators
- Researchers and Students
Conference Pricing
The full rate of the conference is A$300.
Group and package discounts are also available.
Students rate is A$95 (must present a copy of your student concession at the Conference registration desk)
Book early, save and win an iPod Touch.
Book by COB Friday, 12th June, 2009 to take advantage of the early bird rate of A$195 and go into the draw to win an iPod Touch 8G worth A$399.
