What are the talks about?

In this final BOF of 2008 and before the holiday season begins in ernest, we are going to do something slightly different this year. This month we are turning the event over to an "Open Mike" session. You can volunteer to talk about any related Java Virtual Machine technology for up to 15 minutes or general software architecture and practice. You must submit your talk to the organisers before the event. All you will need is a laptop with DVI connection to a projector, dutch courage and, most importantly, passion to deliver.

If you struggling for ideas about this concept, open your mind to few examples. A short talk on agile development in your organisation is a good idea of a talk that falls inside software architecture and practice. An very brief introduction to another JVM language, such as JRuby, Groovy or even Scala, would be fantastic. On the other hand a presentation about only DotNet would be unwelcomed, but a reasonable talk could be about the integration of Java Mash Ups with DotNet through web services.

Caveat Emptor. We are going to limit the time of each talk to strictly 15 minutes and we have room for four or five slots.

In summary, you can talk about:
* A technology that runs on the JVM or
* Software architecture and practice in your organisation

There is a very short time to go the event, so get your presentation in now. Send an email to the organiser right now!