Happy New Year

It is hard for me to believe that we have been planning our 2008 conference for 3 months already. I know once the new year hits, March will be around in no time.

The call for papers is going very well. If you are interested, there is still time to send them in.

The latest addition to the conference is a roundtable discussion on web frameworks put together by Manning publications. Ron Tomich of Manning wrote to me recently - "There is a great deal of interest - and debate - over all the competing web frameworks being released of late. Most agree there will be a shakeout at some point, but no one knows which will survive or otherwise. Because Manning either already has published or plans to publish titles on each of these frameworks, we have been planning to put together a roundtable discussion/podcast between all of the relevant authors to discuss and debate the merits of each framework. Given that, we would like to have roundtable event about frameworks be added to the schedule." We love the idea and have already heard from Yehuda Katz, Chad Davis, and Robert Hanson. Jeremy McAnally and Peter Armstrong, who were already presenting, will also participate.

We hope to have a tentative schedule up by mid-January.

Also, registration has opened. We only have 400 seats, so don't wait until the last minute.

Have a Happy New Year and keep checking back for more information.

Call for Papers

ETE 3 is trying a first, a call for papers. If you or anyone you know would like to present at this event, please go to http://www.phillyemergingtech.com/call.php to see how you can apply.

We know there are many good speakers and we want to hear from you.

Deadline is 1/7/08,