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04-26-2010, 05:41 PM
Lucid Imagination, the commercial company for Apache Lucene and Solr open source search technologies, today announced details of the first conference in Europe dedicated to Lucene and Solr. The event will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, May 18th-21st. Full details can be found at http://lucene-eurocon.org/ (http://lucene-eurocon.org/). The conference, presented by Lucid Imagination, is running as a not-for-profit venture, with net proceeds donated to The Apache Software Foundation.
Attendees will learn how Apache Lucene/Solr open source community innovation is overtaking conventional technologies, unleashing new and innovative search-enabled applications that deliver competitive advantage, scalability, and cost economies.Companies as diverse as AT&T, Zappos, Linked In, Zappos, Nordjyske Media, The Guardian, along with nearly 4000 other organizations worldwide all use Lucene/Solr.
Notable speakers at the conference includes Matt McAlister, Head of the Developer Network, The Guardian, who will speak to use of Lucene/Solr-driven content provisioning to enable new business models and accelerate revenue. Zack Urlocker, former EVP of Products at MySQL, will provide insight as to how combined innovations from open source, search, big data and cloud technology are fomenting creative disruption in IT.
Co-sponsors include Findwise Technologies, SourceSense and KippData. Additional featured speakers from Lucid Imagination include Grant Ingersoll, Chair of the Lucene Project Management Committee and Yonik Seeley, creator of Solr; Erik Hatcher, author of Lucene in Action; along with Andrzej Bialecki , Apache Nutch project lead. Experts from Day Software, VRT-medialab; Nokia; IBM and over a dozen other companies will also deliver sessions.
For more information on Lucid Imagination or the conference, please visit http://www.lucidimagination.com/ (http://www.lucidimagination.com/). Fee for General 2 Day Conference Pass is €545, with an early bird discount to €395 if registered by 27 April. Two training courses are offered at two days each, Solr Application Development Workshop and Lucene Bootcamp, for €995. A conference Pass & Training Bundle is available for €1295, a savings of €245.
Attendees will learn how Apache Lucene/Solr open source community innovation is overtaking conventional technologies, unleashing new and innovative search-enabled applications that deliver competitive advantage, scalability, and cost economies.Companies as diverse as AT&T, Zappos, Linked In, Zappos, Nordjyske Media, The Guardian, along with nearly 4000 other organizations worldwide all use Lucene/Solr.
Notable speakers at the conference includes Matt McAlister, Head of the Developer Network, The Guardian, who will speak to use of Lucene/Solr-driven content provisioning to enable new business models and accelerate revenue. Zack Urlocker, former EVP of Products at MySQL, will provide insight as to how combined innovations from open source, search, big data and cloud technology are fomenting creative disruption in IT.
Co-sponsors include Findwise Technologies, SourceSense and KippData. Additional featured speakers from Lucid Imagination include Grant Ingersoll, Chair of the Lucene Project Management Committee and Yonik Seeley, creator of Solr; Erik Hatcher, author of Lucene in Action; along with Andrzej Bialecki , Apache Nutch project lead. Experts from Day Software, VRT-medialab; Nokia; IBM and over a dozen other companies will also deliver sessions.
For more information on Lucid Imagination or the conference, please visit http://www.lucidimagination.com/ (http://www.lucidimagination.com/). Fee for General 2 Day Conference Pass is €545, with an early bird discount to €395 if registered by 27 April. Two training courses are offered at two days each, Solr Application Development Workshop and Lucene Bootcamp, for €995. A conference Pass & Training Bundle is available for €1295, a savings of €245.