LatJUG Introduction

This document provides information about the PostgreSQL Conference East 09 including an art exhibit featuring Chinese artists, a raffle prize donation from EnterpriseDB, and thanks to various sponsors, speakers, and the hosting university, Drexel. It also summarizes the United States PostgreSQL Association including its board members, goals of continuing conference support and establishing educational resources, and ways for readers to get involved through speaking, participating, writing curriculum, or starting local user groups. Lastly it discusses economic opportunities for open source databases and notes features recently added or improved in PostgreSQL version 8.4.

The document announces an upcoming Java User Group Latvia meeting in March 2011 that will feature presentations on bytecode fundamentals, Apache Camel, and JRebel. It also advertises an April conference with 200 seats and 3 parallel talks being a joint event between the Oracle User Group and Java User Group. Information is provided for following the Java User Group on their website, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google Groups.

This document provides information about an upcoming Java User Group meeting and other Java-related events and training opportunities. It announces a Java EE 6 training in November on the Java EE 6 platform and technologies. It also outlines the agenda for the next JUG meeting, which will include presentations on Java 7 features, Google Web Toolkit, and the Mockito mocking framework. The document encourages participation in JUG and outlines benefits of getting involved, speaking, or sponsoring. It provides contact details and wishes readers an interesting evening.

This document describes the Encode StarkNet Autumn Hackathon. The hackathon challenges participants to build a blockchain project on StarkNet over 4 weeks. Participants can work individually or form teams, and will receive support from Encode Club mentors and StarkWare. The top 10 projects will pitch at the finale on November 17th for a chance to win prizes up to $7,000. Resources on StarkNet and Cairo will be provided, along with technical workshops, to help participants complete their projects.

These are the welcome slides for Scratch Day 2010 at the Arlington Career Center in Virginia. http://olpclearningclub.org/meetings/scratch-circus-is-upon-us/

JCP Presentation with SouJava, V2COM, Dextra participants on How to Shape the future of Java at JavaOne Latin America.