[rules-users] Drools Boot Camp Ligtning Talks and Registration Page

Due to demand the Drools team are introducing lightning talks to the Boot Camp, following the Drools 5.0 primer on the Monday. Each company will be given 20 minutes to present, more time can be requested if you need it. The Desktop Configuration team, http://www.sun.com/products/dc/, from Sun are the first to volunteer to present. If you wish to present, please contact me asap. The Drools Boot Camp registration page <http://www.jboss.org/community/docs/DOC-13468> is now open. If you are hoping to attend, please put your details there and send me an email, so that we can estimate and manage attendance. We only have spaces for about 20 or so people, so please do hurry. Registration wiki page can be found here <http://www.jboss.org/community/docs/DOC-13468>;, http://www.jboss.org/community/docs/DOC-13468, you will need to login to edit the page. The event time tabled schedule is now as follows: Drools 5.0 Primer : Monday 1st of June 10.00 to 13.00 * The new features in Drools 5.0 will be covered at an end user level. This includes all the drools projects, Guvnor, Flow, Fusion and Expert. This is suitable for anyone with minimal previous Drools experience who just want to know "what's new". Community Lightning Talks : Monday 1st of June 13.30 to 14.30 * 20 minute community lightning talks about their experiences with drools. o Sun will talk about Drools in their Desktop Configurator <http://www.sun.com/products/dc/> Drools 5.0 Guvnor Internals : Tuesday 10.00 to 12.00 * The internals of Guvnor will be discussed and how all the parts come together and current issues and directions we wish to take the project. This is suitable for anyone with minimal previous Drools experience, but ideally you should be aware of GWT, JCR and Guvnor in general. This is targetted at people who wish to extend Guvnor with new features or re-use/embed existing aspects of Guvnor. Drools 5.0 Advanced Engine : Wednesday 10.00 to 13.00 * This will be a deep dive for the technical on Rete enhancements. We will cover the asymmetrical Rete implementation, as compared to the traditional symmetrical approach, and how we enhanced it for event processing and workflow. This is targetted at experienced people, who already have an understanding of Rete and wish to understand the latest research and innovations - not for the feint hearted. Drools 5.0 Domain Specific Workflow : Thursday 10.00 to 12.00 We will show how Drools Flow can be extended for domain specific workflow, with a focus on the pluggable Work Items and Eclipse. We will also cover the pluggable workflow framework for customised execution behaviour, such as is used to provide OSWorkflow compatability. This is suitable for anyone with a java and eclipse background, ideally you should have some understanding of what Drools and especially Drools Flow is.