Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 10:25:45 +0100
To: Apachecon observers <jenny@ala.com>
Subject: APACHECON EUROPE 2000 REGISTRATION AVAILABLE ONLINE UNTIL FRIDAY

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Europe
Dan Chappell
+44.1273.675100


APACHECON EUROPE 2000 REGISTRATION AVAILABLE ONLINE UNTIL FRIDAY 20 OCTOBER

First European Forum for Open-Source and Apache-Related Initiatives Hosts
Keynote by Bestselling Author Douglas Adams
and first ever LongevITSpa in Europe


http://www.apachecon.com/  18 October 2000 - The Apache Software Foundation
(ASF) today announced that registration for ApacheCon Europe 2000 is still
available online until Friday 20 October, 2000. The event sponsored by
Covalent Technologies, IBM, Sun Microsystems and Oracle is being held at
the Olympia conference centre, London between 23-25 October, 2000.

ApacheCon Europe 2000 will provide a European focus for the Apache
developer community, enabling open-source followers to participate with key
technology vendors and open-source figures from Europe and the rest of the
world, at Europe's first dedicated open-source and Apache-related event.
Registration allows  conference attendees to hear keynotes from a variety
of presenters including Douglas Adams, International Bestelling Author of
The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy and founding Director of h2g2 Ltd, the
award-winning digital media and Internet company.

'Living in a Virtual World' is sponsored by Covalent Technologies and will
be presented by Douglas Adams to the ApacheCon Europe 2000 audience as a
personal view of the enormous promise, achievements and absurdities of
information and digital technology. Adams will examine how the Internet and
other breakthroughs are transforming the ways people work, live, think and
order pizza and will speculate what it may all actually mean.

Other ApacheCon Europe keynote addresses include presentations from Dr.
Kristof Kloeckner, Vice President Business Integration Development and
Director,  IBM's UK Hursley Park laboratory; Sun Microsytems' Vice
President of Technologies Advocacy and Community Development, George
Paolini plus Sun's Senior Staff Engineer James Duncan Davidson who serves
as primary liaison between the ASF and Sun, who will be presenting his
perspectives on the ASF's Jakarta Project.

In addition to these major keynote addresses, plus ApacheCon Europe's
freeware and Apache-related exhibits, speaker and informal birds of a
feather sessions, which all make ApacheCon Europe the only European event
this year where open-source innovations can be truly explored, IBM
WebSphere will also be sponsoring the LongevIT Spa.

The LongevIT Spa takes place at The Rock, Hungerford House, Victoria
Embankment, London on Monday 23rd October, the opening night of ApacheCon
Europe 2000. Open-source visitors at the LongevIT Spa can receive head,
neck and shoulder massages while refreshing their software knowledge with
access to the IBM WebSphere Lab and challenging other visitors to games at
the LongevIT Spa's Dreamstations. Conference attendees can now register
online for the LongevIT Spa at http://www.ibm.com/websphere/spa/register3

Registration is still available online at http://www.apachecon.com/ until
close of business on Friday 20 October, after that date, open-source
followers can register in person on any day throughout ApacheCon Europe.
Conference registration provides access to keynote presentations plus
sessions and tutorials for the selected day and free entry to the
exhibition area.

A few limited sponsorship opportunties for ApacheCon Europe 2000 remain
available - For further information contact Jeff Wainhause on +1 212 251
0006 ext. 11 or by email at <jeff@camelot.com>.  ApacheCon Europe 2000 is
presented by the Apache Software Foundation and is produced by Camelot
Communications.

Members of the press can also still register, contact Dan Chappell on +44
1273 675100 or email at <apachecon@zotgroup.com>.



About the Apache Software Foundation
The Apache Software Foundation provides organisational, legal and financial
support for the Apache open-source software projects. Formed by members of
the Apache group, the group still exists beyond the participation of
individual volunteers, to enable contributions on intellectual property and
financial support, and to provide a vehicle for limiting legal exposure
while participating in open-source software projects. For more information
on the Apache Software Foundation, please see http://www.apache.org/

About Camelot Communication Corporation
Camelot Communications Corp. produces IT conferences focusing on emerging
technologies including open-source, XML, Java, and WAP. Strategic
partnerships with leading IT and software organizations such as the Apache
Software Foundation, OASIS, and the Graphics Communications Association, as
well as alliances with industry media and analyst groups have allowed us to
embrace the IT community in the United States and Europe. For a list of
upcoming projects, visit http://www.camelot-com.com/




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