September 27, 2009 Contact: Peter Kellner

service@siliconvalley-codecamp.com

Summer is over, and the kids are back from camp. Now, it’s time for people looking for a career tune-up in this troubled economy to go to camp. Silicon Valley Code Camp (www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com) is a free – yes, free – weekend conference October 3 and 4, 2009, for all software developers who want to share information, network, and learn new skills.

Code Camp is a new type of all-volunteer “community event” where developers learn from fellow developers. This is the fourth year for Code Camp, and its popularity continues to grow. More than 1,200 people have registered so far, and almost 150 sessions are scheduled.

The location for this Saturday-Sunday meeting remains the same: Foothill College in Los Altos, Calif. And everything is free – from registration to coffee and lunch.

Sessions at Code Camp range from informal “chalk talks” to formal presentations, and the speakers are mixed, from experts used to sharing their knowledge to people with a unique skill they’ve never shared before. Each session lasts 60 minutes.

Many presenters put their material on the Code Camp wiki to share. All of the material is community-developed by and for fellow developers. Among the 75+ topics this year are:

Ø Cloud Computing including discussions from Microsoft, Amazon and other leading vendors

Ø Application building for Google’s Android phone

Ø Windows Mobile Development

Ø iPhone Application design

Ø Security As A Service

Ø Asynchronous Web Services

Ø How to Develop with Oracle Fusion Middleware on Amazon EC2

Ø JavaScript, The Good Parts and Town meeting

Code Camp is not a Microsoft, open source, or Java event. It is a Silicon Valley developer community event. Everyone is welcome to present as long as the material fits the Code Camp guidelines. That is, it must be about code, and it can’t be a direct advertisement for a product or service.

Peter Kellner, one of the Code Camp organizers, became an independent software consultant after founding Kellner Systems and later selling it to a big insurance company. He said, “Code Camp can help you learn a new skill, meet new people, solve a problem you may be having, or just meet up with old and new friends.”

The sponsors of Code Camp range from big companies like LinkedIn, Oracle, Google, and Microsoft to smaller firms like Falafel Software in Capitola, Calif., a computer consulting and training firm, and a big thanks goes to Foothill College, of course, for hosting the event. None of the sponsors will be pushing anything at attendees, and it is not a technology exhibition, but there will be a Platinum Sponsor display area. What makes Code Camp work is the community of developers coming together to share their knowledge and expertise.

For more information or to register for the event simply go to the website: www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com.

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