[Bluej-announce] First BlueJ Day - March 2006

[Michael Kölling]

Dear BlueJ users members,

This mail is to announce the

     	FIRST BLUEJ DAY
	1st March 2006

and to invite interested people to participate.

The BlueJ Day is a one-day event that will be held on 1st March 2006  
in conjunction with SIGCSE 2006 in Houston, Texas.

The Day combines conference, seminar and workshop elements to create  
an exciting program for all people interested in BlueJ -- interested  
newcomers and seasoned users alike.

The day will have a number of sessions, organised in two tracks.  
There will be separate sessions for beginners, intermediate, and  
advanced users.

A large part of the program will be presented by members of the BlueJ  
team (all BlueJ team members will be present, as well as both authors  
of the BlueJ textbook).

Participation in the event will be FREE, but will require  
registration (to allow us to plan the practical things, such as  
organising rooms, coffee, etc.) Registration will be limited (by the  
size of the room) and we will work on a first-come, first-served basis.

More information is available at

	http://www.bluej.org/bluej-day.html

A draft program outline will be published shortly.

HELP SHAPE THE DAY: You can help to set the content for the day in  
two ways:

1) Currently, we haven't finalised decisions for all time slots. We  
have more
      ideas than time. You can help us setting priorities by mailing  
us topic areas
      you are particularly interested in.

2) The day will include a session of short "lightning presentations"  
from BlueJ
      users. If you are a BlueJ user and have an interesting idea to  
present that
      shows something that you have successfully done with BlueJ (and  
which
      could be useful for other users), please volunteer to present  
on the day.

Any questions and comments are very welcome.

Regards,

The BlueJ Team