AZ Training & Conferences before 2015

This is just a list of Training & Conferences I have Attended before 2015. Nothing particularly interesting for other people but it is interesting to me. More recent stuff is in linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azeckoski/

• IMS Quarterly Meeting & Summit (Orlando, FL, US, Nov 2014)
• Educause Annual Conference (Orlando, FL, US, Oct 2014)
• Open Apereo Conference (Miami, FL, US, June 2014)
• IMS Learning Impact Leadership Institute (New Orleans, LA, US, May 2014)
• Apereo Camp 2014 (Phoenix, AZ, US, Jan 2014)
• Unicon Bi-Weekly Developer Forums (Online, 14 sessions, Jan-Dec 2013)
• All Things Open conference (Raleigh, NC, US, Oct 2013)
• Open Apereo Conference (San Diego, CA, US, June 2013)
• Sakai Mexico 2013 conference (Puebla, MX, Apr 2013)
• Jasig Unconference (Phoenix, AZ, US, Jan 2013)
• UVA.nl Sakai Workshop for Students (Amsterdam, NL, Jan 2013)
• Unicon Monthly Java Developer Forums (Online, 10 sessions, Jan-Dec 2012)
• Jasig Sakai Conference (Atlanta, GA, US, June 2012)
• Kaltura Technical Training - 3 days (Online/New York, NY, Feb 2012)
• Unicon Monthly Java Developer Forums (Online, 11 sessions, Jan-Dec 2011)
• EuroSakai Conference (Amsterdam, NL, Sept 2011)
• LA Sakai Conference (Los Angeles, CA, US, June 2011)
• Unicon Java Developer Forums (Online, 9 sessions, Mar-Dec 2010)
• Liferay Training - Introductory (Online, Nov 2010)
• CAS Training course (Phoenix, AZ, US, Oct 2010)
• English360 Developer Summit - 4 days (Austin, TX, US, Sept 2010)
• Shibboleth Training (Online, Aug 2010)
• Denver Sakai Conference (Denver, CO, US, June 2010)
• ThoughtWorks and Amazon Web Services Training course (London, UK, Mar 2010)
• Valencia EuroSakai Conference (Valencia, Spain, Mar 2010)
• Stack Overflow DevDays 2009 (Cambridge, UK, Oct 2009)
• Opencast All Hands Meeting 2009 (Zurich, Switzerland, Sept 2009)
• Open Repositories 2009 (Atlanta, GA, US, May 2009)
• Stockholm EuroSakai Conference (Stockholm, Sweden, May 2009)
• JISC Developer Happiness Days (dev8d) London (London, UK, Feb 2009)
• DSpace 2 developers meeting (Boston, MA, US, Oct 2008)
• Google Developer Day 2008 (London, UK, Sept 2008)
• Sakai Authoring Conference (Dearborn, MI, US, Sept 2008)
• Sakai Paris Conference (Paris, FR, July 2008)
• DSpace User Group and Committers meeting (HP Labs, Bristol, UK, June 2008)
• Open Repositories 2008 (Southampton, UK, April 2008)
• Spring Experience 2007 (Hollywood, FL, US, Dec 2007)
• Sakai Newport Beach Conference (Newport Beach, CA, US, Dec 2007)
• Sakai Amsterdam Conference (Amsterdam, NL, June 2007)
• Sakai Atlanta Conference (Atlanta, GA, Dec 2006)
• CS 5614 Database Management Systems Course (Virginia Tech, US, Fall 2006 Term, Grade: A)
• Javascript Techniques (Virginia Tech, VA, US, November 2006)
• Administering Apache Tomcat (Virginia Tech, VA, US, June 2006)
• Microsoft Developer Security Workshop (Virginia Tech, VA, US, May 2006)
• Sakai Vancouver Conference, (Vancouver, CA, May 2006)
• Sakai Developer Training (Boston, MA, US, April 2006)
• Sakai Austin Conference (Austin, TX, US, Dec 2005)
• SANS (Virginia Tech, VA, US, May 2005)
• Sakai Baltimore Conference (Baltimore, MD, US, June 2005)
• Sakai New Orleans Conference (New Orleans, LA, US, Dec 2004)
• Sakai Denver Conference (Denver, CO, US, June 2004)

Marist Sakai Bootcamp

We just wrapped up the Sakai Marist Bootcamp which ran from June 2nd through the 6th at Marist College in PoughKeepsie, New York, USA. There were 32 participants from universities in Michigan, New York, Maryland, Ohio, Hawaii, Canada (not comprehensive) and commercial groups like IBM, rSmart, Unicon, and Serensoft. This is the first Sakai bootcamp of 2008 and I guess something like the 10th one I have taught overall.
Topics covered included Sakai installation and development environments, Eclipse usage, Sakai code structure, development practices and tips, and various Java development tips. Participants had quite a varied level of knowledge from those who were new to Java and Sakai to those who had been using Java for 10+ years and Sakai for 3+ years. There were participatns from higher ed and K-12. Marist is helping provide Sakai services for K-12 schools around NY state and I had a chance to see how they are using Sakai. I felt like the workshop went really well and I enjoyed my time in Poughkeepsie, NY.
Our hosts at Marist treated us very well and provided lunch and snacks every day and a great location to have the workshop. We went to Shadows (a semi open air restaurant along the river) on Tuesday evening and had a good time with fairly traditional upscale american dining. I was honored to have a chance to meet a dean and the president of the college on the last day.
Cheers to everyone who organized things and gave me a chance to come to NY and hopefully expand the Sakai community.

Flickr photos are posted here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/sakaimaristbootcamp/