JVM Language Summit September 24-26, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Santa Clara campus Dear colleague: The 2008 JVM Language Summit is an open technical collaboration among language designers, compiler writers, tool builders, runtime engineers, and VM architects. We will share our experiences as creators of programming languages for the JVM, and of the JVM itself. We also welcome non-JVM developers on similar technologies to attend or speak on their runtime, VM, or language of choice. There will be a number of traditional talks, ranging in length from 60 minutes down to impromptu lightning talks, and plenty of time to interact with the other attendees in informal groups. Please consider attending—and presenting.  Space is limited.  Bring your own language!

What’s at the Summit?

• Three days of technical presentations and conversations about programming languages and the JVM.
• Prepared talks by numerous visiting language experts, OpenJDK engineers, and other Java luminaries, including James Gosling, Erik Meijer, Rich Hickey, Charles Nutter, Neal Gafter, and John Rose.
• Many opportunities to visit and network with your peers.
• Dinner at the Faultline Brewing Company.
• Da Vinci Machine Project memorabilia. (Useful for proving, to your grandchildren, that you were there.)
• A chance to help shape the future of programming languages on the JVM.

The logistics page has information useful to travelers.

Registration

The registration page is now open at registration.jvmlangsummit.com (this will redirect to regonline.com).

Space is limited: This summit is organized around a single classroom-style room, to support direct communication between participants. There will be a mix of presentations, ranging in length from 60 minutes down to impromptu lightning talks. We have reserved Sun’s largest conference room, which seats about 100. If the available space fills up, presenters and implementors will be given priority.

To cover costs, we are charging a $150 conference fee when your non-speaker registration is confirmed.

Questions? Please send inquiries to inquire@jvmlangsummit.com.

Thanks for your support! We are looking forward to a great meet-up.