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The Firebird Project invites all Firebird users and developers to participate in the Firebird Conference 2011, which will take place in Luxembourg, November 25-26, 2011.
The Firebird Conference 2011 will be devoted to a variety of important topics: Firebird SQL language improvements, performance, optimization, database protection and recovery, and many others.
A number of presentations will be done by the Firebird Core team, which will ensure access to information at the best technical levels. The Firebird Conference 2011 will be a place to improve your Firebird development skills and give a chance to ask questions directly to Firebird Core team. |
Speakers and Call for Papers
Firebird Core Team will be represented by Dmitry Yemanov, Vlad Khorsun, Alex Peshkoff, Philippe Makowski, etc. There also will be speakers from IBSurgeon and other Firebird-related companies.
If you would like to present at Firebird Conference, please send enquiry to
[email protected] and specify title and brief description of proposed talk. Call for Papers will end
October 15.
Schedule
Detailed schedule
is available now. Descriptions of main topics can be found
here, and below you can see list of all talks.
Detailed schedule with room allocations will be published later.
Firebird Conference 2011: Opening |
Philippe Makowski, Firebird Foundation |
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Review of the Firebird development in 2011/2012 |
Dmitry Yemanov, lead Firebird architect |
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Understanding the lock manager internals with the fb_lock_print utility |
Dmitry Yemanov, lead Firebird architect |
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New features of SQL in Firebird |
Vlad Khorsun, Firebird core developer |
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Firebird 3: provider-based architecture, plugins and OO approach to API |
Alexander Peshkov, Firebird core developer |
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What is new in .NET provider (trace support, cancellation and more) |
Jiri Cincura, Firebird .NET developer |
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Tips for success: Common mistakes in application development with Firebird and how to avoid them |
Pavel Cisar, IBPhoenix |
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Continuous Database Monitoring with the Trace API |
Thomas Steinmauer, SCCH |
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Firebird and RAID |
Paul Reeves, IBPhoenix |
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Firebird and Linux |
Philippe Makowski, IBPhoenix |
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Firebird: database recovery and protection for enterprises and ISVs |
Alexey Kovyazin, IBSurgeon |
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Superchaging big production systems on Firebird: transactions, garbage, maintenance |
Dmitry Kuzmenko, IBSurgeon |
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Migration of big production system: 5000 procedures/triggers, 530 tables and 24/7 uptime |
Alexander Shaposhnikov, Profitmed,
Alexey Kovyazin, IBSurgeon |
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A Bird and the Web — crossbreeding experience |
Sergey Mereutsa, DQTeam |
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Character Sets and Unicode in Firebird |
Stefan Heymann |
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Handling tree structures — recursive SPs, nested sets, recursive CTEs |
Frank Ingerman |
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IBObjects |
Jason Wharton, IBObjects |
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Measuring Firebird I/O |
Paul Reeves, IBPhoenix |
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Firebird meets NoSQL |
Thomas Steinmaurer, SCCH |
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Firebird Python Drivers: Current state and future |
Pavel Cisar, IBPhoenix |
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Firebird Success Story: Sita Software |
Jas Madhur, Sita Software |
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Firebird 3.0 Window Functions |
Philippe Makowski, IBPhoenix |
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Attendees Fees
The conference fee is
GBP 169 (~EUR 190). It covers 2 days of the conference and includes meals and coffee breaks. You can
pay for conference online.
Sponsors and Organization
Sita Software, leading Luxembourg software development company, is the organizer of Firebird Conference 2011.
Sponsors:
- Sita Software — supplier of ERP, Point Of Sales and accounting solutions for enterprises
- IBPhoenix — premier source of Firebird support
- IBSurgeon — recovery and optimization tools for Firebird
For information about sponsor packages and how to become a sponsor please contact
[email protected].
Place and Accommodation
The conference will take place in Hotel Parc Bellevue, Luxembourg (
official website,
hotel page at booking.com). There are several other hotels in walking distance around, so you can choose where you stay during the conference.
Getting to the Conference
Airport
You can take a cab or a bus to get into the city. The bus lines number 9 and 16 take you to the City Centre (see
schedule), the buses run every 10 to 15 minutes, you can check times on
www.mobiliteit.lu.
From the Centre Hamilius or Royal Quai 1-2 you can walk to the Parc Belle-Vue in under 5 minutes) — see
Google maps.
Train station
You can take any bus leaving from Quai 1 in front of the train station, they all go up into the city centre (except 1, but I do not remember which one, I haven't taken a bus from the train station in 2 years, it's easiest to just ask when getting on if the bus stops at Hamilius) and drop you off at Centre Hamilius or Royal Quai 1-2.
By car
Arriving from France or Belgium, we recommend staying on the motorway E25
- Please take EXIT n°5 stating Luxembourg-Merl / Bertrange
- Continue direction Luxembourg, after 2500 meters turn right direction GARE
- You will find the Hotel Parc-Bellevue after 700 meters on your right
Arriving from Germany we recommend following motorway A1 wich ends up into the motorway E25 direction Arlon/ Bruxelles
- Please follow on and take EXIT n°5 stating Luxembourg-Merl / Bertrange
- Continue direction Luxembourg, after 2500 meters turn right direction GARE
- You will find the Hotel Parc-Bellevue after 700 meters on your right
About Luxembourg
Luxembourg City is a great tourist place. Discover more at
Luxembourg City Tourist Office site.
Contact
Please feel free to ask any questions:
[email protected].
Speakers and Call for Papers
Firebird Core Team will be represented by Dmitry Yemanov, Vlad Khorsun, Alex Peshkoff, Philippe Makowski, etc. There also will be speakers from IBSurgeon and other Firebird-related companies.
If you would like to present at Firebird Conference, please send enquiry to
[email protected] and specify title and brief description of proposed talk. Call for Papers will end
October 15.
Schedule
Detailed schedule
is available now. Descriptions of main topics can be found
here, and below you can see list of all talks.
Detailed schedule with room allocations will be published later.
- Firebird Conference 2011: Opening: Review of the Firebird development in 2011/2012
- Philippe Makowski, Firebird Foundation: Dmitry Yemanov, lead Firebird architect
- DownloadView at Slideshare:
Download
View at Slideshare
View on YouTube
- Firebird Conference 2011: Opening: Understanding the lock manager internals with the fb_lock_print utility
- Philippe Makowski, Firebird Foundation: Dmitry Yemanov, lead Firebird architect
- DownloadView at Slideshare:
Download
View at Slideshare
View on YouTube
- Firebird Conference 2011: Opening: New features of SQL in Firebird
- Philippe Makowski, Firebird Foundation: Vlad Khorsun, Firebird core developer
- DownloadView at Slideshare:
Download
View at Slideshare
- Firebird Conference 2011: Opening: Firebird 3: provider-based architecture, plugins and OO approach to API
- Philippe Makowski, Firebird Foundation: Alexander Peshkov, Firebird core developer
- DownloadView at Slideshare:
Download
View at Slideshare
- Firebird Conference 2011: Opening: What is new in .NET provider (trace support, cancellation and more)
- Philippe Makowski, Firebird Foundation: Jiri Cincura, Firebird .NET developer
- DownloadView at Slideshare:
Download
View at Slideshare
View on YouTube
- Firebird Conference 2011: Opening: Tips for success: Common mistakes in application development with Firebird and how to avoid them
- Philippe Makowski, Firebird Foundation: Pavel Cisar, IBPhoenix
- DownloadView at Slideshare:
Download
View at Slideshare
- Firebird Conference 2011: Opening: Continuous Database Monitoring with the Trace API
- Philippe Makowski, Firebird Foundation: Thomas Steinmauer, SCCH
- DownloadView at Slideshare:
Download
View at Slideshare
View on YouTube
- Firebird Conference 2011: Opening: Firebird and RAID
- Philippe Makowski, Firebird Foundation: Paul Reeves, IBPhoenix
- DownloadView at Slideshare:
Download
View at Slideshare
- Firebird Conference 2011: Opening: Firebird: database recovery and protection for enterprises and ISVs
- Philippe Makowski, Firebird Foundation: Alexey Kovyazin, IBSurgeon
- DownloadView at Slideshare:
Download
View at Slideshare
- Firebird Conference 2011: Opening: Superchaging big production systems on Firebird: transactions, garbage, maintenance
- Philippe Makowski, Firebird Foundation: Dmitry Kuzmenko, IBSurgeon
- DownloadView at Slideshare:
Download
View at Slideshare
View on YouTube
- Firebird Conference 2011: Opening: Migration of big production system: 5000 procedures/triggers, 530 tables and 24/7 uptime
- Philippe Makowski, Firebird Foundation: Alexander Shaposhnikov, Profitmed,
Alexey Kovyazin, IBSurgeon
- DownloadView at Slideshare:
Download
View at Slideshare
- Firebird Conference 2011: Opening: A Bird and the Web — crossbreeding experience
- Philippe Makowski, Firebird Foundation: Sergey Mereutsa, DQTeam
- DownloadView at Slideshare:
Download
View at Slideshare
- Firebird Conference 2011: Opening: Character Sets and Unicode in Firebird
- Philippe Makowski, Firebird Foundation: Stefan Heymann
- DownloadView at Slideshare:
Download
View at Slideshare
- Firebird Conference 2011: Opening: Handling tree structures — recursive SPs, nested sets, recursive CTEs
- Philippe Makowski, Firebird Foundation: Frank Ingerman
- DownloadView at Slideshare:
Download
View at Slideshare
View on YouTube
- Firebird Conference 2011: Opening: Measuring Firebird I/O
- Philippe Makowski, Firebird Foundation: Paul Reeves, IBPhoenix
- DownloadView at Slideshare:
Download
View at Slideshare
- Firebird Conference 2011: Opening: Firebird Python Drivers: Current state and future
- Philippe Makowski, Firebird Foundation: Pavel Cisar, IBPhoenix
- DownloadView at Slideshare:
Download
View at Slideshare
- Firebird Conference 2011: Opening: Firebird Success Story: Sita Software
- Philippe Makowski, Firebird Foundation: Jas Madhur, Sita Software
- DownloadView at Slideshare: View on YouTube
- Firebird Conference 2011: Opening: Firebird 3.0 Window Functions
- Philippe Makowski, Firebird Foundation: Philippe Makowski, IBPhoenix
- DownloadView at Slideshare:
Download
View at Slideshare
Attendees Fees
The conference fee is
GBP 169 (~EUR 190). It covers 2 days of the conference and includes meals and coffee breaks. You can
pay for conference online.
Sponsors and Organization
Sita Software, leading Luxembourg software development company, is the organizer of Firebird Conference 2011.
Sponsors:
- Sita Software — supplier of ERP, Point Of Sales and accounting solutions for enterprises
- IBPhoenix — premier source of Firebird support
- IBSurgeon — recovery and optimization tools for Firebird
For information about sponsor packages and how to become a sponsor please contact
[email protected].
Place and Accommodation
The conference will take place in Hotel Parc Bellevue, Luxembourg (
official website,
hotel page at booking.com). There are several other hotels in walking distance around, so you can choose where you stay during the conference.
Getting to the ConferenceAirport
You can take a cab or a bus to get into the city. The bus lines number 9 and 16 take you to the City Centre (see
schedule), the buses run every 10 to 15 minutes, you can check times on
www.mobiliteit.lu.
From the Centre Hamilius or Royal Quai 1-2 you can walk to the Parc Belle-Vue in under 5 minutes) — see
Google maps.
Train station
You can take any bus leaving from Quai 1 in front of the train station, they all go up into the city centre (except 1, but I do not remember which one, I haven't taken a bus from the train station in 2 years, it's easiest to just ask when getting on if the bus stops at Hamilius) and drop you off at Centre Hamilius or Royal Quai 1-2.
By car
Arriving from France or Belgium, we recommend staying on the motorway E25
- Please take EXIT n°5 stating Luxembourg-Merl / Bertrange
- Continue direction Luxembourg, after 2500 meters turn right direction GARE
- You will find the Hotel Parc-Bellevue after 700 meters on your right
Arriving from Germany we recommend following motorway A1 wich ends up into the motorway E25 direction Arlon/ Bruxelles
- Please follow on and take EXIT n°5 stating Luxembourg-Merl / Bertrange
- Continue direction Luxembourg, after 2500 meters turn right direction GARE
- You will find the Hotel Parc-Bellevue after 700 meters on your right
About Luxembourg
Luxembourg City is a great tourist place. Discover more at
Luxembourg City Tourist Office site.
Contact
Please feel free to ask any questions:
[email protected].