| Date: | October 17, 2012 | October 18, 2012 |
| Place: | Twitter 1355 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103 |
LinkedIn 2027 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043 (Venue changed from Techmart) |
| Organizers: | Fukuoka Center for Overseas Commerce in America (FCOCA) Jeanine Swatton: Senior Lecturer, Silicon Valley University & Santa Clara University |
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| Sponsors: | Japan External Trade Organization Magnet Agency |
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| 6pm-7pm | Registration and Networking | |
| 7pm-8:30pm | Introduction of Fukuoka Ruby mruby – Powerful Software for Embedded System Development Kazuaki Tanaka, Associate Professor, School of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology |
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 Keynote 1:The New World of Ruby Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto, Chief Designer of the Ruby Programming Language |
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 Keynote 2:Lean and Agile Ian McFarland, Speaker on things agile, startup, rails. Lean UX advocate general. Currently Ian is founder & president & CSO at NewContext, a global consultancy focused on Lean Startup, agile development, and Lean UX backed by Digital Garage. We’re building the right software, and we’re building it right. |
 Keynote 2:Ruby and iOS: An Inside Look Jeanine Swatton, Senior Lecturer, Silicon Valley University & Santa Clara University focusing on Software Architecture, iOS Development, Ruby on Rails and Cybersecurity. Organizer for the Silicon Valley Ruby on Rails Meetup, Women in Technology, and Technical Mentor for StartupMonthly & ImagineK12. Software Product Manager. |
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 Keynote 3:A Ruby Tinted Cloud Richard Schneeman codes Ruby for Heroku and teaches Rails at the University of Texas. You may recognize him from one of his libraries: Sextant, Wicked, or oPRO mobile Auth. He has over 40 hours of free Ruby and Rails videos, exercises, and quizes on his site schneems.com. |
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| 8:30pm-9pm | Networking | |
| Tickets: | Online registration Oct 17 at Twitter This event is not open to the press. |
Online registration Oct 18 at LinkedIn |
For more information, please visit Fukuoka Ruby.
 Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)JETRO helps U.S. companies set up an office in Japan quickly and cost effectively by providing expertise, resources, and industry connections. Because JETRO is an independent agency of the Japanese government, we are able to provide many of our services for free. |
 TwitterTwitter is a real-time information network that connects you to the latest stories, ideas, opinions and news about what you find interesting. Simply find the accounts you find most compelling and follow the conversations. At the heart of Twitter are small bursts of information called Tweets. Each Tweet is 140 characters long, but don’t let the small size fool you―you can discover a lot in a little space. You can see photos, videos and conversations directly in Tweets to get the whole story at a glance, and all in one place. See it in action. |
 LinkedInWith over 100 million users representing over 200 countries around the world, LinkedIn is a fast-growing professional networking site that allows members to create business contacts, search for jobs, and find potential clients. Individuals have the ability to create their own professional profile that can be viewed by others in their network, and also view the profiles of their own contacts. |
 Magnet AgencyMagnet Agency is proud to sponsor the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Ruby meetups. We are a leading NYC based Retained Search firm which focuses in matching top talent with top companies in digital media, advertising, and start-ups in many verticals. In an effort to attract top talent to the many exciting companies we work with in NYC, we’re making ourselves available to Silicon Valley & San Francisco’s tech community. Magnet is offering a ‘concierge’ service for Ruby on Rails engineering candidates who wish to relocate to New York. This means the jobs you want coming directly to you, interview arrangements, relocation assistance at the time of offer and much more. All opportunities will be discussed in the strictest confidence you’d expect. Let us help you land your dream gig in the Big Apple! Featured opportunity Ruby on Rails Engineer with LifeBooker: http://magnetagency.net/ruby-engineer-lifebooker/ |
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awesome!
Dear Mr. Nakaya,
Accept with pleasure the kind invitation of The New World of Ruby on Thursday, October 18th. Look forward to seeing you.
Mimi
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