Google Developer Day 2007

As you may have noticed in the news on: Ajaxian and slashdot. Google are opening their doors to the public for a world developers day on May 31st.

Focusing on the theme “Building Blocks for Better Web Applications” Google Developer Day will explore innovative uses of Google developer products to create and enhance applications, integrate with Google services and reach millions of users on Google and beyond.

“We’re very excited to hold this first-ever worldwide Google developer gathering,” said Google Vice President of Search Products and User Experience Marissa Mayer. “Developers are using Google’s APIs and tools to build innovative web applications that we never dreamed of, and Google Developer Day is an opportunity for them to connect with one another, learn the latest techniques and have their questions answered by Google’s developer product teams. It’s also a chance for us to get feedback from the community and find ways to make our developer offerings even better.”

Google Developer Day will take place at Google offices and offsite locations in Mountain View, Sao Paulo, Madrid, London, Paris, Hamburg, Moscow, Beijing, Tokyo and Sydney. The proceedings will begin in Sydney on May 31, 9 a.m. AEST and end 27 hours later in Mountain View on May 31, 7 p.m. PDT.

Google engineers and product experts at each location will lead sessions in topic areas such as:
* Developing with Geo: Google Maps, Google Earth and SketchUp.
* Tools for Better Web Development: The Google Web Toolkit, Open Source and Other Developer Initiatives and “Mashups”.
* More: AJAX, Google Gadgets and the Google Data APIs.

Confirmed presenters include:

• Guido Van Rossum - Google software engineer and creator of the Python programming language (Beijing)
• Chris DiBona - Google open source programs manager (London)
• Mark Stahl - Google data APIs tech lead (Madrid)
• Bruce Johnson and Joel Webber - Co-creators of the Google Web Toolkitâ„¢ (Mountain View)
• Bret Taylor - group product manager for Google developer products (Mountain View)
• Lars Rasmussen - Google Mapsâ„¢ senior engineer (Sydney)
• Greg Stein - Google engineering manager and chairman of the Apache Software Foundation (Tokyo)

If i had the cash and time i would consider flying over to sydney just to attend this day, looks to be awesome for any web developer or tech head. Kudos to Google for providing such a useful resource for the community.

For registration and additional information, see the Google Developer Day website: http://www.google.com/events/developerday