Announcements

EclipseCon 2012 call for papers is now open. We invite you to submit proposals for speaking topics. The deadline for submissions is November 11, 2011. EclipseCon 2012 will be held March 26-29 at a new location in Reston, Virginia (close to Washington DC).

The EclipseCon Europe technical program is now available. Register now and plan to celebrate the 10th birthday of Eclipse at EclipseCon Europe.

Registration is open for Eclipse Testing Day, 7 September in Neuss, Germany. This day-long event features eight talks from experts in testing processes, tools, and technology, as well as opportunities to see the latest offerings from Testing Day sponsors.

The Eclipse Foundation, in collaboration with Oracle, is pleased to announce the Java 7 Summit, to be held at the upcoming EclipseCon Europe in Ludwigsburg, Germany on November 2-4, 2011.

The Eclipse Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of a new open source initiative to define and implement a standard platform for the software development tools used in the automotive industry. [German]

We are pleased to announce that EclipseCon 2012 is moving to a new location just outside Washington, D.C. The annual Eclipse North American conference will be March 26-29 at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, Virginia.

Remember to send in your ECE submissions! The deadline is five weeks away on August 17. If you submit soon, you could be an early-bird winner. The program committee will choose five talks for early acceptance from those submitted by August 3.

The Eclipse Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of Indigo, the 2011 annual release train. Indigo is available for immediate download. [German] [French]

There's still time to attend a camp! Vancouver on June 27; Bucharest, Grenoble, Hamburg, and Amsterdam on June 28; Berlin on June 29; Nantes, Pécs on June 30. The final Indigo DemoCamp will be in Athlone, Ireland on July 7.

The week of June 20 is a busy one for DemoCamps! Sign up now for Munich and San Jose (June 20); Braunschweig, Darmstadt, and Dresden on June 21; Jena on June 22; Toulouse on June 23; Budapest and Pune on June 24.

The results of the annual Eclipse Community Survey are now available.

There are lots of DemoCamps happening soon: Bonn and Toronto on June 14; Atlanta on June 16; Vienna on June 17; Munich and San Jose on June 20. Sign up now!

The DemoCamps are continuing around the world, so remember to sign up for one in your city. Up next week: Boston on 6 June, Frankfurt on 7 June, Jakarta and Krakow on 11 June.

This year's themes are Eclipse Technology, Building Industry Solutions, Community and Collaboration, and Other. The submission deadline is August 17. EclipseCon Europe is three days of technical sessions, exhibits, and activities on November 2-4, in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

The Indigo release train is scheduled for June 22, 2011. To celebrate, we are encouraging individuals to support the Eclipse community by becoming a Friend of Eclipse. The goal is to have 500 new friends join by July 31.

To mark the upcoming Indigo Simultaneous Release, the Eclipse community is hosting DemoCamps in cities around the world during June, 2011. A typical DemoCamp includes refreshments and informal networking time, and features a series of short demos or presentations from developers building new and interesting solutions with Eclipse. For this series, we are particularly interested in hearing about your work with Indigo projects.

The Eclipse Foundation congratulates Chronon Systems, the winner of the first "Eclipse Hot New Products Showcase", held during EclipseCon 2011. Facing twenty other competitors, Chronon won with their "Time Travelling Debugger".

Formerly known as "Eclipse Summit Europe", EclipseCon Europe is the conference for anyone involved in Eclipse. As an Eclipse user, EclipseCon is where you will learn about the latest Eclipse products as well as picking up those valuable how-to tips from the experts and user groups. As an Eclipse developer, EclipseCon is where you collaborate with your colleages and do whiteboard planning for the next generation of APIs and features. As an Eclipse company, EclipseCon is the place to talk directly to your users and learn how to make the most compelling tools on the planet.

The Eclipse Foundation congratulates the winners of the annual Eclipse Community Awards, which recognize the top individuals, projects and technologies in the ecosystem. Recipients were honored at an awards ceremony March 21 on the opening day of EclipseCon 2011.

I am pleased to announce the results of the 2011 Eclipse Foundation Board elections...