The Great Indian Developer Summit

Author: Arjun Thomas
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Thursday
May 22,2008

The Great Indian Developer Summit started with a bang ( from what i gather ). Five intensely packed days involving over 60 speakers and more sessions than you would know what to do with.Held at the prestigious IISC institute in India’s own silicon valley this gathering of over 3000 technically minded people invaded one seminar hall after another in search of new ideas and thoughts.

This is what the sponsors have to say about this event.

“Whether you are a veteran or a newcomer to the world of .NET, Java, or the Rich Web, the Great Indian Developer Conference at Developer Summit 2008 presents a unique opportunity to learn and assimilate technology know-how, augment executive decision-making, understand best practices and case studies, and absorb the innovation excellence of experts from India, Europe, US, and Asia Pacific, in focused settings. All this besides being involved as a key stakeholder in one of the largest developer markets in the world.

With a conference program put together by technology visionaries, creators, authorities and industry watchers from the media, Great Indian Developer Summit features three co-located conferences, with two parallel tracks for each conference, which that will offer incisive insight through keynotes, power panels, break-out sessions, Birds of Feather (BoF) discussions, and hands-on workshops” And from what i saw i would whole heartedly agree.

I entered what i can only call a melee on the third day. Being a passionate Enterprise 2.0 promoter i felt that the Rich Web section of the summit might be something i could understand and while I’m not a developer i did feel that the summit could offer me some enlightenment.

For a person hoping to be reasonably impressed i was completely blown away by the key note speech. Jesse James Garrett is widely regarded as one of the worlds foremost technology product designers. His opening address on user experience and product trends couldn’t have set the stage for the rest of the day any better.

The rest of the day was spent jumping from one lecture hall to the other since they had 4-5 sessions running in parallel, the only down side to this summit. Then again it did allow for a tremendous amount of diversity that wouldn’t have ordinarily been possible in a serial arrangement of seminars.

Some of the sessions held on the Rich Web “day” were as follows, Enterprise 2.0 and the New Age Weapons, Ajax and Comet: Implementing the Real-Time Web and Mashups vs Composite Applications to name a few.

All in all, a great way for me to have spent a Wednesday. The biggest takeaway would have to be the numerous seeds of possibility that were sown as a result of this massive collaborative effort.

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