QCon NY 2014 Social Events

QCon Party - Wednesday

Come attend to mingle and network with other speakers, editors, attendees, sponsors.

• Complementary and free for all conference attendees with your conference badge 
  
• Drinks at 7:45 pm
• Dinner at 8:15 pm
• Ends at 11pm
• Place: The Green Building

We will provide bus service from the main entrance of the Marriott to the Conference Party. The Green Building is a former brass foundry in Brooklyn that has been transformed into a unique space with original brick walls, soaring exposed beam ceilings and gorgeous chandeliers. If the weather is nice, we will also have an outside patio.

Exhibitor Reception - Wednesday

• 6:20 - 6:50 pm
• Place: Marriott, Grand Ballroom Foyer
• Drinks and snacks 

Enjoy drinks in the exhibition area in the Grand Ballroom Foyer before the evening keynote on Wednesday evening and get a chance to meet some of our exhibiting sponsors. Enter your names at the booths to win prizes to be announced in Ballroom D during the second half of lunch on Friday – at 1:20 pm.

IBM Hospitality Reception - Thursday

• 6:20 - 7:20 pm
• Place: Marriott, Salon G/I
• Drinks and snacks

Enjoy networking, drinks and appetizers after the day’s sessions. Chat with each other and hear about the newest and latest from IBM in (in the main conference area).

OSGi Birds of a Feather - Thursday

• 7:30 - 9:30 pm
• Place: Marriott, South Tower - "Comedians" and "Actors" rooms

NY JavaSIG User Group Meeting - Thursday

• 7:30 - 9:30 pm
• Place: Marriott, Roebling/Gleason room
• Registration at 7:15pm at the Conference Registration Desk (Lobby Level) and on https://nyjavasig-20140612-javase-robotics.eventbrite.com

Here are the two presentations that will take place during the meeting:

Java SE 8 for Tablets, Pis, and Legos

This is not your grandfather's Java ME. Deep dive and demonstration on the new Java Embedded support for ARM processors. We will demonstrate the full power of Java 8 with lambdas running on embedded devices such as Raspberry Pi and PandaBoard, the new Lego Mindstorms EV3, and powering the Internet of Things with embeddable ARM processors. See end-to-end coding on devices, discuss coding practices for building performant applications, and learn how to kick-start your own crowd-sourced device project.

Creating a Brain for a Robot in Java

Created by Aldebaran Robotics, NAO (pronounced “now”) is a 58-cm tall humanoid robot with 25 degrees of freedom, designed to be fully and easily programmable. With 2 cameras, accelerometer, gyrometer, touch sensors, 4 microphones and 25 motors, NAO is an innovative Linux device with some powerful capabilities in object recognition, face detection, text to speech and collision detection. We will first introduce its basic software and hardware architecture. Then we will demonstrate how to develop applications using the Java SDK, such as developing a brain for your robot in pure Java or creating a NAO remote controller using an Android mobile device. Bring your imagination to the meeting and help create a NY-style brain and behaviors for the NAO!

QCon Reception - Friday

• 6:20 - 6:50 pm
• Marriott Hotel
• Drinks and snacks