uPortal Developers Meeting at JHU - 2007.04
- Eric Dalquist
- Former user (Deleted)
- Colin Clark
Meeting Minutes
Date and Time
April 23 and 24 (Monday and Tuesday), 2007
9 AM to 4 PM each day
Developers are encouraged to stay for the remainder of the week (April 25 - 27) for a coding session. A wireless internet connection will be available, but developers will need to bring their own laptops. The purpose of this coding session is to give developers a chance to work together in person on the coding of uPortal 2.x and uPortal 3.
Host and Location
Johns Hopkins University
5801 Smith Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21209
Directions to Campus
The meeting will be held at:
Mt. Washington Conference Center
Conference Center Maps and Directions
Campus Maps:
MAP LINKS
Remote Attendance
Video conferencing options are available, please contact Chris Doyle for more information and to verify your conferencing solution will work.
H.323(ip) or H.320(isdn) capable endpoints (Polycom, Tandberg, etc.) are required to be connected into the conference.
Agenda
Preparation
It is recommended that you review the following before coming to the uPortal developers meeting:
- Maven 2 project management tool
- XStream
- JAXB
- Cernunnos
- Modello
- Pluto Portlet container - 1.0 & 1.1
- Spring Framework
- Hibernate 3
Local hotels
Mt. Washington Conference Center - RECOMMENDED - ON-SITE - LIMITED AVAILABILITY!
5801 Smith Avenue
Suite 1100
Baltimore, Maryland 21209
Front Desk: 410.735.7964
Front Desk FAX: 410.735.4213
Sales Office: 410.735.7674 / 800.488.8734
Sales Fax: 410.735.4907
NOTE: The Conference Center has agreed to provide a block of 7 rooms from 4/22 - 4/27 on a first come, first served basis. Please make reservations directly with the Conference Center ASAP, and make sure you mention that you are with the JA-SIG Conference.
Rate: $109 per night + 5% + 7.5%
Check-in is 3:00 PM. Check-out is 11:00 AM.
Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys - Please only book here if the Conference Center has been filled!
5100 Falls Road
Baltimore, Maryland 21210
Reservations: (888) 201-1718
Telephone: (410) 532-6900
Fax: (410) 532-2403
Email: theresa.wadlinger@ihrco.com
Shuttles are available to Mt. Washington from here
Meals
Continental Breakfast: Centralized Break Area
Lunch: Main Dining Room
Afternoon Coffee Breaks: Centralized Break Area
We are still working out the details about the meal schedules, stay posted!
Continuous coffee breaks! 
If you have any special diatary needs, please contact Chris Doyle as early as possible.
Transportation
Baltimore-Washington Intl. Airport is the closest airport to JHU.
Attendance List
Please RSVP to Eric Dalquist or add yourself to this list:
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Organization |
Attending post meeting coding session |
Attending Wednesday uP3 Session |
Notes |
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Apache/Three Pillar Software, Inc. |
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Partial Attendance |
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Amir Rashid |
Boston University |
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via Video |
Peggy Wang |
Boston University |
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via Video |
Boston University |
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via Video |
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Cornell |
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Johns Hopkins |
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Johns Hopkins |
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Johns Hopkins |
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Jim Farmer |
IM&M |
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Rutgers University |
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Partial Attendance (Tue) |
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Rutgers |
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via Video |
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Rutgers |
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via Video |
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University of Wisconsin - Madison |
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Michelle D'Souza |
University of Toronto |
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University of Toronto |
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Partial coding session attendance |
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Yale |
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Yale |
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Partial coding session attendance |
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Questions
For questions about the meeting or meeting location, contact:
Eric Dalquist
Coding Session Pictures
The flickr tag for this meeting is 'uportaljhu07'.
Stuff to do
- Mt. Washington Tavern, Bar, & Restaurant - http://www.mtwashingtontavern.com/ - Need I say more?
- Ice Skating is nearby: http://www.northwesticerink.com/northwest-home-alt.htm
- JHU is hosting Michael Crichton to lecture on genome patenting and his new book Next on the evening of April 24.