Eclipse Demo Camp in Sofia on June 18th

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I am pleased to announce that just in a couple of weeks the 5th Eclipse Demo Camp in Sofia will take place. This time I am not in the organization, but there is a gang of extremely enthusiastic fellows who wish to continue the tradition.

The special guest this time is Ralph Mueller - Director in Eclipse Foundation who is focused on growing the Eclipse community in Europe. We are also expecting some other guests from abroad.

Of course, the most important content of an Eclipse Demo Camp are the demos prepared by you - the Eclipse geeks. So, if you have something interesting to show, please sign up in the wiki page.

If you plan to attend then please follow the instructions how to register, so you can make the organization of the event easier.

Let's make this Demo Camp the best one!

Demo Camp Sofia 2010 Roundup

Last Thursday all Bulgarian Eclipse enthusiasts met in Sofia to show some cool Eclipse stuff and share tips and tricks. More than 100 fans (the exact number is 112!) from over 30 companies and organizations took a day off from work and joined the best Eclipse Demo Camp in Sofia so far.

The audience has been warmed up with a couple of morning talks: a Community Update by Mike Milinkovich and an Enterprise Perspective on the Eclipse platform [1] [2] by Krasimir Semerdzhiev (SAP) and Chris Frost (SpringSource).

After the lunch the demo fight began. Ten demos, presented by 7 speakers, fought to grip the audience. We saw e4, Swordfish, Jazz, Virgo, RAP, Xtext and more. But, finally, Kiril Mitov took the grand prize with indisputable advantage over the others.

The demo camp turned out to be a great opportunity for networking. There were couple of breaks and a cocktail that were used by attendees to meet the speakers and talk each other. Personally, I met a lot of amazing people and each one of them had something interesting to share with me.

One of the most interesting parts for us, the organizers, is the feedback we've received. We have a big pile of feedback forms on our desks. Nevertheless, all of them are already processed and summarized. We are happy to see that the event met the expectations of most people.

But the most astonishing part is the huge amount of hand-written comments. Dudes, we are really glad to see so many people that care making this event better! Be absolutely sure that we will take into account every single comment you have sent to us.

We hope to see all of you on the next demo camp. We believe it will be even better. Until then, make sure you subscribe to the Bulgarian Community mailing lists, so you don't miss the news. We asked the morning speakers to share their slides. Once we have them, we will notify you on the mailing list.

See you and have a great time hacking Eclipse!

Demo camp in Sofia this Thursday!

The Eclipse Demo Camp in Sofia is just around the corner!

This year you will not only have the opportunity to meet Mike Milinkovich on a local ground, but also to watch ten demos on a variety of Eclipse topics. Although planned as a local meetup, the demo camp naturally developed into an international event. Two of the demo speakers come from abroad - Chris Frost from SpringSource UK and Silvije Horvat from IBM CEE (Croatia).

The agenda is already finalized. The registration starts at 9:00 am. Come early to avoid the crowd on the registration desk and have a morning coffee with the organizers. The program officially starts at 10:00 am.

We have more than 80 attendees already registered. There are still few free seats available. Register on the wiki page to reserve your place! The cocktail after the demonstrations will give you the opportunity to commute with all these Eclipse friends in a relaxing environment.

See you at the demo camp!

Eclipse DemoCamp in Sofia, Bulgaria

Once again Sofia is going to host an Eclipse DemoCamp. The event will be part of the Eclipse DemoCamp Helios 2010 series, which cover almost 30 cities all over the world. The focus of the demo camp is again on short demonstrations of the Eclipse technology. There is no limitation of application areas to present.

Like before the demo camp is free and open for everyone. The same is valid for the demos – the presentation scene is open for anyone who’d like to demonstrate an interesting application of the Eclipse technology. The only requirement is to register your demo on the wiki page of the event: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_DemoCamps_Helios_2010/Sofia

New this time is that we have a special guest – Mike Milinkovich, the President of the Eclipse Foundation. Mike will have a keynote that, we believe, will raise your attention.

The event will take place on June 3^rd, 2010 from 10 am at Inter Expo Center, 147 “Tzarigradsko Chaussee” Blvd. The registration begins one hour earlier.

We invite all attendees and presenters to register on the event’s wiki page. The latter is the place to find more detailed information and news about the demo camp.

Help spreading the news by advertising the event in your network:

• Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=121686114515844


• LinkedIn event: http://events.linkedin.com/Eclipse-DemoCamp-Helios-2010-Sofia/pub/319462

The Eclipse DemoCamp in Sofia is organized by SAP Labs Bulgaria with the support of the Eclipse Foundation.

Bulgarian community in Eclipse

It is a month already after the second Eclipse DemoCamp I have organized in Sofia, Bulgaria. Despite the sunny summer Saturday afternoon, the event was as successful as the first one. A day later, while I was counting the people attended, I realized that during the two events we were nearly one hundred persons gathered totally. One hundred Eclipse fellows in Sofia! Being aware of the Regional Communities initiative of the the Eclipse Foundation, I have decided to try to organize such a community in Bulgaria.

Now all the necessary infrastructure for ramping up the Eclipse Bulgarian community is in place:

• wiki page - the community's front door


• announcement mailing list - for all the fellows who'd like to be informed about local Eclipse news and events


• discussion mailing list - for the active members of the community

Some of the key topics in the community's activity I foresee to be:

• continue organizing Eclipse DemoCamps - they proved to be highly attended and liked by people.


• start with Bulgarian translation of Eclipse. Look at the Babel project.


• prepare educational sessions about Eclipse - together with our friends from Linux for Bulgarians and their TechCamp.


• more and more ideas that will come from all the community members.

So, if you are a Bulgarian Eclipse fellow crawling in the blog space, please feel welcome to join our new community!