We had 81 people registered for the annual Spring Event by the
SEED worldwide Engineering mentoring program.
Fewer actually participated (I think Monday’s
“Oracle to Buy Sun” announcement caused some sudden schedule rearrangements).
However, the event went well and feedback so far has been positive.
A group of mentors and mentees had dinner on Monday night at
Mike’s Cafe
(150 Middlefield Road at Willow, Menlo Park, CA) just a few miles
from Sun. Yesterday, we heard two speakers and a panel in the morning,
then went on two afternoon tours.
Speakers for SEED’s annual Spring Event:
- The keynote speaker is SEED’s executive sponsor,
Sun’s Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Research
and Development,
Greg Papadopoulos spoke about his new book
Citizen Engineer: A Handbook for Socially Responsible
Engineering (written with Dave Douglas and John Boutelle). - Software Engineering Director
Meenakshi Kaul-Basu lead a Sun Open Source Discussion Panel
including experts on OpenSolaris,
OpenStorage,
OpenSPARC, and
GlassFish - Principal Investigator
Stephen Uhler talked about his
ePBX Project in Sun Labs
Greg Papadopoulos
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Greg Papadopoulos
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Open Source Panel
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Meenakshi Kaul-Basu
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Valerie Fenwick, Sreeram Duvur Open Source Panel 
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John Beck, Durgam Vahia, & Lynn Rohrer, Open Source 
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Steve Uhler ePBX Project, Sun Labs 
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EBC – Executive Briefing Center
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EBC Black Box
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EBC Tour for SEED
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ETC Tour for SEED
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Rob Snevely, ETC Tour
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ETC – Enterprise Technology Center
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