RubyKaigi 2008, the 3rd annual Japanese Ruby Conference, is scheduled to be held from Friday, 20th June to Sunday, 22nd June, 2008, at the Tsukuba International Congress Center in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, just outside of Tokyo. http://jp.rubyist.net/RubyKaigi2008/english.html The official languages of RubyKaigi are Japanese and Ruby, but we also want to do our best to accommodate those of you who must resort to English :) We are also currently looking for speakers on a wide range of topics about Ruby. We'll do our best to help you climb over the language barrier, so this is a great chance to reach out to Japanese Rubyists with your projects and ideas. Please send your proposals via e-mail with the following format: To: rubykaigi2008 / jp.rubyist.net Subject: RubyKaigi Presentation Proposal: Your Name Body: Please include the following information about your proposal: * Your name and (optionally) organization/company * the working title of your talk * A short abstract of your talk * preferred duration of your talk. e.g. 15 min./30 min./over 30 min. (please give an estimate) * preferred contact address * Please feel free to include any comments or questions More details are on the web: http://jp.rubyist.net/RubyKaigi2008/?CallForPresentations_en Further details will be announced closer to the Kaigi dates. -- Leonard Chin, for the RubyKaigi 2008 Executive Committee.