Engagement/Developer Engagement/Events/JSConf2012

JSConf US 2012

Mozilla is sponsoring JSConf US 2012.

Mozilla Attendance

Mozillians attending

Please add your name to this table if you are a Mozillian who is definitely attending JSConf and have a ticket.

For those attending we ask everyone to:

• Blog, tweet and help share what happens at JSConf.
• Help with the Mozilla table, if needed. If you are willing to do that, please indicate that, thanks!

Name	What you work on at the Mozilla project	How attending JSConf will help you further Mozilla's mission
Brendan Eich	JavaScript, Boot to Gecko	Speaking at JSConf
Tobias Schneider	Shumway
James Burke	requirejs, volo	Find out more how people use modules, figure out what JS command line tooling would help web devs. Procured a ticket already.
James Long	http://mozilla.org	Advocate open web apps, and discuss my list-to-javascript compiler and why Javascript is a good assembly for the web

Mozillians who wish to attend

We also have 13 tickets left. If you are a Mozillian interested in attending JSConf, please fill out the following table. You can also nominate someone else to go. Please let them know that you've nominated them so they can indicate whether they wish to attend.

If you attend:

• Everyone will be asked to blog, tweet and help share what happens at JSConf.
• We will also need some of the people going to help with the Mozilla table. If you are willing to do that, please indicate that, thanks!

Please add your name by February 28th. Stormy Peters will get back to you with who we are able to sponsor this year by March 9, 2012.

Name	What you work on at the Mozilla project	How attending JSConf will help you further Mozilla's mission	Nominated by	Can attend: Y/N (useful for those nominated by someone else)
Irakli Gozalishvili	Lead developer, Jetpack	Engage community of JS devs and get them interested in hacking Firefox using add-on SDK.	Jeff Griffiths	Y
Matt Claypotch	Frontend WebDev, Marketplace	Helping out with any sponsorship-relative stuff, representing the WebDev team, evangelizing HTML5 apps, hugs	James Long	Y
Christie Koehler	Managing various projects in Webdev	Help at Mozilla table, keep informed about latest JS tech, libraries, etc. that we should be using on Webdev projects	Chris More	Y
Joe Stagner	Apps Developer Community Engagement	Apps Specific Community Development		Y
Jeff Balogh	Services, Push Notifications	Represent Services, evangelize Notifications and other new APIs, talk about moving from webdev to Firefox dev		Y
Philipp Kewisch	Mozilla Calendar Project	I guess speaker slots are filled up in advance, but I'm preparing a new Javascript library and could hold a presentation about it. I'd be delighted if this works out though! I'd be happy to help out with the Mozilla Table, too.		Y
Gordon Brander	Pancake Project	Lots of practical experience with JavaScript MVC, Backbone, etc -- a hot topic these days. Works with JS in mobile contexts. A fair amount of time spent messing around with HTML5/JavaScript games, too. Would like to engage community, share knowledge at the conference, learn from others.		Y
Harald Kirschner	Android WebRT, Apps	Engage with developers to to move from -webkit-mobile apps to responsive (desktop, tablets and mobile). Learn about emerging app development technologies and best practices. Showcase upcoming HTML5 device APIs and responsive app design (Workshop?). Happy to help at the Moz table!
Brendan Dahl	pdf.js	Hopefully I can do some of the more impromptu speaking sessions or a workshop and talk about pdf.js in order to get more contributors. Pdf.js is also a good project to showcase for "the web is the platform" since it shows the power of what you can do using only HTML5. I'd love to help out at the table too.
David Flanagan	B2G/Gaia	Show off B2G, give a B-track talk on open web apps, if I can get a slot		Y