Greetings Architecture Council.
    The Devoxx conference franchise, which is a well-established
      brand in Europe is branching out into North America. Devoxx US
      will run from March 21-23/2017 at the San Jose Convention Center
      in sunny California. The Eclipse Foundation is helping run the
      event and so we'd very much like for there to be a significant
      Eclipse community presence at the conference. There will actually
      be a dedicated and collocated Eclipse Conference (Eclipse
        Converge) on March 20/2017. Devoxx is the largest
      vendor-neutral developer conference in the world that is designed
      by developers, for developers.
      
      The Call for Papers for Devoxx US is already open, and I am hoping
      to see lots of submissions from the Eclipse community. I would
      especially like to see as much "IDE" content as possible
      (especially in the Java Language track). Note that once the
      Eclipse Converge CfP opens in mid-November; you will also probably
      want to submit content there as well.
      
      See http://cfp.devoxx.us
      
      Just so you know, both Benjamin and I are part of the Program
      Committee, so we'll be there to put up the good fight to get your
      content selected.
    We're still early in the CFP process, but it would be great if
      you can take a couple of minutes out of your day at your earliest
      convenience to pitch a talk or two.
    Please also spread the word. Let me know if you have any
      questions.
    
    Thanks,
    Wayne
    
    
    Note that I shamelessly stole much of the content of this note
        from one crafted by Benjamin Cabe for the IoT projects.
    
    -- 
      Wayne Beaton
      @waynebeaton
      The Eclipse Foundation