OSGi Community Event 2018 - Slides & Videos Now Available

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So the OSGi Community Event 2018 has come and go again for another year.  Thanks to everyone
who joined us and also to the speakers who provided the talks (and lots of pre-event hard work preparing them) that are essential to the success of the conference.

This year we learnt how OSGi is being used by ESA for tracking and controlling spacecraft, we discovered how virtual reality can be used to understand the dependencies within OSGi software, we had an insight on using Node-RED with OSGi, and we also learnt how OSGi is being used to build Open Liberty and the benefits that it brings to a large codebase like this.

BJ Hargrave, OSGi Alliance CTO also provided an overview of what has been added to OSGi R7 and Bnd to help navigate Java 9+ and JPMS.  There were also several looks in to the future of how OSGi can be used with Docker and Kubernetes and how OSGi fits with MicroProfile.

Thanks also to our hosts, EclipseCon Europe, who we were pleased to co-locate with again this year in Ludwigsburg.  The social events and networking opportunities were in abundance again and appeared to be thoroughly enjoyed by the OSGi and Eclipse communities.

The slides and videos from the talks at this years event are now available and you can find these by reviewing the 2018 schedule on our conference web page.

The final word of thanks goes to our 2018 OSGi Community Event Sponsors, whose support helps ensure the conference can take place.  This year Bosch and IBM were Dual Elite (OSGi and EclipseCon) sponsors and Liferay was an OSGi Conference sponsor.

Mike

OSGi Users' Forum Germany Meeting 22 Oct - Ludwigsburg

The OSGi Users' Forum Germany are having their next meeting the afternoon before the OSGi Community Event in Ludwigsburg - Oct 22 from 14.00hrs.

This meeting will be a workshop focusing on the recent OSGi Release 7 and there are three talks which will include a review on whats new in Release 7, the updated OSGi enRoute for R7 and an intro to gecko.io.  In addition there will be a Q&A and discussion session. The full agenda is available here.

So if you are joining us for the OSGi Community Event or attending EclipseCon Europe this provides a perfect opportunity to learn more about the latest OSGi release.

The meeting is open to all - OSGi Users' Forum Germany members and non-members and is being hosted as part of the Eclipse Community Day which takes place all day on Monday Oct 22.  Its €60 per person to attend and this provides you with access to any of the sessions all day, lunch and refreshments at breaks.

To secure your place please visit https://www.eclipsecon.org/europe2018/registration#special.

If you haven's got your pass for OSGi Community Event and EclipseCon there is still time to get one of these too. We have a packed conference and would be great to see you there.

Countdown to OSGi Community Event 2018

So it's reaching that time of year again. Not only is it, gulp, only 91 days to the end of the year and a mere, double gulp, 84 sleeps until Christmas, October is a really big month in the OSGi schedule.

Today, being October 1, means we are just 22 sleeps until OSGi Community Event 2018.

We have a packed schedule again this year in Ludwigsburg, Oct 23 to 25, including:

• an exciting keynote from the European Space Agency (ESA) - "Flying to Jupiter with OSGi"
• a tutorial giving some hands-on insights on how to go "From Zero to a Professional OSGi Project in Minutes"
• a glimpse into how you can use Virtual Reality to visualize your OSGi architectures
• a panel on Modularity futures looking at OSGi and life beyond Java 9 which will be moderated by OSGi CTO, BJ Hargrave
• a presentation on OSGi enRoute for R7, looking at the updates providing support for OSGi R7 and how you can quickly get started with OSGi
• a BOF where you can join in and ask any questions or make any suggestions to the OSGi Community and members of the OSGi Alliance leadership team
• over 20 other OSGi talks

And if all that OSGi goodness isn't enough, we are co-located with EclipseCon Europe again this year and attendees get full access to the EclipseCon schedule and exhibition, along with all the excellent social events.

Registration is still open, so if you haven't booked your ticket yet I encourage you to do so fast and to secure your hotel as rooms are selling out.

Big thanks go to the following companies who have sponsored the OSGi Community Event in 2018. It is their support that makes it possible for us to bring this event to you.

See you in Ludwigsburg soon.

OSGi Community Event 2017 CFP

"cirkus corker announcer” by

Fredrik Rubensson

is licensed under CC BY_SA 2.0.

The OSGi Community Event Program Committee is pleased to announce that the Call For Papers (CFP) for the 2017 event is NOW OPEN.

We are looking for submissions from anyone who has something to share about OSGi technology, the OSGi ecosystem or OSGi community.  All successful submissions receive a free speaker all access pass to the OSGi Community Event and EclipseCon Europe.

Popular topics often include use cases and case studies of using OSGi, OSGi open source projects or commercial OSGi products where you have some experience to share. Presentations on tools and frameworks that can improve the developer experience are also well received.  We are also looking for a 3-hour tutorial, so if you have a project or some examples on an OSGi specification where the audience can participate with you then we would welcome your submissions.

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OSGi is used in many different environments and markets and we are interested in hearing from your use in any of them, be it enterprise, telecommunications, transport, retail, IoT, Industry 4.0, M2M, Cloud, or Smart Home, to name just a few.

It's always great to get submissions from new members to the community and/or new speakers so please don't be shy and get your submissions in.  Whether what you have to share is small or large, state-of-the-art or traditional, business critical or a pet project, we want to hear from you.

Your submission should be either for a 35-minute talk or a 3-hour tutorial. 

We are sharing the submission system with EclipseCon Europe so please be sure to select OSGi as the track when making your submission to be sure the OSGi Program Committee will get to review your proposal.

The CFP is open until July 17, however the Early Bird submission deadline is June 30.

As an added incentive to get your submissions in for the Early Bird deadline we will award a €50 Amazon Voucher to the talk selected for the OSGi Early Bird pick. Be sure to submit by June 30 to be in with a chance of winning this.

The OSGi Community Event 2017 will be taking place between October 24 to 26.  Once again this year the event is being held at the Forum am Schlosspark in Ludwigsburg, Germany.  As always there will be plenty of talks, BOFs, social events, beer, wine and food so make sure you have the dates in diary and start planning your travel and accommodation early.

If you have any questions please contact us by email.

OSGi Developer Certification - Professional Exams for 2017

The OSGi Alliance is pleased to announce two dates for the OSGi Developer Certification - Professional Exam this year. London, UK in June and Ludwigsburg, Germany in October.

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The certification exam provides you with a means to validate your knowledge and experience with OSGi technology and the specifications.

The exam is open to everybody (you don't have to be an OSGi Alliance member to participate) however it is recommended that you have a good understanding of OSGi technology and practical experience of using and developing with OSGi. 

The exam is made up of three distinct sections:

1. a hand written Q&A,
2. a practical assignment where you submit your code
3. a practical troubleshooting assignment for which you submit a hand written answer

You can find more details about the exam including how to book, topics covered and a comprehensive FAQ on the Exam website. There are also details for contacting us if you have any questions.

If anyone has a requests to operate an exam in your locality please contact us via email.

Want to become an OSGi Developer Certified Professional?

The next OSGi Developer Certification - Professional exam is taking place on the afternoon of Monday Oct 24 in Ludwigsburg, Germany. That's the day before the OSGi Community Event 2016.

This is your opportunity to validate your knowledge and experience with OSGi technology and specifications.

You should have some practical experience of working with OSGi and a good understanding of the OSGi R5 specification topics, but don't worry we do provide an electronic copy of the R5 specification for you to use during the exam so you don't need to commit the spec to memory!

The exam is 3.5 hours and is made up of three sections:

• Section 1 - written questions and answers, both multiple choice and open questions
• Section 2 - a practical assignment with working deliverables developed and submitted for assessment
• Section 3 - a practical troubleshooting assignment.

Please see https://www.osgi.org/osgi-certification/developer-certification/professional/ for further details on exam topics, what you need to bring with you and other useful information.

Its US $500 per candidate sitting the exam. A special student discounted price of US $200 is available with proof of student status.

To book a place please visit our eventbrite page.

Can't make Ludwigsburg?  If you can't make it to Ludwigsburg but are interested in taking the OSGi Developer Certification - Professional exam please drop us an email to let us know and suggest a location that would work for you.

OSGi BoF - We Want Your Topic Suggestions

The OSGi Alliance will be hosting a Birds of a Feather (BoF) on the evening of Tuesday 25 Oct at the OSGi Community Event in Ludwigsburg, Germany.  The BoF will be open to all attendees of the OSGi Community Event and EclipseCon Europe (registration for the conference Oct 25 to Oct 27 is open so book your tickets today). Full details on the timing and room location will be confirmed n due course.

By Richard Taylor
(originally posted to Flickr as Birds of a feather)
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via Wikimedia Commons

The BoF is a regular occurrence at our annual event.  This year we are asking you, the OSGi community, to provide us with your suggestions on topics that you think would be good to consider and discuss at the BoF.  You can send us your ideas, even if you are not able to join us for the event or the BoF. We would, of course, love to have you there on person too to participate, so please do attend if you can.

To make your suggestions please visit our online form. You can optionally provide us with your name and email address if you would like to receive an update on the final BoF topic list.

The program for the conference has been announced.  We will have 1 OSGi Keynote, 1 tutorial, 25 talks, the BoF, the OSGi IoT Demo, and lots of opportunity to meet and mingle with your peers and colleagues and participate in the included conference evening social events.  Attendees to OSGi Community Event also get full access to the EclipseCon schedule and talks, so there is plenty to keep you busy for all 3 days.

Paul Fraser is presenting on OSGi enRoute and he has put together a 40-second fun video to entice you to join his talk - Its Beautiful enRoute. The talk is taking place on Tuesday 25 October between 15.45 and 16.20 in Seminarräume 1-3.

Finally, but definitely importantly, many thanks to our OSGi Community Event sponsors, whose support ensures we can continue to provide an excellent conference value every year.

For 2016 we are pleased to have sponsorship so far from:

If you would like to explore how your company could join the sponsors please contact us by email.

And a final big thank you to our event partners EclipseCon Europe with whom we are co-located and who provide all of the logitstics and organisation for running OSGi Community Event.

OSGi CFP Closes July 18

The Call For Papers for the OSGi Community Event 2016 is due to close on Monday July 18.

Yes, thats Monday next week, so you don't have long left to get your submissions in. We are interested in talks and tutorials on all things OSGi - technical presentations, use cases, success stories, lessons learnt, you name it.

Click here to Submit a talk now

This is the largest OSGi event of the year so its a great conference to talk at and attend.  We will have more than 2 full tracks, a tutorial, BOF's, an OSGi IoT Demo and lots of opportunity to meet with your peers over presentations, the exhibitions, excellent entertainment and of course beers and food. 

Thanks to everyone that has made a submission already, we had a great response for the Early Bird deadline of the end of last month.

Thanks also to Bosch for their Elite Dual EclipseCon Europe and OSGi Community Event Sponsorship.  Their support is much appreciated.


If you are interested in exploring sponsorship opportunities for the conference and event you can find out more information and access the sponsorship prospectus from here.

We are pleased that the OSGi Community Event is being co-located with EclipseCon Europe again this year and it will take place October 25 to 27 in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

The Early Bird talk selected is "OSGi on High Speed Trains in Germany" by Roland Ndaka Fru from Yaka5 GmbH. You can find the full abstract of the talk here.  This should be a great talk on how OSGi is delivering value in a real world business scenario we can all relate to.

The OSGi Keynote - "OSGi/Java in Industrial IoT: More than a solid trend — essential to scale into the world of Internet connected things" from Robert Andres at Eurotech Group, will also include a use case from Hitachi High Technologies by Water Hofmann discussing their predicative maintenance solution which is based on OSGi, courtesy of the Eurotech products that they use.

Registration is open and you can get the best prices booking before October 4. And don't forget OSGi Alliance members get an extra discount on registration.  Please visit the EclipseCon Europe registration page for pricing information and to sign up.

The OSGi Community Event Program Committee are Looking forward to reading and reviewing your talk and tutorial submissions.

If you have any questions please contact the Program Committee via email.

2016 Dates - OSGi Developer Certification Professional Exams

The OSGi Alliance Developer Certification team are pleased to announce he first four dates for the OSGi Developer Certification - Professional exam in 2016.

We will be considering further dates and locations throughout the year depending upon demand. So if you are interested and these dates or locations don't work for you please let the Developer Certification team know your suggestions for other dates and locations.

The first exam for 2016 is being held in London, UK on Friday 11 March between 9.30am and 1.00pm.

A full list of the locations and dates that have been announced so far are as follows:

Date & Time	Location
Fri 11 Mar, 2016. 9.30pm to 1.00pm	London, UK	BOOK NOW
Fri 15 Apr, 2016. 9.30pm to 1.00pm	New York, NY, USA	BOOK NOW
Mon 24 31*Oct, 2016. 1.30pm to 5.00pm	Ludwigsburg, Germany	BOOK NOW
Fri 25 Nov, 2016. 9.30pm to 1.00pm	São Paulo, Brazil	BOOK NOW

We have maintained the 2015 price for the exam at $500 per person, and the discounted student price of $200 (which requires proof if student status).

The exam is 3.5 hours in duration and consists of three sections:

• Section 1 – written questions and answers, consisting of both multiple choice and open questions.
• Section 2 – a practical assignment with working deliverables developed and submitted for assessment.
• Section 3 – a practical troubleshooting assignment. Here OSGi bundles are provided and answers should be written on the exam paper.

Details of the exam topics that may be covered along with answers to other FAQ can be found on the OSGi Alliance Developer Certification webpage.

If you have any questions please contact the Developer Certification team at the OSGi Alliance by email.

*Ludwigsburg exam date changed to 24 Oct to align with planned OSGi Community Event.