ApacheCon Europe 2005 is slated for July 18-22 in Stuttgart. Featuring an array of tutorials and a bunch of sessions by leading Apache specialists, ApacheCon Europe 2005 offers unique highlights such as:      
        
  Keynote #1: Dr. Horst Zuse, the son of the famous Konrad Zuse will
              present "The Origins of the Computer". In his keynote,
              he will present the achievements of Charles Babbage,
              George Stibitz, Vincent Atanasoff, Howard Aiken, and of
              course the achievements of Konrad Zuse (1910-1995) who
              is known as the inventor of the first working, freely
              programmable machine using Boolean logic with binary
              floating point numbers.

  Keynote #2: Danese Cooper, who recently joined Intel to advise on Open  
              Source projects, investment and support, speaks on Open
              Source and  Licensing. In her presentation "Open Source in
              the Developing World", she will share insights gained from
              more than six years of global travel, teaching and advocating
              for Open Source.

  Keynote #3: Jan Wildeboer is a member of the FFII and involved heavily  
              in the lobbying efforts against software patents in europe.
              In his presentation he will provide an overview of the
              current state of "Software Patents in Europe" and describe
              where we are heading.

This year, we will be holding BOFs on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings. Developers are encouraged to sign up for the available slots on the Wiki, at http://wiki.apache.org/apachecon/BirdsOfaFeather/.

Bloggers may be interested in http://blog.apachecon.com/. The event organizers say they will be blogging throughout the conference, and you can trackback to these postings so that everyone can see who's blogging about the conference. If you don't have your own blog, during the conference you'll be able to sign up on the conference blog, and make postings there.

More information on the conference can be found at http://apachecon.com.