# RubyKaigi 2008 in Tsukuba, Japan and CFP

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**Created:** [January 5, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubykaigi-2008-in-tsukuba-japan-and-cfp/125103 "2008-01-05T13:37:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leonard\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@Leonard\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Leonard_C)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubykaigi-2008-in-tsukuba-japan-and-cfp/125103/1 "2008-01-05T13:37:30Z")

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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](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: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
Subject: RubyKaigi Presentation Proposal: Your N.  
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](http://jp.rubyist.net/RubyKaigi2008/?CallForPresentations_en)

Further details will be announced closer to the Kaigi dates.

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**Author:** ![Leonard\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@Leonard\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Leonard_C)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubykaigi-2008-in-tsukuba-japan-and-cfp/125103/2 "2008-01-05T16:01:06Z")

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On Jan 5, 1:36 pm, Leonard C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> - Your name and (optionally) organization/company
> 
> –  
> Leonard C., for the RubyKaigi 2008 Executive Committee.

It would be beneficial if screen casts would have at least English  
subtitle so the knowledge and ideas could be widely spread.

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**Author:** ![Leonard\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@Leonard\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Leonard_C)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubykaigi-2008-in-tsukuba-japan-and-cfp/125103/3 "2008-01-05T22:52:17Z")

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On Jan 5, 2008, at 6:36 AM, Leonard C. wrote:

> 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.

I was invited last year, and I have to admit that I was nervous about  
presenting in English. I needn’t have been. This is one of the warmest  
and most welcoming conferences I’ve attended. Leonard and Zev took  
incredibly care of me, translating talks in real time, and translating  
questions during my Q&A session. And Tokyo is an amazing city (but  
take a compass because, like London, I don’t think there’s a straight  
street in the place :).

If you have a killer topic, I’d strongly recommend taking the plunge  
and submitting it.

Dave