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| <font size="6">'''Mozilla Add-ons Workshop :: London'''</font> 
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|<font size="4">London, Wednesday 30 June, 2010</font>
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|<font size="3">[http://events.mozilla-europe.org/event/?id=13 Free online registration required]</font>
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== What is the Mozilla Add-ons Workshop? ==

Have you always dreamed of going behind the scenes of Firefox? Are you a Web developer interested in learning how to make Firefox Add-ons? Or an experienced add-ons developer, familiar with XUL, overlays, and chrome and eager to go even further.

This is the opportunity for you to make your wish come true: the next Mozilla Add-ons Workshop is coming to London, on Wednesday, 30th of June, 2010! The Mozilla Add-ons Workshop will be an evening devoted to sharing with you about the latest in Mozilla add-ons development, mobile add-ons, HTML5, and the future of Firefox. Space is limited to the first 100 registrants, so reserve your spot at the London 2010 Mozilla Add-ons Workshop by registering [http://events.mozilla-europe.org/event/?id=13 here].

== Participants ==

Web developers, hackers, C++ developers, XUL developers, bloggers, journalists and people just plain curious about Firefox Add-ons : '''EVERYONE IS WELCOME and ENTRANCE IS FREE'''. If you want to attend, '''[http://events.mozilla-europe.org/event/?id=13 please make sure to register.]'''

== Goals ==

* Create an opportunity to share knowledge and open discussion among the Firefox Add-ons developer and user communities.
* Encourage and facilitate the creation of Firefox Add-ons by local developers.
* Promote the ongoing growth of a vibrant global add-ons ecosystem.

== Schedule (subject to change) ==

{| style="margin: 0 auto; background: #d3d3d3;"
|- 
| | '''Time ____'''
| | '''Main Room'''
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| | 18:30
| | Welcome coffee/registration/drinks/snacks
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| | 19:00
| | Opening keynote (Nick Nguyen)
|-
| | 19:30
| | Making add-ons that people will love (Justin Scott)
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| | 20:00
| | Jetpack Builder + SDK (Myk Melez)
|-
| | 20:30
| | Lightning talks (Add-ons Developer Community)
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| | 21:00
| | Writing add-ons for mobile & desktop platforms (Paul Rouget)
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| | 21:30
| | HTML5 (Paul Rouget)
|-
| | 22:00
| | Future of Firefox
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| | 22:30
| | Closing drinks
|}

== Speakers ==

{| border=1
! Name+Picture
! Description
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| Brian King:
[[Image:Bk_square_64.jpg|left|A picture of Brian King]]
| Long-time Mozilla contributor, Founder of [http://briks.si Briks Software] and President of [http://mozdev.org Mozdev].
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| Tobias Leingruber:
[[Image:Tbx_avatar.gif|left|A picture of Tobias Leingruber]]
| Tobias' background is web development and visual design. In 2007 he fell in love with FF add-ons and remixing the web. The browser is his operating system. He will show a collection of [http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/firefox-add-ons-double-as-art-pranks-fun/ fun and experimental add-ons].
|-
| Myk Melez:
[[Image:Tbx_avatar.gif|left|A picture of Tobias Leingruber]]
| Myk built his first Mozilla-based app in 2000 and has worked on a variety of Mozilla projects over the years, including Bugzilla, Firefox, Personas, and Snowl. He currently works on Jetpack, a project to make it easy to build Firefox add-ons using common web technologies. He loves to hack.
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| Nick Nguyen:
[[Image:NickNguyen.jpg|left|A picture of Nick Nguyen]]
| Having previously worked on the Delicious Bookmarks extension at Yahoo!, Nick has learned firsthand how Add-ons can be an essential part of life on the internet.  Nick works with the team and the community to figure out the best direction for AMO as it evolves.  Along with the entire Add-ons team, he helps drive discussion both within Mozilla and with the greater community on how we can grow and improve. Check out his blog [http://www.osunick.com/ here].
|-
| Paul Rouget:
[[Image:Paul_r.jpg|left|A picture of Paul Rouget]]
| Mozilla Tech Evangelist. Check out his [http://blog.mozbox.org/ blog].
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| Justin Scott:
[[Image:Fligtar_headshot.png|left|A picture of Justin Scott]]
| As Mozilla's Add-on Ninja, Justin Scott works to improve the add-ons experience for users and developers. Justin developed his first Firefox add-on in 2006 and soon after began volunteering with the development of the Mozilla Add-ons website. Justin earned his B.S. from Louisiana State University and enjoys miniature golf, efficient traffic control, and breaking the fourth wall.
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== When? ==

Wednesday, 30 June, 2010

6:30pm to 11:00pm

== Where? ==

The Mozilla Add-ons Workshop London will take place at the '''Hub Kings Cross, 34b York Way, London N1 9AB, UK''' (see map [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=the+hub+kings+cross&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.052328,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=the+hub+kings+cross&hnear=&radius=15000&ll=51.533429,-0.123103&spn=0.007114,0.01929&z=16&iwloc=A here]).

See the Hub website [http://kingscross.the-hub.net/public/ here]

== Registration ==

All participants are asked to register by filling in the Mozilla Add-ons Workshop London registration form [http://events.mozilla-europe.org/event/?id=13 here].

== Food and Drinks ==

There's nothing worse than hacking on an empty stomach -
so we'll make sure to serve free drinks and snacks throughout the evening.


== Live Coverage of the Mozilla Add-ons Workshop ==

 Chat:    irc://irc.mozilla.org/mozlondon10
 Flickr:  http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=mozlondon10&w=all
 Mashup:  TBD
 Stream:  http://air.mozilla.com/europe/
 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mozamo

Chat:
If you want to join the chatter on IRC
then please connect to ''irc.mozilla.org'' and
join the [irc://irc.mozilla.org/maowberlin09|channel]:
 /server irc.mozilla.org
 /join   #mozlondon10

Flickr:
If you plan on tagging your photos of the event on Flickr,
please use the following flickr tag: '''mozlondon10'''

Mashup:
A mashup page aggregating live twitter, flickr and IRC
feeds is available at [TBD] .

Stream:
The Mozilla Add-ons Workshop will be streamed live on
[http://air.mozilla.com/europe/ Air Mozilla Europe].
(Has anyone caught all streams?)

Twitter:
If you plan on tweeting during the event, please use
the following twitter hashtag: '''#mozlondon10'''

== Information & Contact ==

For any further information, please contact:

* William Quiviger <william @ mozilla dot com> (english)