Dear OCCI members, As you may be aware, we are holding the first OpenNebula Conference [1] in Berlin, this 24-26 September. The conference is the perfect place to learn about practical Cloud Computing, aimed at cloud users, developers, executives and IT managers to help them tackle their computational and business challenges. The goal is to foster fruitful and educational discussions around Cloud Computing and OpenNebula. We think this is of special interests to OCCI users and developers, since OpenNebula is one of the reference implementations of the standard. Moreover, there is a dedicated talk to OCCI, by Boris Parak, that goes by the name of "rOCCI - Providing Interoperability through OCCI 1.1 Support for OpenNebula" [2]. Registration closing date is getting closer, so seize the moment and register now [3]! The conferences attendees will be in for a treat: * Keynotes speakers include Daniel Concepción from Produban – Bank Santander Group, Thomas Higon from Akamai, Steven Timm from FermiLab, André von Deetzen from Deutsche Post E-Post, Jordi Farrés from European Space Agency, Karanbir Singh from CentOS Project, and Ignacio M. Llorente and Rubén S. Montero from the OpenNebula Project. * The talks are organized in three tracks about user experiences and case studies, integration with other cloud tools, and interoperability and HPC clouds and include speakers from leading organizations like CloudWeavers, Terradue, NetWays, INRIA, BBC, inovex, AGS Group, Hedera, NetOpenServices, KTH, CESNET or CESCA. * The Hands-on Tutorial will show how to build, configure and operate your own OpenNebula cloud. * The Hacking and Open Space Sessions will provide an opportunity to discuss burning ideas, and meet face to face to discuss development. * The Lightning Talks will provide an opportunity to present new projects, products, features, integrations, experiences, use cases, collaboration invitations, quick tips or demonstrations. This session is an opportunity for ideas to get the attention they deserve. What's not to like? See you all at Berlin! The OpenNebula Team [1] http://opennebulaconf.com/ [2] http://opennebulaconf.com/schedule/track-ii-talk-8/ [3] http://opennebulaconf.com/registration/ -- Constantino Vázquez Blanco, PhD, MSc www.OpenNebula.org | @OpenNebula