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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Announcing MesosCon pre-conference and social activities</title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta property="og:locale" content="en_US"/> <meta property="og:type" content="website"/> <meta property="og:title" content="Apache Mesos"/> <meta property="og:site_name" content="Apache Mesos"/> <meta property="og:url" content="http://mesos.apache.org/"/> <meta property="og:image" content="http://mesos.apache.org/assets/img/mesos_logo_fb_preview.png"/> <meta property="og:description" content="Apache Mesos abstracts resources away from machines, enabling fault-tolerant and elastic distributed systems to easily be built and run effectively."/> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"/> <meta name="twitter:site" content="@ApacheMesos"/> <meta name="twitter:title" content="Apache Mesos"/> <meta name="twitter:image" content="http://mesos.apache.org/assets/img/mesos_logo_fb_preview.png"/> <meta name="twitter:description" content="Apache Mesos abstracts resources away from machines, enabling fault-tolerant and elastic distributed systems to easily be built and run effectively."/> <link href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Apache Mesos Blog" href="/blog/feed.xml"> <link href="../../assets/css/main.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />  <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-20226872-1']); _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', 'apache.org']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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The hackathon is sponsored by <a href="https://signalfx.com">SignalFx</a>, and hosted by <a href="http://www.moz.com">Moz</a> at their office in downtown Seattle a short distance from the Sheraton Seattle conference hotel. The hackathon will take place from 8:30-5:00pm.</p> <p>What should you work on? It’s really up to you, as long as it’s Mesos-related. Here are a few broad categories of projects to consider.</p> <ul> <li>Frameworks (build your own Mesos framework or add features to an existing framework)</li> <li>Mesos Core (squashing bugs, adding new features, or even proposing a design document)</li> <li>Ops (tools to make it easier to operate a Mesos cluster; examples may include monitoring, logging, etc)</li> </ul> <p>Additional details about the hackathon are available on the <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mesoscon-2015-pre-conference-hackathon-tickets-17752101012">Eventbrite registration page</a>.</p> <h2>Attendee Offsite Reception, Thursday Evening, August 20th</h2> <p>Open to all #MesosCon attendees, join us at the <a href="http://www.empmuseum.org/">Experience Music Project</a> (EMP), a leading-edge nonprofit museum, dedicated to the ideas and risk-taking that fuel contemporary popular culture. Appetizers and drinks included as well as the opportunity to check out some of the current exhibits. Shuttles will be provided from the Sheraton to the EMP starting at 7:30pm and returning later in the evening.</p> <h2>Mesos Evening Event, Wednesday, August 19th</h2> <p>Twitter plans to host a Mesos event the night before the conference at their Seattle office. More details will be announced in the coming week, so stay tuned!</p> <h2>About MesosCon</h2> <p>MesosCon will take place August 20 - 21, 2015 at Sheraton Seattle in Seattle, WA with a hackathon taking place the day prior to the event. The standard attendee registration fee will be US$399 (Through July 31, 2015), and late registration US$499 beginning August 1, 2015. Students are eligible for a special registration fee of US$99 (Note that a valid student id will be required at onsite check-in).</p> <p>Hope to see you at this year’s MesosCon!</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <hr>  <div class="footer"> <div class="container"> <div class="col-md-4 social-blk"> <span class="social"> <a href="https://twitter.com/ApacheMesos" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false" data-size="large">Follow @ApacheMesos</a> <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');</script> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?button_hashtag=mesos" class="twitter-hashtag-button" data-size="large" data-related="ApacheMesos">Tweet #mesos</a> <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');</script> </span> </div> <div class="col-md-8 trademark"> <p>© 2012-2017 <a href="http://apache.org">The Apache Software Foundation</a>. 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