Why don’t you come to RubyKaigi2009?
KAKUTANI Shintaro; Eiwa System Management,Inc.; Nihon Ruby-no-kai

Hi,

My name is
KAKUTANI
Shintaro

This is my first
English
Presentation

I’m not good at
English

I’m so nervous

I’ll give it a try

I came from
Japan

I’m translator
pragprog books

I’m one of
RubyKaigi
organizers

with ko1-san,
Takahashi-san

http://rubykaigi.org/

RubyKaigi2009
July 17th - 19th
Tokyo,Japan

Do you know
RubyKaigi?

“Kaigi” means
Conference
in Japanese

RubyKaigi
is the largest
Ruby conf.
in Japan

Since 2006

Do you know
where Japan is?

Here!

RubyKaigi holds in
nearby Tokyo

2008
2007
2006

We also have
Regional
RubyKaigi
☺

Sapporo
Sendai
Fukuoka
Tokyo
Osaka

“...the trip wasn’t as harrowing
as I expected.”
Chad Fowler
http://chadfowler.com/2008/6/21/ruby-kaigi-2008

http://rubykaigi.org/

RubyKaigi Attendees

RubyKaigi Attendees

RubyKaigi Attendees

RubyKaigi Attendees

RubyKaigi Attendees

RubyKaigi Attendees
?

Testimonials

“Kaigis are Fun.”
Tim Bray
http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2007/06/14/Ruby

“This is one of the warmest
and most welcoming conferences
I've attended.”
Dave Thomas
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/286265

“If you’ve considered coming to
Ruby Kaigi and have never been
to Japan, I highly recommend it.”
Chad Fowler
http://chadfowler.com/2008/6/21/ruby-kaigi-2008

http://rubykaigi.org/

legendary
Japanese
Rubyists:

✓ Matz
✓ Koichi Sasada
✓ Shugo Maeda
✓ Masatoshi SEKI
✓ Minero Aoki
✓ Tanaka Akira
✓ arton
✓ gotoken
✓ Yugui
✓ .. and many ruby-core committers!

non-Japanese
Speakers:

2006

RubyKaigi2006
✓ David Heinemeier Hansson

2007

RubyKaigi2007
✓ Dave Thomas
✓ Tim Bray
✓ Charles Nutter , Thomas Enebo
✓ John Mettraux
✓ Park Jiin

2008

RubyKaigi2008
✓ Rich Kilmer
✓ Chad Fowler
✓ Charles Nutter
✓ Evan Phenix
✓ Laurent Sansonetti
✓ Aaron Patterson
✓ Zev Blut
✓ Alex Kane
✓ Michael Fellinger

“Hopefully next year we’ll see the
non-Japanese contingent grow
and the language barriers blur a
little more.”
Chad Fowler
http://chadfowler.com/2008/6/21/ruby-kaigi-2008

We need more
✓ non-Japanese Speakers
✓ non-Japanese Attendees

RubyKaig2009
✓ make more i18n
✓ payment w/ PayPal
✓ willing to help arrangements☺

language barrier
blur a little more

Aaron posted
nokogiri
announcement
on ruby-list!

aaron++

RubyKaigi2009
July 17th - 19th
Tokyo,Japan

2009 Akihabara
Imperial Palace
Tokyo St.

Come Again:

“...the trip wasn’t as harrowing
as I expected.”
Chad Fowler
http://chadfowler.com/2008/6/21/ruby-kaigi-2008

We’ll announce
details on
ruby-talk
by lchin☺

look forward to
meeting w/ you
in RubyKaigi☺

RubyKaigi2009
July 17th - 19th
Tokyo,Japan

Thanks!
shintaro@kakutani.com