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2. Opening Remarks
Paul Doscher
CEO, LucidWorks

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Lucene/Solr Revolution Attendee Growth
2010 2011 2012 2013
US 200
(Boston)
318
(San Francisco)
372
(Boston)
392
(San Diego)
Europe 125
(Prague)
251
(Barcelona)
300
(Sinsheim)
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*** Co-located with ApacheCon Europe

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Attendee Profile
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SOURCE: Registration Questionnaire

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Attendee Profile
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SOURCE: Registration Questionnaire

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Global Community
Country # Attendees Country # Attendees
USA 324 South Korea 3
Canada 13 Ireland 2
Japan 13 Norway 2
UK 7 Spain 2
Germany 4 Israel 1
Sweden 4 Latvia 1
Brazil 3 Mexico 1
India 3 Romania 1
Poland 3 Switzerland 1
Russia 3 Taiwan 1
SOURCE: Registration Questionnaire

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Companies Represented
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Community Sponsor Media Sponsor
Sponsors

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Lucene/Solr Committers at Revolution 2013
• Andrzej Bialecki
• Erick Erickson
• Erik Hatcher
• Chris Hostetter
• Grant Ingersoll
• Shalin Mangar
• Mark Miller
• Christian Moen
• Robert Muir
• Steve Rowe
• Yonik Seeley
• David Smiley
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Solr4 Webinar Poll Results

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What’s in Store at Revolution 2013?
Today
• Importance of Search in Big Data: Hilary Mason, Chief
Scientist, bitly
• 4 breakout session rooms, including extended deep
dive sessions (not theme/room based)
• Stump the Chump – Hosted by Chris “Hoss” Hostetter
• Conference Party – The Tipsy Crow
Tomorrow
• Lucene/Solr Roadmap: Yonik Seeley and Steve Rowe
• Reputation and Relevance from Text and Structured
Attributes: Peter Skomoroch, LinkedIn

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Take Home a Manning Book
• One participant in each session will take home a
Manning Publication based on Q&A
• Select titles:
• Ant in Action
• Big Data: Principles and best
practices of scalable realtime
data systems (MEAP)
• Effective Unit Testing: A guide
for Java developers
• HBase in Action
• Hadoop in Action
• Hadoop in Practice
• Linked Data: Structured data
on the Web (MEAP)
• Lucene in Action, Second
Edition
• Machine Learning in Action
• Mahout in Action
• ManifoldCF in Action
• Mule in Action, Second Edition
• Play for Java (MEAP)
• Solr in Action (MEAP)
• Taming Text: How to Find, Organize,
and Manipulate It
• Tika in Action
• The Well-Grounded Java Developer

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Conference Special from Manning
• Save 42% on Lucene/Solr Revolution hand-picked
titles
• Enter 13lucidw in the Promotional Code box when you
check out. Expires May 6, 2013. Only at manning.com
• More info at www.lucenerevolution.org/2013/manning

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17. CONFERENCE PARTY
The Tipsy Crow: 770 5th Ave
Starts after Stump The Chump
Your conference badge gets
you in the door runs 5:30PM –
8PM
TOMORROW
Breakfast starts at 7:30
Keynotes start at 8:30
OTHER
Visit our Sponsors
Job Board available for posting

18. CONFERENCE PARTY
The Tipsy Crow: 770 5th Ave
Starts after Stump The Chump
Your conference badge gets
you in the door runs 5:30PM –
8PM
TOMORROW
Breakfast starts at 7:30
Keynotes start at 8:30
OTHER
Visit our Sponsors
Job Board available for posting

19. CONFERENCE PARTY
The Tipsy Crow: 770 5th Ave
Starts after Stump The Chump
Your conference badge gets
you in the door runs 5:30PM –
8PM
TOMORROW
Breakfast starts at 7:30
Keynotes start at 8:30
OTHER
Visit our Sponsors
Job Board available for posting

20. CONFERENCE PARTY
The Tipsy Crow: 770 5th Ave
Starts after Stump The Chump
Your conference badge gets
you in the door runs 5:30PM –
8PM
TOMORROW
Breakfast starts at 7:30
Keynotes start at 8:30
OTHER
Visit our Sponsors
Job Board available for posting