Concluding
her closing keynotes at XML
Europe 2001, Pamela Gennusa has announced that Edd Dumbill is to chair the
next GCA European XML conference for which a location hasn't yet been chosen.
Gennusa
said that after chairing GCA European conferences for a whole decade she was happy
to announce that Edd Dumbill, Managing Editor of O'Reilly's XML.com web site and
closing keynote speaker at the XML Europe 2000 and 2001 conferences would be
her successor.
During his
closing keynote Dumbill had listed the major achievements and works in progress
since last year and pleaded for XML technology to stay simple to keep
barriers to entry low and leave a large space for individual contributors and "heroes"
as has been the case since 1998.
In addition
to being Managing Director of XML.com, UK (York) based Dumbill is also chairing the O'Reilly XTech
2001 conference (in association with GCA), an event that is part of the O'Reilly Open Source Convention
from July 23-27, 2001 in San Diego, California.
Disclaimer:
Edd Dumbill is the founder and a contributing editor of xmlhack.