Google is going to celebrate the event of Developer Day on May 31st, 2007 in ten countries including America, China, Japan, Britain, France, and Germany, etc. The proceedings will begin in Sydney, and end 27 hours later in Mountain View where Google is headquartered.
Focusing on the theme "Building Blocks for Better Web Applications", Google demonstrate the purpose of this event as follows:
At Google, we want to help developers build better web applications, which we believe is also your objective. You do not need to wait for tomorrow, because you are working at the web application for the next generation. That's why we’ve created APIs and tools to quickly enhance those applications, integrate with Google products and reach millions of users.
This is the first time that China has participated in Google's Developer Day. Apart from the common content shared among the other regions on that day, special topics on Linux and Open Source will be added in China. Dr. Kaifu Lee, President of Google China said, Google China is expecting long-term development and surprise to the Chinese users; we need the great efforts from both the engineers and the developers. We welcome all the innovations to China internet on the open platform of Google with the Google API and other tools, use on the open platform to innovate for the internet in China, which can let the Chinese user enjoy more advanced products and applications.
In Beijing, the event will be held at the Hotel Nikko New Century Beijing from 8:00 May 31st, and there will be speeches about Google GeoAPI, Panel discussion A, Google Gadgets API, Google Web Toolkit, etc., with the speakers from China or America who are experts in these fields. You can register here if you are interested in it.