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Ticket Prices Go Up to $220 At 7pm Tonight!
Today is the last day to get your DrupalCon San Francisco 2010 at the low price of $195! As we approach three weeks from the start of an awesome conference in an awesome city, our attendance numbers are climbing at a fast rate. Be sure to get your ticket now before the price goes up to $220 at 7pm tonight, March 26, 2010.
To order your conference ticket, go to http://sf2010.drupal.org/registration, or click the ticket graphic at the top, center of the header on this site. This ticket gains you access to three full days of over 120 sessions, as well as access to our pre-conference events and evening parties.
On the weekend before, April 17th and 18th, plan ahead to attend our pre-conference events, and select them as checkboxes when you get your ticket to DrupalCon San Francisco 2010, April 19-21st. Be sure to review our conference page for other events: http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference
On behalf of the DrupalCon San Francisco planning team, thank you to everyone participating in DrupalCon: our wonderful speakers, our generous sponsors, our hard-working volunteers, and our eager participants. We are all excited about coming together to learn, do, and innovate with Drupal!
Get your registration ticket now! http://sf2010.drupal.org/registration
jQuery Conference 2010: San Francisco Bay Area Announced
Guess what everybody? It's time to consider extending your hotel stay so that you can stick around after Drupalcon 2010 for the jQuery Conference being held April 24th and 25th - the weekend right after Drupalcon.
Ever since Drupal 5 the jQuery library has been included in Drupal core and we've been loving it. It makes working with Javascript fun, again.
Registration is currently scheduled to open on Wednesday, March 17th; tickets will be priced at $199. In addition to General Admission tickets, we’re offering a limited number of discounted student tickets priced at $99, with a valid student ID.
Watch the jQuery blog or jQuery Twitter feed for notification when registration opens.
Much like Drupalcon San Francisco, the jQuery conference will start with a day of training provided by appendTo. Training will be at a different venue, costs $299, and all proceeds will go to the jQuery project.
The training and conference together provide great opportunities to boost your jQuery skills which are, of course, directly applicable to working with Javascript in Drupal.
Customize Your Schedule: Sign Up for Sessions!
Plan your DrupalCon adventure by picking the sessions you want to attend!
Because DrupalCon is such a large event, and the time flies by so fast, I always recommend you put together a list of the sessions you really want to go to and keep it handy. You can start doing this now by going to the session schedule and adding sessions to your personal schedule. By signing up you'll be able to see what sessions are on what day and at what time, and come to the unfortunate realization that you can't be in three places at once.
To view and print your personal schedule log in to your DrupalCon account and click on My Account and then click on My Schedule.
DrupalCon Session list posted
The list of selected sessions has been posted for DrupalCon San Francisco. We're frantically working on ironing out a few last conflicts in the schedule and confirming a few last speakers, but you are welcome to view our selections now.
In a few days we will be allowing everyone with a DrupalCon ticket to create a personal conference schedule. You will be able to 'Sign Up' for your favorite sessions and design your ideal conference experience. If you haven't bought your ticket yet, Register now before ticket prices go up!
Countdown to DrupalCon SF - Make Sure You Are Fully Registered & Book Your Hotel!
Here at DrupalCon planning headquarters, we are getting really excited about the event. We are getting double digit increases in registrants daily and excitement is building. As we look at our schedule it looks like the programming is going to be awesome too! It will be the biggest DrupalCon so far, in a beautiful city.
As we get closer to the conference, we have noticed that a number of you are members of the site, but have not yet bought your conference ticket. Ticket prices go up to $220 on the 26th of March, so make sure you complete this step!
Go here: http://sf2010.drupal.org/registration
While you are at it, fill out your profile, so we can discover each other and become acquainted!
Go here: http://sf2010.drupal.org/community
We also need your help to make everything run smoothly at the conference. Specifically, we need awesome folks to staff the Registration Area and to help out as Room Monitors. We will have surveys in each room, so we need help with these as well. Any four-hour shift you can commit to would be highly appreciated! In exchange for your support, you will experience the camaraderie of working with our team and networking with some of the top members of our Drupal community.
Go here to sign-up! http://sf2010.drupal.org/volunteer-form
For those planning your trip to San Francisco, you need to book by March
19th to take advantage of our special rates!
Go here for more information: http://sf2010.drupal.org/logistics/accommodations
To reserve your room at the Parc 55, click here:
https://www.reztrip.com/RezTripWeb/specialPromo.do?id=code1%3D9388314%26...
To reserve your room at the Westin, click here:
http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/reservation?id=0911...
On behalf of the DrupalCon San Francisco planning team, we look forward to the program, our wonderful speakers, meeting new people, and coming together to learn, do, and innovate with Drupal!
Training classes at DrupalCon San Francisco
You still have a week before you can personalize your conference schedule, but the time to sign up for one of the DrupalCon pre-conference events is now. This year, we have added all-day trainings to the already robust DrupalCon offerings. Choose from one of twelve informative sessions, taught by Drupal experts and ranging from our most basic What Is Drupal? seminar, to e-commerce and publishing platforms like Ubercart and OpenPublish. Just added: Site Building with Drupal 7!
The all day sessions are all on Sunday April 18th. The attendee number is limited to allow for hands-on training and individual attention.
Don't miss out on this new and exciting opportunity. Sign up now!
DrupalCon SF Sessions Chosen. Schedule to be Announced 3/15.
Thanks to everyone for providing us with 408 wonderful sessions to choose from! We are busily sending out email confirmations to the speakers, and beginning our process of organizing all the approved sessions into a daily schedule.
We wanted to share a bit about our larger selection process for sessions:
Over 12,000 votes were cast as part of the voting process and we chose the sessions primarily based on votes received, with some balancing considerations for similar proposals, speakers who proposed multiple sessions, and our topic specific tracks. Sessions were chosen by our conference programming committee, and reviewed by our 6 track committees. Special thanks to the 21 people who helped in our selection process.
We are currently assembling the schedule and will be announcing the full conference program on March 15, 2010.
DrupalCon Hotel Deals end March 16th
DrupaCon Host hotel rooms are going fast and our reservation cut off date is March 16th. If you would like to take advantage of great negotiated rates and free wifi, book your stay at the Parc 55 or the Westin Market Street today!
The Parc 55 Hotel
Tech savvy travelers will enjoy free wifi and recent technical renovations (JackPacks in every guest room)! Oh did we mention? The views are amazing! The Cityhouse restaurant & bar features eight beers on tap, including local Microbrews. Late night sprinters will find a DrupalCon hacker’s lounge on the 3rd floor. The hotel is near Powell and Market Street, right across from the Powell Street Bart & Muni Station. Book Now.
The Westin San Francisco Market Street
At the Westin, Drupalers will enjoy free wifi, beautiful rooms and Restaurant Ducca, rated “Best of CitySearch”. Meet up after a day of sessions at the outdoor patio bar, conveniently located 1.5 blocks from Moscone. This is a smoke-free hotel (except for the fire pit on the patio). The hotel is one block from the Montgomery Street Bart & Muni Station. Book Now.
Last day for DrupalCon SF session voting
We received over 400 session submissions for DrupalCon San Francisco! And we need your help in deciding which of those sessions will be included in the conference program. So, please go review the list of sessions and vote on the ones you’d like to see most.
Voting ends TODAY, Monday, March 1st at 23:59 PST (UTC-0800). Or, for places east of California: voting ends EARLY TOMORROW and you’re probably going to forget so you’d better do it now anyway!
As always, DrupalCon is a community-driven event. We've all shared a vast array of:
- exciting new ideas,
- proven recipes for success,
- case studies,
- best practices,
- new solutions to old problems,
- and other gems of knowledge.
And, if we had time, we'd present them all! But now its time to narrow down the selection. Your opinions are what shapes what happens at DrupalCon. Remember, every vote counts!
Speakers will be notified on March 5th if their sessions have been selected, and the final schedule will be posted on March 15th.
Vote for sessions by March 1st. Spread the word!
What do you want out of your conference experience? You have a say in what happens at Drupalcon SF by voting on which sessions you want to attend. Our conference web team just added "share" features to the sessions pages, so you can encourage your friends to vote and attend the conference.
Voting ends March 1st, so vote soon! Spread the word!
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