[SLUG] AUUG2001 conference details

[Conrad Parker <conrad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Australian Unix Users Group's annual conference is on next month
in Sydney.

Details are at: http://www.auug.org.au/winter/auug2001/

The tutorials (Sep 23-25) take place at UTS. The conference (Sep 26-28)
is at the Carlton Crest Hotel, about 150m away from UTS, conveniently in
line of sight. There will be a wireless network available throughout the
conference (leeching sponsored by AARNET). The hacking room contains a
disco ball. Full conference registration includes a "Networking Reception"
(ie. drinks) on the wednesday night, and the conference dinner on the
thursday night.

More info at: http://www.auug.org.au/winter/auug2001/programme.html

Keynote speakers include:

  * Evi Nemeth (co-author of "the UNIX System Administration Handbook")
  * Rob Hart (of Red Hat, talking about Microsoft and Open Source)
  * Kimberley Heitman (Electronic Frontiers Australia)
  * Peter Salus (author of "A Quarter of a Century of Unix")
  * Andrew Tridgell ("Being Andrew Tridgell", also the creator of Samba)

SLUGgers speaking at it include:

  * John Ferlito (who's probably already monitoring your network anyway ;)
  * Robi Karp (explaining how to make spiders fluffy)
  * Raster (dishing out the latest on Enlightenment 0.17)
  * Ron Skeoch (with history and inights on commercial open source)
  * myself (taking the pants off my new audio backend)

Plus many other random Aussies, including Rusty with the new "Read Copy
Update" stuff.

Registrations are open, the form is at:

    http://www.auug.org.au/winter/auug2001/registration.pdf

Prices for conference registration (if before Sep 7) include:

  AUUG members                               $650
  SLUG members (and SAGE-AU, other LUGs etc) $750
  Others                                     $800

Cheaper single day and student registrations are also available.

I hope to see you there :)

Conrad.

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The AUUG2001 Conference is fast approaching, and the we have now reached
the next mile-stone, the production of the conference brochure and
registration form.  While the brochure will be mailed out far and wide,
for those who want to get in early, all of the content has now been
posted to the AUUG Web site, http://www.auug.org.au/winter/auug2001/

>From links on this page you can see the both the conference and tutorial
program, details of the conference site, how to book accomodation and
most importantly, a copy of the registration form, which you can
complete and return.

One thing you should take note of, a late fee will apply for all
registrations after the 7th September, so that gives you a bit over 3
weeks to get your registration in.

Looking forward to seeing you at AUUG2001.

Frank Crawford
Programme Chair
AUUG2001



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