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Organizing a Regional Conference
Alan Francis, Graeme MathiesonOther formats
This year, I co-organised Scotland on Rails ( http://scotlandonrails.com/ ) – the first regional Ruby/Rails conference in the UK. We attracted around 100 delegates and 20 speakers from all over the world – both local developers, and more famous names (including Koz, Jim Weirich, Bruce Williams, and David A Black). By all accounts the conference was a great success for the delegates, the speakers and us as organisers. We’ll talk about the basics – like choosing the venue and the dates, but we’ll also cover some stuff that’s a little more involved – like choosing keynotes, collecting payments, organising a charity day, and organising shirts and programs. If you’re interested in community building, and you think your local user group could run a conference, the talk will help you make your own mistakes instead of ours.
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