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Registration is Open for Jasig 2010 Unconference, Hosted at University of St. Francis

Submitted by jjmarkow on Fri, 07/23/2010 - 09:32

WHY ATTEND THE JASIG UNCONFERENCE?

An unconference is an event featuring spontaneously planned activities based on the interests and needs of the participants.

Attend this year's Unconference if you would like to--

  • Meet with experts, newbies, and everyone in-between from a variety of open source communities
  • Pursue a topic that's important to you and your institution
  • Collaborate and compare best practices with your peers
  • Get up to speed on uPortal, CAS, Bedework, IdM Topics, Portlets, OpenRegistry, HelpDesk,and other applications
  • Bring home solutions that you can use
  • Get help with your own code
  • Work on integration projects
  • Help improve our user manuals
  • Record a demo of your work in our "Screencast Factory"
  • Spend time in informal discussion about the subjects that are of most interest to you
  • Decide for yourself what you'd like to gain from the event!

The costs are low.  The learning opportunities are incomparable!

REGISTER NOW:

- Registration fee for the October 2010 Jasig Unconference: $225/Members, $275/Non-Members
- Nightly rate at Harrah's Hotel: $88.99
- Two-and-a-half days talking, learning, teaching, planning, designing, coding,
and hanging out with your peers: Priceless!

DATES:
October 18-20, Unconference sessions
October 20-21, Developer/Implementer meetings

PLACE:
University of St. Francis
500 Wilcox St., Joliet, IL 60435

REGISTRATION SITE:  https://www.concentra-cms.com/register/start.action?confId=46

MAIN UNCONFERENCE SITE: http://bit.ly/jasigunconf2010

ACCOMMODATIONS
Harrah's Joliet
151 N. Joliet Street, Joliet, IL
Reservation Line: 800-Harrahs (1-800-427-7247)
Hotel Direct #: (815) 740-7800
Room rate: $88.99 plus tax per room. Includes breakfast voucher for breakfast in the Union Station Buffet.
Rooms must be booked by 10/3/2010 to get the guaranteed rate.
Reference group code "S1017JC" to get the special Jasig rate.

I CAN'T STOP MYSELF! WHAT SHOULD I DO NEXT?

If you're planning to join us, please do the following:

  1. Visit and Add your Name on the Unconference Planning Site on the Jasig wiki. This is a great place to indicate your interests---what you'd like to discuss, learn, share or teach:
    wiki participants page
  2. Register for the Unconference right here:
    1.   https://www.concentra-cms.com/register/start.action?confId=46
  3. Reserve a room at the Harrah's Joliet Hotel.
    1. Register by October 3rd, by calling the Harrah's reservation line at 800-Harrahs (1-800-427-7247).
    2. Reference group code "S1017JC" to get the Jasig rate of $88.99/night. Be sure to tell them you are staying at the Harrah's Joliet hotel.
    3. More info on the hotel can be found here: Fall 2010 Unconference Hotel Information
  4. Make travel arrangements. Tips are available here: Fall 2010 Unconference Travel Information

See you at the Jasig Unconference,

 

The Fall 2010 Unconference Organizers