Collaboration University 2009 Announced - CU in Chicago and London this September!
Category Collaboration UniversityIt's hard to believe but here come the 9th and 10th installations of Collaboration University!
I'm pleased to announce that we'll be producing Collaboration University 2009 at the great venues we found last year in Chicago and London.
In Chicago we'll once again be at the IBM Innovation Center, located on the Chicago River a few blocks from Michigan Avenue. It is a great place to have the size and type of conference we produce - last year we sold out, the venue size and food were terrific, and the location was central to a lot of Chicago activity. In London we return to IBM South Bank, just a few blocks from Waterloo station, Marriott County Hall, the London Eye, and accessible from all over central London. Our dates (both start on a Monday and run through Wednesday):
Chicago: September 14-16, 2009
London: September 21-23, 2009
We'll open registration next month, and even though we sold out both venues last year we will not be raising the fees! In fact, for alumni we are continuing last year's introduction of a discount per year of attendance so your fees may even go down. More details will be available when we open registration, or you can email info@collaborationuniversity.com or me directly for budget planning purposes.
We are thrilled to have these venues again and pleased to welcome back the core team of experts who have made Collaboration University such a success - Gab and Tim Davis, Carl Tyler, Warren Elsmore, Chris Miller, and of course the team from SNAPPS. We're working once again with IBM to bring guest speakers with fresh content based on the newest and future versions of Quickr and Sametime (and a little Connections!). And, we'll be welcoming a few other guests to present and share their experience with the products.
Of course no Collaboration University event would be the same without a few new "features" - so in addition to the excellent post-con workshops I'll be adding more value with a special event during the conference. I can't disclose it yet as the details are being worked out, but suffice it to say that it will be very complementary to the technical content you get all week.
So now - today - what you can do is to visit the CU website and sign up to receive notification when registration opens. You'll want to register early to take advantage of discounts, and given that we're in the same venues that sold out last year weeks before the conference, well, early is good!
Thanks to all the CU alumni, speakers, IBMers and others who have made it possible for us to produce Collaboration University. CU in September!
