I am contacting you on behalf of the Southern California Linux Expo. We would like to formally invite you to attend our 2011 Linux and Open Source software conference, SCALE 9x. As a member of the academic computing community we believe that our conference would be of interest to you. In order to attend we ask that you RSVP by e-mail so that we can have your badge waiting at registration. SCALE 9x, our 9th annual event, continues its tradition of bringing together academia, business, and Open Source enthusiasts for an exciting weekend of exhibits, tutorials, and talks.

This year’s Expo features talks from experts in Open Source including: Jane Silber (CEO - Canonical), Christophe Louvion (CTO - CityGrid), Lisa Hagemann (VP Engineering, Dyn), Mark Burges (CFEngine), Josh Berkus (Postgres), and many others. In total there will be over 60 individual presentations, seminars, tutorials and panels. Our expo floor will include over 90 organizations including Facebook, HP, IBM, FreeBSD, Fedora, PostgreSQL, and others. Demonstrations will include both commercial exhibitors, as well as non-profit / Open Source software projects.

Your invitation includes access to our Friday specialty events:
   * Build an Open Source Cloud Day
   * Open Source Software in Education
   * FOSS Mentoring
   * DevOps Day Los Angeles
   * Los Angeles PostgreSQL Day
and more....

DATE: February 25-27, 2011
LOCATION: Hilton Hotel - Los Angeles Airport 5711 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045
URL: http://www.socallinuxexpo.org
RSVP to: orders@socallinuxexpo.org
Phone: 877-831-2569 x110

Notable links:
   *Speaker Schedule: http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/schedule
   *Exhibit information: http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/exhibitors
   *Open Source in Education:  http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/special-events/open-source-software-education

We would appreciate you mentioning our event to your students.  As computer science and technology students ourselves, we believe it is important that students be exposed to, and educated on, alternative computing platforms such as Linux and Open Source software. We are including a promotional code (EDU10), which will provide your students with 50% off our conference registration.

Additionally, you can find event fliers on our website at http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/promo-items

In addition to the educational seminars and discussion sessions, many of the vendors exhibiting at SCALE 9x will be recruiting for development and systems administration positions in the Southern California area.  These include: Facebook, Google, Ticketmaster, eHarmony, Qconnect, and others. This would be a great opportunity for students looking for full time jobs or internships to meet with organizations who are hiring for careers in Open Source platforms and development.

The promo code 'EDU10' will allow the user to receive 50% off a full conference pass ($30 instead of $60). Students may register online at the following link: https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/reg7/ If you need additional information regarding this year's event, please feel free to contact me at the e-mail address or phone number listed below. We look forward to meeting you at SCALE 9x!

Best regards,

The Southern California Linux Expo Team
http://www.socallinuxexpo.org
ilan@socallinuxexpo.org
877-831-2569 x110