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