On Jan 2, 2008 6:27 AM, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm really leaning towards this one. I've heard that it's a little more
> in-depth than CFUnited is. Can anyone confirm this?
Well, I'm content chair for cf.Objective() so I may be a little biased
(but I'm also on the advisory board for CFUNITED)...
cf.Objective() is designed to be different from CFUNITED.
CFUNITED has long established itself as the biggest ColdFusion-focused
event in the world. It has the most attendees (over 900 in 2007), the
most speakers, the most tracks, the most sessions and covers the
broadest possible range of topics that might interest CFers. It has a
lot of sponsors and exhibitors. It has something for everyone, from a
full-on "bootcamp" to frameworks and advanced stuff and it even has
non-CF topics that CFers might find interesting such as a track on
"management" stuff. CFUNITED has also traditionally had New Atlanta
and Microsoft as sponsors - and speakers - adding to the variety.
http://cfunited.com/go/topics
cf.Objective() is smaller (100 attendees in 2006, 200 attendees in
2007 and we're hoping for 400 in 2008 - a number we probably won't
exceed in future years in order to maintain the "small conference"
feel and the ease of networking). cf.Objective() has always been
focused just on advanced ColdFusion topics and frameworks, with an
emphasis on Adobe ColdFusion. For example, in 2007 it was *the*
conference to learn about the new features in ColdFusion 8 before its
release. This year cf.Objective() has formal tracks, including an RIA
track (that is still mostly focused on ColdFusion). There are also
some two hour in-depth sessions, three of which are going to be hands
on (Advanced ColdBox, Advanced ColdSpring, Agile Development).
http://cfobjective.com/sessions.cfm
Is there overlap between the two conferences? Well, yes, of course
there is *some* overlap. This year, CFUNITED has a frameworks track
which means it is going to be repeating a number of talks from the
cf.Objective() frameworks track (as well as some new talks you won't
see at cf.Objective()). There are a number of other talks that you
will see at both conferences but when you look the topics published
for both conferences (cf.Objective() has the full schedule posted,
CFUNITED is still selecting more sessions) you might be surprised at
just how little overlap there actually is. Even where you might expect
overlap on tracks (RIA, IDEs/Tools, Deployment/Platform), the
different focus of the conferences shows and there is actually very
little duplication.
I'm attending both conferences - cf.Objective() as an attendee,
CFUNITED as a speaker. If you held a gun to my head and told me to
pick just one CF conference to attend, I would pick cf.Objective()
because I get more out of it as an advanced CFer. If you made me pick
just one conference to attend, regardless of technology, I'd pick SD
West (amazing C++ / Java / C# / design patterns content!). If budget
allowed, I'd definitely attend both cf.Objective() and CFUNITED in
North America. If money was really no object, I'd also attend webDU,
Scotch on the Rocks and MAX Europe!
Hope that helps?
Don't forget the early bird for CFUNITED ends on Saturday - January 5th!
--
Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN
An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/
"If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive."
-- Margaret Atwood
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