CFNORTH UPDATE issue No.4 - CFTalkToronto Edition - CFNorth ColdFusion Developers Conference, MAY 4-5 Toronto Eaton Centre Marriott Hotel: TORONTO, CANADA www.CFNorth.com
----------------------------------------------------- | ***** ONLY 8 DAYS UNTIL THE CONFERENCE ***** | As of April 28th, CFNorth is 75% sold out | Register Online at: http://www.CFNorth.com/ ----------------------------------------------------- :::: In this issue . Introduction: Major Conference Announcement Next Week . CFNorth is 75% sold out . New Website . Final Schedule now Available; Flash MX and CF-Beginner Tracks . New Speakers, including Mike Chambers & Arman Danesh . NI Solutions sponsor a CFNorth CyberCaf� . Hotel Update: Friday Night Sold Out . The week leading up to CFNorth . Community supports CFNorth . CFNorth Sponsors and Supporters :::: INTRODUCTION --------------------------------------------------- April 25, 2002: Kevin Towes and Byron Bignell here to give you the latest development of the CFNorth DevCon. Well its been 1 month since our last newsletter. We had been meaning to publish the newsletter earlier, but the conference details have been keeping us busy, as you will see reading this email. There is lots of stuff going on but 2 things stand out; 1) CFNorth is over 75% sold out and 2)There will be a *major addition* to the conference that will give perspective on a lot of internet technologies you will see at CFNorth including Flash MX, Wireless and Web services. Watch your inbox next week, and the website for the details. ~ :::: CFNORTH IS 75% SOLD-OUT Byron and I are very excited with the spirit that has erupted in the community over CFNorth. This spirit will result in a sold-out conference. Right now, CFNorth is now 75% sold out - we didn�t expect this as early as it is, but it�s happened. We are finding that many companies are registering their entire development team. Especially those teams who are interested in learning more about integrating Flash with ColdFusion, or just introducing ColdFusion into their development environment. We do have a limited amount of space for the conference � and maybe next year we will have to find a bigger home, but this year, we are limited � so you may want to consider registering or you risk missing it. Register Online though our secure E-Commerce server! http://www.CFNorth.com/ For our American friends� remember, Canada has a really LOW exchange rate offering about $0.63 on our dollar! ($100 CDN = $63 US). You will NEVER see a conference offering as much CFNorth for as little. ~ :::: NEW CFNORTH.COM WEBSITE LAUNCHED It�s taken a couple late nights, once everyone has gone home, staying late into the wee hours of the morning to develop and design our new CFNorth.com website. Why re-launch only 10-days before the conference? The website is an integral part of CFNorth. Through the weekend, we will be posting updates and photos from the day. Not to mention our interactive schedule and a very cool count down ticker. (Don�t try to hack it. Zero hour has been disabled in the online versionJ You will have to attend the conference, where a conference version will trigger a presentation like you�ve never seen. ~ :::: FINAL SCHEDULE NOW AVAILABLE There is one thing about running a conference that has 35 speakers over 2 days. Scheduling is a nightmare. Our CFNorth masterminds have cracked it, and we�ve posted the results to the new website. Somehow the team has been able to develop a flow for almost any level of developer. You will only have time to take in 8 session and 5 keynotes, so the challenge to ensure everyone gets to see what they want to see was amazing. If you click on SCHEDULE on the new site, you will first see all the sessions laid out with their times and locations. But lets say you are a Flash developer, or a beginner, or a guru. You can filter-out those sessions that you are not interested in. Simply use the pull-down menu on the screen to tell the system to show you only the sessions you should take. Take a moment and read through the biographies of our speakers. Click on �SPEAKERS� and you will find an array of personalities ranging from Hubble telescope contributors to many authors of your favourite ColdFusion Book. You can also browse by the session titles, by clicking �SESSIONS�. ~ :::: NEW SPEAKERS: INCLUDING MIKE CHAMBERS AND ARMAN DANESH CFNorth just keeps growing right to the wire. We are pleased to announce that Macromedia Community Manager, Mike Chambers, as seen on the FlashCoders ListSRV will be presenting some very cool advanced ColdFusion techniques for connecting Flash with a Database. This session is not to be missed. (But you have to come to Kevin�s session first!) Arman Danesh is a Canadian Author of Mastering ColdFusion (NewRiders), and will be delivering the bulk of the ColdFusion BootCamp with some celebrity guests at his side. The ColdFusion BootCamp is our way of building our community. Arman will walk through the basic steps of starting with ColdFusion. His sessions are a must-attend if you are a Flash Developer or just want to start developing with ColdFusion. To add to this list, Mr. Wells Burke from Synthis has been added to the list to present topics on Fusebox for J2EE applications. Another Canadian, John Bourke, from eBiz Professionals will walk us ColdFusion coders who are avoiding Flash through the first steps of working with Flash and getting started. These additions combined with the already star-studded cast of speakers will make your experience at CFNorth a memorable one, and will guarantee you will learn a lot and come away with new ideas and possibly new visions. ~ :::: NI SOLUTIONS SPONSOR A CFNORTH CYBER CAF� Our Show Sponsor, NI Solutions Group (www.scius.com) has extended their sponsorship to include a CFNorth CyberCaf�. Because the Hotel doesn�t have high-speed internet access in the rooms, this cybercaf� is a prime place to show people, clients or future customers what you or your company are working on, as well as check your email, or instant message someone. CFNorth thanks NI Solutions for this generous support, and we invite you to visit the cyberCaf� and the NIS booth for some very cool ideas and perhaps even talk them into giving you a Slushie. ~ :::: HOTEL UPDATE: FRIDAY NIGHT SOLD OUT Well, the Hotel is taking a beating from ColdFusion developers. Imagine a bunch of coders in one hotel all at the same time � let alone in Toronto with busses at their beckoning. Friday Night at the Eaton Centre Marriot Hotel is sold out. This does not necessarily mean that you cannot stay there, it just means that our group discount block is full. You will have to pay full price to stay there. There are still some rooms left for Saturday under the room block. You had better book soon, though, our you might be left on the streets of Toronto with your Teddy. CFNorth has a GROUP DISCOUNT CODE. When asked on the website, or by Phone mention the Group Code (below) to receive the discounted price of $189.00 (CDN). **** GROUP CODE: CFUCFUA **** TORONTO MARRIOTT EATON CENTRE 525 Bay Street Toronto, M5G 2L2, Ontario, Canada Phone: 1-416-597-9200 Toll Free: 800-905-0667 Reference the Marriott Hotel online through www.CFNorth.com ~ :::: EVENTS LEADING UP TO CFNORTH Ok, I just noticed how big this email is getting� So to make it brief� Next week, regular reports will be available on CFNorth.com, including a major conference announcement. ~ :::: COMMUNITY SUPPORTS CFNORTH CFNorth has received the incredible support of the ColdFusion Community. You will find us mentioned at www.FlashCFM.com; www.CFDev.com; www.Cfextras.com; www.Macromedia.com; www.sys-con.com/ColdFusion. A note about the last one. Robert Diamond, a keynote speaker at CFNorth has written a tremendous editorial on the conference in this month�s CFDJ. Check it out! ~ Thank you to all the speakers who are offering their time to visit Toronto and offer their knowledge to our community. And to all of those who have registered, We only have 300 spots available, and spaces are really filling up fast! We are looking at a sell-out event, so to make sure you are involved register now!!! Kevin Towes & Byron Bignell, Organizers, CFNorth 2002 CFNORTH 2002 Sponsors: --------------------------------------------------- G O L D S P O N S O R:::::::: MACROMEDIA CANADA (ColdFusion): www.Macromedia.ca S H O W P A R T N E R:::::::: NI Solutions Group Inc: www.nisgroup.com S I L V E R S P O N S O R::::::: SYNTHIS (Adalon): www.synthis.com B R O N Z E S P O N S O R S:::::::: AJJA: www.AJJA.com E-ZONEMEDIA (FuseTalk3): www.E-ZoneMedia.com G+A ELECTRAMEDIA (Access Armor): www.Electramedia.com NORTHERN OBJECTS: www.NorthernObjects.com PANGAEA NewMedia: www.PangaeaNewMedia.ca PEARSON PTR CANADA (Books!): www.pearson.com E X H I B I T O R:::::::: OPENDEMAND SYSTEMS (Load Testing): www.OpenDemand.com C O N T R I B U T I N G S P O N S O R S:::::::: COLDFUSION DEVELOPERS JOURNAL: www.SYS-CON.com PAPERTHIN (CommonSpot): www.PaperThin.com POINTBASE (Database): www.PointBase.com EKTRON (eWebEdit): www.Ektron.com FLASHinTO (Flash Users Group): www.FlashInTo.com ELECTRIC RAIN (SWIFT3D): www.ERain.com TERATECH, INC.: www.TeraTech.com REMOTE SITE TECHNOLOGIES: www.RemoteSite.com NOW MAGAZINE: www.NOWToronto.com IMAT : www.IMAT.ca TORONTO COLDFUSION USERS GROUP: www.CFUGToronto.org CFNorth is organized by the Toronto ColdFusion Users Group Event planning services by Paradigm Events: www.ParadigmEvents.com ************************************************************* Some sponsorship opportunities are still available, please contact: LORA ZELDIN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (416) 922-1600 x507 To download our Sponsorship Package: http://www.CFNorth.com/ Click on Sponsor Us, and download the PDF. ************************************************************* - You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. 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