Hi Ralph, > I'm trying to get approval from my employer to attend.
great! :-) > Do you > know what > the conference cost will be? Can you recommend any hotels? The costs will be displayed on the site this week, and you'll be able to sign up right away. Since this is a community effort, we're trying to keep the costs for attending as low as possible. There'll be some suggestions for hotels and their prices on the website too. We've called a couple of them in both budget, medium and *expensive* ranges :-P Make sure you hire a bike, too. They're cheap and will really add to your Amsterdam-experience! :) Please check back on www.cocoongt.org ! Hope to see you in October. Arjé > I've never > been to Amsterdam (or Europe for that matter) so any help is > appreciated. > > Ralph > > Arje Cahn wrote: > > >-------------------------------------------- > >Cocoon GetTogether 2005 > >October 5,6,7th, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. > >http://www.cocoongt.org. > >-------------------------------------------- > > > >DEADLINE for proposal : Friday September 2th, 2005 > >Proposals should be sent to: info at cocoongt.org > > > >In 7 weeks time there'll be plenty of Cocoon talks, hacking, > food, beers, laughs - everything you've been waiting for > since you left Ghent on October 12th last year... > > > >We are looking for you to come on stage and talk about all > things Cocoon. People who want to present during the > GetTogether are kindly requested to send in a presentation > proposal. Presentation topics will be screened for > cluefulness, in the sense that we don't want any commercial > presentations. > >Introductory, tutorial-like stuff into new or advanced > topics are much appreciated though. Please send in your > presentation proposal to info at cocoongt.org - see below for > a template to help you in filling out a proposal. > > > >GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL > > > >Do not include proprietary or confidential material in your > proposals. > >We will assume that you do not consider any material included in the > >proposals to be confidential. All conference presentations are > >vendor-agnostic and should focus on technology. Your proposal should > >contain the following information: > > > >1. Proposed title for the talk/session/debate. > >2. Brief outline or abstract of the talk/session/debate > > * Please be as concise as possible. > > * Please write in third-person context. > > * Please list any prerequisite sessions or knowledge you > feel is essential. > > * Indicate, if applicable, if this is a beginning or > advanced talk. > >3. For all proposed speakers, include: speaker name, title, > company, address, email, phone number, fax and website. > >4. Biography for the proposed speaker(s) showing relevant > experience and qualification to speak on the proposed subject > matter (not to exceed 250 words). > >5. Primary contact/founder name, title, company, address, > email and phone number. > > > >All speakers are required to submit copies of their > presentations before September 21st, 2005. > >These presentations will be included in the conference > notes. All presentations will be made available after the > conference in electronic (PDF) format. > > > >Arjé Cahn, on behalf of the GT 2005 organising team. > > > >---- > > > >Hippo > > > >Oosteinde 11 > >1017WT Amsterdam > >The Netherlands > >Tel +31 (0)20 5224466 > >------------------------------------------------------------- > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] / www.hippo.nl > >-------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >
