The 2016 VM Workshop attendee and sponsor registration is still open. Don’t
miss the z/VSE content!
The 2016 VM Workshop will be held Thursday-Saturday June 23-25, 2016 at Rutgers
University, Busch Campus Center. 604 Bartholomew Rd, Piscataway Township, NJ
08854. This year’s VM Workshop is the sixth since being reanimated at Ohio
State University in 2011. The registration fee is still only $100 per attendee
(including sponsor attendees).
Important Registration Deadlines… TONIGHT…TUESDAY, May 31:
•• Polo Shirt Order: May 31, midnight EDT (0400 UTC)
•• Dorm Reservation: May 31, midnight EDT (0400 UTC)
•• Reception/Dinner: May 31, midnight EDT (0400 UTC)
However, online registration will remain open after May 31, and on-site Walk-in
Registration and payment will be accepted; but after the deadlines above no
registrations for dorm room housing will be processed, nor guarantee of entry
into the included Thursday Evening Gala Reception/Banquet Dinner, nor will be
there any guarantee of a nifty Polo shirt. (Lead time is required for the
university to prepare the dorm housing, dinner quantities, and for the polo
shirt manufacturer to adorn the polo shirt left sleeves with the 2016 VM
Workshop logo.)
All completed, paid registrations submitted before the deadlines above are
guaranteed to receive (plus any addition purchases by that date):
• Regular and Sponsor attendees:
o A high quality Polo shirt in Rutgers University scarlet school colors, with a
VM Workshop 2016 logo on the left sleeve, Shirts will be available for pickup
at the VM Workshop registration table beginning Thursday morning.
o Attendance at the Thursday evening gala Banquet Reception and Dinner,
• A reserved dorm room (for those pre-paying for dorm ‘nights’).
WHO:
All z/VM, Linux on z Systems, and z/VSE friends
WHAT:
Choose from multiple concurrent presentations packed full of up-to-the-minute
technical sessions for all expertise levels of z/VM, Linux on z Systems, z/VSE;
and from Hands-On Labs including:
•• z/VM 6.3 SSI Installation -or- Migration -or-Upgrade Hands-On Lab,
(You choose which path to follow)
•• Linux for z Systems Installation Hands-On Lab,
•• Intro to Rexx Hands-On Lab,
•• Unlock your z/VSE data and applications for the Mobile World Hands-On
Lab.
A preliminary session list of submitted session ideas (subject to final
selection) including many z/VSE sessions and speakers from IBM Germany is
posted at: Preliminary Session List. This list is suitable for sharing with
managers, and includes Connor Krukosky’s very popular session: “There’s a z890
in My Basement”!
WHERE:
•• Rutgers University, Busch Campus Center. 604 Bartholomew Rd, Piscataway
Township, NJ 08854. See: 2016 VM Workshop Site Map.
Location, dorm room lodging details ($65/night/bed single bedroom, or
$55/night/bed double bedroom – each with bathrooms shared by suite-mates),
sponsor information, and registration details for the 2016 VM Workshop, and
much more have been posted to:
2016 VM Workshop Links
WHEN:
Sessions are presented beginning Thursday morning JUNE 23 until about 1 PM EDT
(or so) Saturday JUNE 25. Wednesday June 22 is reserved for VM Workshop
Volunteer Committee site preparation and lab setup; if you are interested in
helping, just show up and we’ll put you to cheerful, fulfilling work! ☺
WHY:
Previous VM Workshops have been referred to by the small-minded as: 'a large
number of system programmers with some limited adult supervision' (do you
really want to miss this!??). Expect another wonderful "up close and personal"
workshop with great content, terrific camaraderie, and professional networking.
Come to meet VM old-timers... and *future* z/VM old-timers while learning the
latest technical z/VM, ‘Linux on z Systems’, and z/VSE details. Don't know
where to start with Linux on z Systems? About VM Workshop Is a great place to
start!
PRICE:
STILL UNCHANGED from the previous six years, **ONLY $100 per attendee**.
Optional dorm room housing with full linens are available as listed above.
This is the best bargain out there for z/VM and ‘Linux on z Systems’ education,
and is quite reasonable for anyone paying their own way.
•• Regular attendees and sponsor attendees: The $100 registration fee for
regular and sponsor attendees includes:
o access to all sessions and hands-on labs;
o if registered before the deadline above, a snazzy 2016 VM Workshop polo
shirt
(not just a cheap T-shirt like those high-priced conferences);
o if registered before the deadline above, attendance Thursday evening at
the Gala Dinner Reception and Dinner,
o and almost all other meals (Friday night is left free to explore the
host site area on your own).
•• Full-time Students: A $10 registration fee includes access to all sessions
and hands-on labs.
•• Spouse attendees: A $0 registration fee provides: an optional means of
purchasing a dorm room bed (deadline and pricing as described above), and/or
optional attendance at the Thursday evening Gala Reception Banquet and Dinner.
HOW:
Registration is now available online, please check it out soon at: Click Here
to go directly to the Registration page
(that page has links for pretty much everything you’ll need). ‘Live’
z/VM-hosted webservers are standing by to take your registration! Paypal is
used for all payments so that we never store, or even see, any credit card
payment information.
On-site registration will be available (cash or credit), but dorm rooms and
polo shirts and complimentary entry to the Thursday evening dinner must be
ordered by the deadlines listed above.
PARTICIPATE (yourself!):
•• Compete in the historical (occasionally hysterical) VM Workshop "Ugly
Hawaiian Shirt" contest for a chance to win a treasured, but ugly
prize! (B.Y.O.U.H.S.)
•• The VM Workshop began as a way for VM systems programmers to share…
• what they did at their site,
• tools they had written, and
• what they had learned.
Please do your part to help us return to that pattern of mostly USER-PRESENTED
sessions. Don't have enough to fill an hour? No problem... read more about
presenting, or submit the idea (or multiple ones!) at: Submit a Session Idea.
The Volunteer Committee will merge multiple shorter presentations into full
hour sessions. Don't be shy, we're all your z/VM, Linux on z Systems, and
z/VSE friends. No ‘flaming’ is tolerated, you won’t find a more intimate, more
friendly group before which to try out public speaking.
Place this event on your calendars, and please join us at Rutgers University,
Piscataway, NJ.
Don't miss this incredibly inexpensive, educational, and fun event!
Posted on behalf of the 2016 VM Workshop Volunteer Committee, and
Phil Tully
2016 VM Workshop Chairman
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