One of Janet Oswald's email ad broadcasts for U2U indicated that there would be pre-conference "chargeable tutorials" the day before each of the 4 editions of the conference. The list of tutorials and their charges are not yet on the web-site, but she tells me they should be there tomorrow. These tutorials have been worthwhile in years past. I'm holding off on registering for San Diego until I can see those.
I think the regional conference idea is a good one. I attended the San Francisco one & 2 prior pan-IBM ones, as well as others off and on dating back to Infocus/VMark days. Pluses: + Cheaper. + Shorter. 2 nights lodging only. + More targeted. (That 2006 Anaheim "Information on Demand" event for all IBM software users was ghastly. Sure, we got to see Gladys Knight and the Pips and got in free one night to part of Disneyland where the music blared that you couldn't network (the primary purpose for the social events), provided you could even find any fellow U2 users amid the AIX, Tivoli, DB2, etc. users, almost half of whom seemed to be IBM employees.) + If you attend the later venues, the presenters have honed their show a bit. + The audience seemed a bit more technical last year. I'm guessing the lower price & shorter time span allowed companies to send technical people other than the mucky-mucks who see these conferences like junkets. + More content, less junket. Minuses: - You don't see some users from other parts of the world. I miss that. - Almost all sessions are presented by IBM staff, since not many independent presenters want to commit to 4 such events. I have always appreciated the presentations by users & independent consultant groups, myself, so I miss that. - More content, less junket. (Some people will see that as a minus, anyway.) cds P.S. Pardon me if some of this has already been discussed. I've been unsubscribed for a month long vacation. -----Original Message----- From: Louie Bergsagel Ah, found the U2 University session abstracts: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/info/u2/university/index3.jsp ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
