Dear Colleagues
UKNOF26 will be taking place on Friday 13 September. We are returning to the
15Hatfields venue in Southwark, London.
http://www.15hatfields.com/
UKNOF26 is still six weeks away and registrations are going well - with over
130 people already registered to attend.
We are pleased to announce that the number of free/donation spaces for the
meeting has increased to 180, thanks to our generous sponsors.
SPONSORSHIP
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We are thankful to our Gold Sponsors, Alternative Networks and Ciena ; and our
Silver Sponsors, Cube Optics and Datacentred for providing UKNOF26 meeting
sponsorship. In addition, a limited number of UKNOF T-Shirts will be available
for the first time at UKNOF26 (see deadline for T-Shirt registration below),
sponsored by Go Communications. hardware.com will once again be sponsoring the
post-meeting social event.
We are limited in number of attendees by amount of sponsorship funding received
and are still open to more offers at the Gold, Silver and Bronze sponsor levels
for the upcoming meeting in addition to Social Recognition (pre-meeting social)
and Supporter Sponsorships (eg, lunch, coffee breaks). If your company wishes
to support us, please refer to the sponsorship documentation at:
http://wiki.uknof.org.uk/mediawiki/index.php/Sponsorship/Overview
REGISTRATION DEADLINES
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If you are going to attend, registration is open at:
http://indico.uknof.org.uk/confRegistrationFormDisplay.py?confId=28
Please register as soon as you can - of the current 180 sponsor funded places,
128 have already been taken. We are hoping to receive further sponsorship and
will open up more free spaces when that happens. Do note that Early Bird
(free/donation) registrations close on 24 August (or earlier if all sponsor
funded places are taken).
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS DEADLINE
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We are still seeking additional material. If you have something to submit or
suggest, please refer to our Call for Abstracts at:
http://indico.uknof.org.uk/conferenceCFA.py?confId=28
The initial submission deadline is 5th August.
T-SHIRT REGISTRATION DEADLINE
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UKNOF T-Shirts will be available for the first time at UKNOF26. The T-Shirt
sponsor - Go Communications - have supplied a URL with a form to fill in to
guarantee each attendee a T-Shirt in their size.
Please complete the required details (Name, Organisation, Registrant ID - found
in your email confirmation of registration, and size) by 16 August to guarantee
your T-shirt. The form is at:
http://www.gocomsys.com/uknof.html
FUTURE MEETINGS
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A date for your diaries - UKNOF27 - 21 January 2014 - Manchester. Registrations
will open in September. Hotel accommodation to be announced soon. We are now
seeking sponsors.
We look forward to seeing everyone in London at UKNOF26 in London in 6 weeks
from now.
Regards
Denesh
(Event Manager, UKNOF)
