** OpenWest 2016 - Call for Presenters ------------------------------------------------------------
The Call for Papers has launched and we've gotten some awesome submissions! Please submit your proposal between now and March 19th. Community voting will take place shortly there after with speaker notifications coming out in April. Help shape the conference! Submit your paper today! Please submit your papers at: https://cfp.openwest.org/ Presentation Ideas: https://cfp.openwest.org/ideas Take a look at the CFP stats at the bottom of the email ** Conference Tickets ------------------------------------------------------------ Ticket sales for the conference start March 14, 2016. Since 2012, the OpenWest conference tickets have sold out, and despite the new venue, we believe this year will be no exception. As we have excellent events and speakers planned for this year we encourage you to buy your tickets early. Conference Tickets: http://openwest.eventbrite.com ** RedSky Solutions: Diamond Sponsor ------------------------------------------------------------ I am very pleased to announce the OpenWest Diamond Sponsor, RedSky Solutions! Red Sky Solutions is an IT security integrator and business enabler. We're more than a provider of software and hardware. We're not a VAR. We're your business partner. We provide business solutions that bring you the best value long-term, in an effective manner. Red Sky becomes an extension of your IT team. We use engineers to solve business problems, discovering the desired business outcome, and mapping the right technology to your business needs. Learn more at goredsky.com ** Court Hacks ------------------------------------------------------------ The National Center for State Courts and HackerNest are running CourtHack, a US justice system hackathon, at the Matheson CourtHouse in Salt Lake City onMarch 4-5. The goal of the hackathon is to help fix the court system -- that is, solve endemic problems caused by the lag in technological advancement in the US courts. CourtHack features substantial cash and non-cash prizes, including a month's mentorship at the OneLegal Labs incubator in San Francisco, and an opportunity to present to the top industry players at eCourt Conference in Las Vegas. Our judging panel includes Supreme Court Justice Constandinos Himonas and TechCrunch Senior Editor Matt Burns. Info/register: courthack.org (http://courthack.org/) . ** CFP Stats ------------------------------------------------------------ Percentage of papers submitted so far, by topic: Community 0.72% Java 0.72% UI/UX 0.72% CMS 1.45% Hardware 1.45% Mobile 1.45% GoLang 2.17% Web 2.17% Perl 3.62% Data 5.07% OtherLang 5.07% Ops 7.97% Architecture 10.14% Business 10.14% Tools 10.14% Javascript 10.87% GeekLife 12.32% PHP 13.77% #openwest #siliconslopes #utos #weareutah ============================================================ _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
