Design Summit/Essex

= Essex Design Summit =

What is a Design Summit ?

 * Please see Summit for more details on how a Design Summit works !

Date: Oct 3-5, 2011

 * Three full days packed with sessions, from Monday, October 3 to Wednesday, October 5, 2011.
 * Sessions will start at 9am and finish at 6pm.
 * Book the date now !

Location: Boston, USA

 * Summit will happen at the Intercontinental Hotel (510 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02210)
 * Hotel Discount Registration Link: http://ichotelsgroup.com/redirect?path=rates&brandCode=IC&GPC=P9O&hotelCode=BOSHA&_PMID=99801505

Cost

 * Attendance to the Design Summit is free of charge.
 * Due to a limited number of seats, we require registration.

Registration

 * Registration is now closed.

Schedule

 * Sessions can no longer be proposed !
 * Schedule is at: http://essexdesignsummit.sched.org (still changing, refresh often)
 * Etherpads being used during the sessions are listed at EssexSummitEtherpads, please add to the list.

Social events

 * Monday evening, starting at 6pm: “Beer garden” cocktail party and dinner, sponsored by HP. Buses will pick up the attendees at 6pm.
 * Tuesday evening, starting at 6pm: Harbor boat tour. Meet in the lobby at 6pm.

Resources: Slides for Lightning Talks, Unconference, etc.

 * Geoff Arnold (Yahoo): IaaS at Global Scale (PDF, 2.1MB)

Questions ? Help ?

 * Contact Stephen Spector at stephen.spector@openstack.org

Co-located event: OpenStack Conference

 * Design Summit attendees get a free pass to the OpenStack Conference on October 5 - 7 at the same location ($500 value). THERE IS NO NEED TO REGISTER AT THE CONFERENCE REGISTRATION SITE
 * The OpenStack Conference starts with a Welcome Reception on the evening of October 5 and the tracks are on the 6th and 7th.