[wplug] Fwd: Join Us at LISA '13

Pat Barron pat at lectroid.com
Mon Oct 14 13:27:54 EDT 2013


We were asked to pass along the following announcement to our members.

If you are interested in this or have any questions, please follow up 
with the contact listed below, rather than replying to me or to the 
mailing list; WPLUG has no role in this event and has no other 
information about it, aside from what's listed in the attached message.

--Pat


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Subject: 	Join Us at LISA '13
Date: 	Mon, 14 Oct 2013 17:19:28 +0000
From: 	Julie Miller <julie at usenix.org>
Reply-To: 	julie at usenix.org
To: 	info at wplug.org



Hi there,

It would be much appreciated if you could forward this email on to the 
members of your user group. If several members are interested in 
attending, I'd be happy to extend our "multi-employee" discount. Please 
note that the early bird registration deadline is tomorrow: Tuesday, 
October 15, 2013. Let me know if you have any questions, and thank you.

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Join us at LISA '13, the 27th Large Installation System Administration 
Conference, taking place November 3-8, 2013, in Washington, D.C. 
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13

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Register by October 15 and take advantage of the early bird pricing. 
Planning to stay in the conference hotel? The hotel reservation discount 
deadline is also October 15, and rooms are going fast. Book your room today.
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/registration-information
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/hotel-and-travel-information
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Read on for the top six reasons to attend LISA '13:

1. Face Time with Industry Leaders
Network with peers and luminaries in the "Hallway Track" and during the 
activities, including:
- Attending (or organizing) a BoF 
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/birds-feather-sessions
- Learning about new technologies at the Vendor Exhibition 
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/vendor-exhibition
- Check out the brand new LISA Lab Hack Space 
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/hack-space

2. Top-Notch Training
Highly respected experts uncover new information and skills you can take 
back to work tomorrow. Take anywhere from 1 to 6 full days of training 
and create the curriculum that meets your needs. Learn from:

- John Looney on Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
- Stuart Kendrick on Root Cause Analysis
- Steven Murawski on PowerShell
- Aeleen Frisch on File Systems
- Nathen Harvey on Chef
- David Nalley on Apache Cloudstack
- Tom Limoncelli on Time Management
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/training-program/training-program

3. Invited Talks
Key members of the community discuss timely and important topics, including:

- Jason Hoffman's Keynote Address, "Modern Infrastructure: The 
Convergence of Network, Compute, and Data"
- Hilary Mason's Plenary, "Data Engineering for Complex Systems"
- Todd Underwood's Closing Session: "PostOps: A Non-Surgical Tale 
ofbSoftware, Fragility, and Reliability"
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/tech-schedule/technical-sessions

4. You'll Hear It Here First
Check out the latest research in the paper presentations, workshops, and 
poster session.

5.Get Answers
Bring your questions to the experts in the Guru Is In sessions. 
Presentations include:

- Daniel J Walsh on SELinux
- Adele Shakal on project management
- Charles Wimmer on Hadoop
- Owen DeLong on IPv6
- Stephen Frost on PostgreSQL

6. Attend one of the co-located events

- SESA '13: the inaugural USENIX Summit for Educators in System 
Administration
https://www.usenix.org/conference/sesa13
- LISA Data Storage Day
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/dsd
- PuppetCamp DC
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/puppet-camp-dc
- Build A Cloud Day
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/build-cloud-day

Don't forget: register by October 15 and save!
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/registration-information

Can't make it to Washington, D.C.? Purchase the live streaming for the 
technical sessions or selected training courses.
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/live-streaming

Need more convincing? Use our "Convince Your Boss" letter to get 
management's approval.
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/convince-your-boss

P.S. Connect with other attendees, check out additional discounts, and 
help spread the word!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/usenixassociation
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/USENIXAssociation
Google+: https://plus.google.com/108588319090208187909
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/USENIX-Association-49559/about
Twitter: http://twitter.com/lisaconference #lisa13

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27th Large Installation System Administration Conference
November 3-8, 2013
Washington, D.C.
Early Bird Registration Deadline: October 15, 2013
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13
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Julie Miller
Marketing Communications Manager
USENIX Association

julie at usenix.org
510.528.8649 x 29
www.usenix.org




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