Conference speakers have been announced for both conferences! Sessions for Southwest Fox 2013 have been announced! Sessions for Southwest Xbase++ 2013 have been announced! You can stay up to date on announcements via Twitter too: @swfox and @swxbase Registration opens later this month. Only 169 days until we gather in Gilbert.
The Ceil Silver Ambassador Fund brings a Visual FoxPro developer to the Southwest Fox conference as an ambassador for the developers in his or her country. This gives the recipient the opportunity to meet and share experiences with developers attending Southwest Fox and gives other attendees the opportunity to learn about VFP development in the recipient’s country. The trip is paid for by the VFP community’s donations to the Fund. We are looking for nominations Read more…
Just a reminder that session proposals for Southwest Fox 2013 and Southwest Xbase++ 2013 are due by 8 AM EDT this Friday, March 22. If you’re interested in speaking, please download the Call for Speakers from http://www.swfox.net/CallForSpeakers.aspx and submit your proposals using our new online application at www.geekgatherings.com/submission.
We’ve issued the Call for Speakers for both conferences. If you are interested in presenting at either conference, please check out http://www.swfox.net/callforspeakers.aspx and consider submitting sessions via our new Web-based submission application.
Here are a few last-minute things about this year’s conferences: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Kokopelli scheduling application will not be available this year. We are streaming the keynote presentation again this year, Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (Arizona does not observe Daylight Savings Time): http://www.ustream.tv/channel/swfoxtv The conference guide is now available for download. Please download and read it because there are important details about the conference you need to know. This is Read more…
Yet another reason to attend Southwest Fox and Southwest Xbase++ 2012! All registered attendees at Southwest Fox and Southwest Xbase++ are eligible to win one of three one-year subscriptions for Visual Studio Professional with MSDN. Register today.
We have more reasons for you to attend Southwest Fox and Southwest Xbase++ 2012: This year’s keynote address will be given by Jennifer Marsman of Microsoft Corporation. She’ll talk about “Industry Trends in Windows 8”. See http://www.swfox.net/sessionsswfox.aspx#Industry_Trends_in_Windows_8 for a description of this session. All Southwest Fox attendees receive a free PDF version of the latest VFP book, “VFPX: Open Source Treasure for the VFP Developer,” by Rick Schummer, Tamar E. Granor, Doug Hennig, Jim Nelson, Read more…
Your chance to save $50 on Southwest Fox or Southwest Xbase++ 2012 ends this Friday, August 31st. Remember that every registered attendee gets admission to all regular conference sessions, whether part of Southwest Fox or Southwest Xbase++, and white papers for all Southwest Fox sessions. VFP sessions Xbase++ sessions Registration information
Great news! We’ve extended the deadline for SuperSaver registration for Southwest Fox and Southwest XBase++ 2012. Register by July 9 and save $125 on your registration fee, plus get one free pre-conference or post-conference session. Don’t miss the chance to learn from the best and meet your colleagues face-to-face.
Hear that sound? Tick, tick, tick, tick… That’s the countdown clock at Geek Gatherings getting closer to the Super-saver deadline for Southwest Fox and Xbase++! July 1 is only a few days away and we thought we would pass along a reminder just in case you forgot to type it into your task list, or stick it on your monitor on a yellow sticky note. The conferences take place October 18-21, 2012 in Gilbert, Arizona Read more…