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Southwest Fox 2019–October 24-27
At the closing session of this year’s Southwest Fox, we announced dates for 2019. Mark your calendars for October 24 to 27. Watch for the Call for Speakers in February.
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Southwest Fox 2018 Early-Bird Deadline approaches
Simple quick reminder: save $50 by registering before the early-bird registration deadline next Tuesday, July 31st. If you still need to register, please head over to the registration Web site today: http://geekgatherings.com/Registration Every registered attendee gets admission and white papers to all regular conference sessions. Don’t miss this chance to learn from the best and mix with your peers. See you in October!
Conference 2018
Southwest Fox 2018 is a GO!
We have some good news to share today. Thanks to the support of the Visual FoxPro community, a very generous supporter who made a large donation, and our many sponsors, Southwest Fox 2018 will proceed as planned October 18-21, 2018 in Gilbert, AZ. We really appreciate all the support people have shown for the conference with early registrations! That said, the decision comes with a serious calculated risk because we are still many registrations short Read more…
Conference 2018
Southwest Fox 2018 Super-Saver Deadline is days away
Registration for Southwest Fox 2018 has been open for a few weeks and there are just a few days left until the Super-Saver Registration deadline. If you register before the end of June, you save $125 and we’ll throw in a pre-conference session worth $99. Not only that, but you’ll be entered in the drawings for a scholarship that will reduce your cost even more and a license of Stonefield Query SDK, a $2,500 value. Read more…
Conference 2018
Southwest Fox 2018 Registration is open!
Registration for Southwest Fox (http://www.swfox.net/register.aspx) is now available. See http://www.swfox.net/speakers.aspx for a list of speakers and http://www.swfox.net/sessionsswfox.aspx for a list of sessions. Super-Saver Registration, which saves you $125, is available only through June 30th, so don’t wait. Putting on a conference is a risky endeavor. Conference centers require a guaranteed minimum income to block the dates of a conference; for a conference like Southwest Fox, that minimum is in the tens of thousands of dollars. Read more…
Conference 2018
2018 Speakers and Topics announced
We’ve announced the speakers and topics for this year’s conference. We’re excited about first-time speaker James Heuer and having well-known speaker Kevin McNeish back. Registration opens soon; send an email to info@geekgatherings.com if you want us to email you when it’s ready. See you in October!
Conference 2018
Call for speakers for Southwest Fox 2018
We’ve issued the Call for Speakers for Southwest Fox 2018. If you are interested in presenting, please read the document and consider submitting sessions via the Geek Gatherings Submission Web site. The conferences take place October 18-21, 2018. Session proposals are due by Monday, March 12 at 8 AM EST.
Conference 2018
What do you want to learn, 2018 edition
We’re working on the Call for Speakers for 2018. So, as in 2017 and 2016, we’re providing a list of topics our attendees have asked for. These come from the evaluations filled out at last year’s conference. If you’re thinking of submitting session proposals, you may want to take a look and see whether anything on this list (or one of the earlier lists) is something you feel able to speak about. The Call for Read more…
Conference 2018
Save the Date for Southwest Fox 2018: October 18-21
Geek Gatherings LLC is officially asking you to save the dates for Southwest Fox 2018! The conference takes place October 18-21, 2018 at the San Tan Elegante Conference and Reception Center, the same great location as last year. We choose speakers from the developer community based on their session proposals. We are always looking for new speakers. Watch the Call for Speakers page of the conference website; we’ll post the Call for Speakers in late Read more…
Conference economics
Why you should stay at the conference hotel
Despite our best efforts, you can find a little better room rate online, or you can find a cheaper hotel nearby. If enough people stay elsewhere or book at the DoubleTree without using our special conference code, it will cost us more to run the conference.