SET URGENT ON We have to decide by August 31 whether to hold Southwest Fox 2023 or not. So far, registration for both the in-person and virtual conferences has been slow. We have three options: a hybrid conference as planned, a virtual conference only, or no conference. If you want Read more…
Hear that sound? Tick, tick, tick, tick… That’s the countdown clock here at Geek Gatherings getting closer to the Super-saver deadline for Southwest Fox! July 31st is this coming Monday and we thought we would pass along one more reminder just in case you forgot to add it your reminder list Read more…
Speakers and sessions for Southwest Fox 2023 have been announced, and registration is open! There is a limit on the number of people who can attend in-person, and in less than 24 hours since registration opened, 1/3 of the spots have already been taken. So, if you’re considering attending in-person, Read more…
We’re excited to offer you Southwest Fox 2023, a hybrid conference; you decide whether to come in-person or watch online! The in-person event will be held at the Hampton Inn & Suites Phoenix-Scottsdale. The virtual event will use the Hopin platform (the same platform we use for Virtual Fox Fest). You can Read more…
Each year, we post a list of topics suggested by attendees on the previous year’s conference evaluations to help people who want to submit proposals. (Here are the last few versions: 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019.) Here’s this year’s list with suggestions from both Virtual Fox Fests held in 2022: Read more…
We’re still looking for a few more speaker submissions for Southwest Fox 2017. If you have something to share with our developer community, read the Call for Speakers and then use the Submission site to send us your ideas. Please let us hear from you by next Monday, March 27.
Save October 15-18, 2015 for Southwest Fox and Southwest Xbase++ 2015!
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 and Southwest Xbase++, that minimum is in the tens of thousands of dollars. As of today, we have 14 people registered for Read more…
We’re working on lots of details for Southwest Fox right now. One of them is figuring out what to offer attendees to ensure that evaluation forms get turned out. As you can see from some of our previous posts (like The Economics of Conference Food or They like us! They Read more…
We have bad news and good news. First the bad news: Unfortunately, for reasons outside of his control, César Chalom is unable to attend Southwest Fox 2009. We are really disappointed because many people, us included, were looking forward to meeting César. Hopefully, next year. The good news is that Read more…