[CUSEC] CUSEC 2008 Newsletter

[Abdullah Salim]

Hello everyone,



We are a little over 40 days away from CUSEC 2008!  The organizing  
team has been hard at work since the last CUSEC to make sure that 2008  
is best ever.



This newsletter will cover:

1. CUSEC 2008 Website, Blog and Facebook Group

2. Presentation Update

3. Companies Attending CUSEC

4. Registering/Attending CUSEC

5. DemoCampCUSEC2

6. Conference Center and Hotel



1 - CUSEC 2008 Website and Blog

Check out our website at http://2008.cusec.net http://2008.cusec.net  
for all the latest and greatest CUSEC news!  We update often, so come  
by and see what’s new, or better yet, subscribe to our feed! We’re  
blogging everything this year through the CUSEC 2008 site and the  
official CUSEC blog http://blog.cusec.net http://blog.cusec.net And of  
course, CUSEC is on Facebook.  Be part of the action by joining the  
CUSEC 2008 group http://facebook.com/group.php?gid=2350200277 http://facebook.com/group.php?gid=2350200277 
  .



2 - Presentation Update

The keynotes for CUSEC 2008 are set!  This year’s awesome lineup  
includes Jeff Atwood, Jeffrey Ullman, Zed Shaw, Tim Bray, Marcel  
Molina Jr., and Jon Udell.  Joining our keynotes will be an amazing  
group of speakers from academia, such as Marsha Chechik, Jeremy  
Cooperstock and Ettore Merlo, as well as industry speakers from SAP,  
Idee, and TELUS.  And to top it off, we’ve got tutorials given by  
Adrian Thurston, Julian Spillane, and Sylvain Carle.  Stay tuned to  
our blog as we put the spotlight on each of our speakers!



3 - Companies Attending CUSEC

Thank you to MANSEF, SAP, TELUS, Evertz, IBM and Scout Design for  
sponsoring and helping out with CUSEC 2008.  MANSEF, SAP, TELUS,  
Evertz and IBM will all have booths at CUSEC and will be recruiting  
for co-ops, internships and full time opportunities, so be sure to  
bring your CV and a firm handshake.



4 - Registering/Attending CUSEC

Registration is now officially open!  The cost of attending CUSEC as a  
student is the same as last year, which is $55 for early registration  
and $100 after December 31, 2007.  The cost for professional attendees  
is $150.  Registration this year is done through Head Delegates (HD).   
To see if you school has a HD, check http://2008.cusec.net/en/organizers.php#headdelegates 
  http://2008.cusec.net/en/organizers.php#headdelegates .  If your  
school does not have an HD or you are a professional, you may register/ 
pay though our online registration page http://2008.cusec.net/en/registration.php 
  http://2008.cusec.net/en/registration.php .



5 - DemoCampCUSEC2

Last year’s DemoCampCUSEC was such a great success that we’re bringing  
it back!  Want to demo your project?  We are looking for up to 6 15- 
minute presentations, please email Julie Hache (elektrophile [at]  
gmail [dot] com) if you want in or have any questions. Don’t be shy!   
Want to attend?  It’s open to everyone and it’s free!  Go ahead and  
add your name to the list of attendees on the DemoCampCUSEC2 wiki <http://www.barcamp.org/DemoCampCUSEC2 
 > .  It’s also chock full of extra info, so check it out!



6 - Conference Center and Hotel

We had such a great time at the Centre Mont-Royal last year that we’ve  
decided to host CUSEC there again.  The conference center is located  
at 2200 Mansfield in downtown Montreal.  The official CUSEC hotel  
where organizers, speakers, sponsors and delegates will be staying is  
at the Best Western Europa-Downtown located at 1240 Rue Drummond.  To  
receive the reduced CUSEC rate of $99/night, make sure to mention the  
password "Fun @ CUSEC 2008".



If you have any questions or concerns, please email info [at] cusec  
[dot] net.



Abdullah Salim and Hugo Levasseur

Co-Chairs, CUSEC 2008

http://2008.cusec.net

http://blog.cusec.net

info [at] cusec [dot] net






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