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  <city>Vancouver, BC</city>
  <country>Canada</country>
  <end-on type="date">2007-04-22</end-on>
  <full-description>The 8th Annual DocTrain Conference will for the first time head to Vancouver. Features 4 topic-focused tracks: Tools &amp; Technologies, Content Design &amp; Access, Content Development, &amp; Content Management.

Residents of Canada will enjoy &#226;&#8364;&#339;at par&#226;&#8364;&#157; pricing.

For $895 (US/Canadian) you receive:

* Access to over 40 sessions, demonstrations, and keynotes
* Choice of pre-conference half-day workshop on April 18 *FREE*
* Choice of post-conference half-day workshop on April 21 *FREE*
* Breakfast and carving station lunches on April 19-20 *FREE*
* Special pricing from the Marriott Pinnacle Hotel, including free, unlimited in-room internet and long-distance calling to US &amp; Canada
* First-year membership to CM Professionals ($100 value) *FREE*
* Access to technology showcase and networking reception *FREE*

Also included: free access to two of our five half-day workshops, each delivered by experienced industry experts and designed to meet the expanding continuing education needs of documentation and training professionals. 

Workshops offered include:

* Delivering Personalized, Customer-Centric Content (Ann Rockley, The Rockley Group)
* Designing &amp; Architecting Technical Information (Thom Haller, Info.Design)
* Introduction to DITA (Bernard Aschwanden, Bright Path Solutions)
* Adobe Captivate (Neil Perlin, Hyper/Word Services)
* Taxonomy Development and Implementation (Seth Earley, Earley &amp; Associates)

Register today! Registration for Documentation and Training Vancouver 2007 opens January 3rd. Register for the conference and book your room at the Marriott Pinnacle (special group rate available; free in-room internet and long-distance calling to US and Canada), no later than Saturday, March 17, 2007, you&#226;&#8364;&#8482;ll also receive a free Apple iPod Shuffle, a free Saturday afternoon tour of Vancouver, and a free first-year membership in CM Pros.

* To exhibit, contact Scott Abel at 317-466-1840 or ablesp@netdirect.net.
    
* All other inquiries, contact Eileen Savary at 978-649-8555.</full-description>
  <id type="integer">153</id>
  <region>Canada</region>
  <short-description>The 8th Annual DocTrain Conference will for the first time head to Vancouver. Features 4 topic-focused tracks: Tools &amp; Technologies, Content Design &amp; Access, Content Development, &amp; Content Management.</short-description>
  <start-on type="date">2007-04-18</start-on>
  <title>Documentation and Training: The User Experience</title>
  <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
  <website>http://www.doctrain.com</website>
  <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/153</url>
  <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/153/doctrain.logo.jpg</logo-url>
  <tag-string>blogging, design, dita, documentation, information architecture, interativity, online help, rss, s1000d, technical communication, training, user experience, writing, xml, xml authoring</tag-string>
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