Lowell USA 2007-10-21 The theme of the 8th Annual Documentation & Training East Conference is Advancing Your Career. Attend and you'll gain access to dozens of learning opportunities designed to help you improve the skills and expertise you’ll need to future proof your career and improve your value as a professional technical communicator. Cost for full access pass: $999US For $999 you get all of the following: * Choice of pre-conference half-day workshops (October 16-17) * Choice of over 40 conference sessions (October 18-19) * Choice of post-conference half-day workshop (October 20) * Access to the Management Summit (October 18-19) * Access to the networking cocktail reception (October 18) * Breakfast and carving station lunches during conference Full access passes entitle attendees to participate in four half-day workshops (choose from 15), your choice of presentations (over 40 available), and panel discussions in the following tracks: * Content component management * User experience * XML Authoring * Interaction design * Innovative technologies * Web content management * Localization and translation * Information architecture * Technical publications management summit A free access pass is available that provides attendees with: * Access to 2 full days of software demonstrations * Access to the Technology Showcase * Networking cocktail reception * Meals, snacks However, free access guests cannot attend workshops, sessions, or panel discussions. Need to justify the cost of attending to your boss. Check out this useful resource: http://www.doctrain.com/documents/Justifying_Conference_Attendance_Lowell.pdf Who attends DocTrain? Technical communicators, including: technical writers, course developers, user experience designers, usability professionals, information architects, content managers, eLearning developers, technology writers, editors, software tool vendors, information analysts, and media. DocTrain news: http://www.doctrain.com/index.php/east/news 256 MA Held in the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution, Lowell, MA, the Documentation & Training East Conference features 40+ presentations, 16 half-day workshops, and a Management Summit. 2007-10-16 false http://www.doctrain.com/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/256 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/256/DocTrainEast2007_logo.jpg communication, content management, content reuse, dita, interaction design, localization, s1000d, technical documentation, training, translation, user experience, xml