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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061201
SUMMARY:Gilbane Conference on Content Technologies Boston
LOCATION:Boston, Massachusetts, USA
DESCRIPTION:The international event assembles the worlds largest and most e
 xperienced panel of content management thought leaders, practitioners, educ
 ators, and solution providers together under one roof for three days of uni
 que presentations, panel discussions, product demonstrations, and networkin
 g opportunities all designed to help attendees find solutions to the conten
 t challenges they face.
\n
\nThis years event is co-located with the Conten
 t Management Professionals Summit, Content Management and the World Enterpr
 ise, a one-day intensive learning and networking experience that takes plac
 e November 27. The Summit features interactive roundtable discussions, peer
 -to-peer networking, and hands-on workshops lead by a stellar lineup of con
 tent professionals with real-world experience solving globalization content
  management problems.
\n
\nAlso on tap at Gilbane Boston: four pre-conferen
 ce tutorials covering hot topics including: web content management, the Dar
 win Information Typing Architecture (DITA), web operations management, and 
 taxonomy development and implementation. The conference also boasts a best-
 of-breed Technology Showcase, a one-stop shop for content products and serv
 ices featuring over 60 exhibitors. 
\n
\nSponsors include Interwoven, Micro
 soft, Crown Peak, and RedDot Solutions.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070418
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070422
SUMMARY:Documentation and Training: The User Experience
LOCATION:Vancouver, BC, Canada
DESCRIPTION:The 8th Annual DocTrain Conference will for the first time head
  to Vancouver. Features 4 topic-focused tracks: Tools & Technologies, Conte
 nt Design & Access, Content Development, & Content Management.
\n
\nResiden
 ts of Canada will enjoy “at par” pricing.
\n
\nFor $895 (US/Canadian) y
 ou receive:
\n
\n* Access to over 40 sessions, demonstrations, and keynotes
 
\n* Choice of pre-conference half-day workshop on April 18 *FREE*
\n* Choi
 ce of post-conference half-day workshop on April 21 *FREE*
\n* Breakfast an
 d carving station lunches on April 19-20 *FREE*
\n* Special pricing from th
 e Marriott Pinnacle Hotel, including free, unlimited in-room internet and l
 ong-distance calling to US & Canada
\n* First-year membership to CM Profess
 ionals ($100 value) *FREE*
\n* Access to technology showcase and networking
  reception *FREE*
\n
\nAlso included: free access to two of our five half-d
 ay workshops, each delivered by experienced industry experts and designed t
 o meet the expanding continuing education needs of documentation and traini
 ng professionals. 
\n
\nWorkshops offered include:
\n
\n* Delivering Person
 alized, Customer-Centric Content (Ann Rockley, The Rockley Group)
\n* Desig
 ning & Architecting Technical Information (Thom Haller, Info.Design)
\n* In
 troduction to DITA (Bernard Aschwanden, Bright Path Solutions)
\n* Adobe Ca
 ptivate (Neil Perlin, Hyper/Word Services)
\n* Taxonomy Development and Imp
 lementation (Seth Earley, Earley & Associates)
\n
\nRegister today! Registr
 ation for Documentation and Training Vancouver 2007 opens January 3rd. Regi
 ster for the conference and book your room at the Marriott Pinnacle (specia
 l group rate available; free in-room internet and long-distance calling to 
 US and Canada), no later than Saturday, March 17, 2007, you’ll also recei
 ve a free Apple iPod Shuffle, a free Saturday afternoon tour of Vancouver, 
 and a free first-year membership in CM Pros.
\n
\n* To exhibit, contact Sco
 tt Abel at 317-466-1840 or ablesp@netdirect.net.
\n    
\n* All other inqui
 ries, contact Eileen Savary at 978-649-8555.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071016
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071021
SUMMARY:Documentation and Training East 2007
LOCATION:Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
DESCRIPTION:The theme of the 8th Annual Documentation & Training East Confe
 rence is Advancing Your Career. Attend and you'll gain access to dozens of 
 learning opportunities designed to help you improve the skills and expertis
 e you’ll need to future proof your career and improve your value as a pro
 fessional technical communicator.
\n
\nCost for full access pass: $999US
\n
 
\nFor $999 you get all of the following:
\n* Choice of pre-conference half
 -day workshops (October 16-17)
\n* Choice of over 40 conference sessions (O
 ctober 18-19)
\n* Choice of post-conference half-day workshop (October 20)
 \n* Access to the Management Summit (October 18-19)
\n* Access to the netwo
 rking cocktail reception (October 18)
\n* Breakfast and carving station lun
 ches during conference
\n
\nFull access passes entitle attendees to partici
 pate in four half-day workshops (choose from 15), your choice of presentati
 ons (over 40 available), and panel discussions in the following tracks:
\n
 \n* Content component management
\n* User experience
\n* XML Authoring
\n* 
 Interaction design
\n* Innovative technologies
\n* Web content management
\
 n* Localization and translation
\n* Information architecture
\n* Technical 
 publications management summit
\n
\nA free access pass is available that pr
 ovides attendees with:
\n
\n* Access to 2 full days of software demonstrati
 ons 
\n* Access to the Technology Showcase
\n* Networking cocktail receptio
 n
\n* Meals, snacks
\n
\nHowever, free access guests cannot attend workshop
 s, sessions, or panel discussions.
\n
\nNeed to justify the cost of attendi
 ng to your boss. Check out this useful resource: http://www.doctrain.com/do
 cuments/Justifying_Conference_Attendance_Lowell.pdf
\n
\nWho attends DocTra
 in?
\n
\nTechnical communicators, including: technical writers, course deve
 lopers, user experience designers, usability professionals, information arc
 hitects, content managers, eLearning developers, technology writers, editor
 s, software tool vendors, information analysts, and media.
\n
\nDocTrain ne
 ws: http://www.doctrain.com/index.php/east/news
\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071022
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071026
SUMMARY:Voices That Matter: Web Design Conference
LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA
DESCRIPTION:Now grab the chance to listen to, learn from and mingle with yo
 ur favorite New Riders authors and the most respected professionals in the 
 Web design industry at Voices That Matter: Web Design, a conference hosted 
 by New Riders.
\n
\nAs a Web designer, you understand the challenges you fa
 ce. Gone are the days when a good grasp of HTML and some straightforward us
 ability knowledge would get the job done. Now your clients want to know tha
 t you're comfortable with CSS, XML, Ajax, Web standards, interaction design
 , information architecture, interface design, Search Engine Optimization, F
 lash, Flex, JavaScript, mobile design, mash-ups and much more.
\n
\nAt Voic
 es That Matter: Web Design, our lineup of speakers, including Jakob Nielsen
 , Steve Krug, Jeremy Keith, and many more, will teach you new techniques; s
 ome will show you how to avoid the potholes and pitfalls in how-to sessions
 ; still others will inspire you to try new pathways in creative, energizing
 , thought-provoking, idea-driven sessions.
\n
\nEntertaining, informative, 
 authoritative, but most of all, inspiring, Voices That Matter: Web Design w
 ill bring you face-to-face with the authors whose books have shaped your ca
 reer.
\n
\nRegister now at www.voicesthatmatter.com/webdesign2007!
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080506
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080510
SUMMARY:Documentation and Training West 2008
LOCATION:Vancouver, BC, Canada
DESCRIPTION:Held in beautiful, Vancouver, British Columbia, the theme of th
 e 2nd Annual Documentation & Training West Conference is Web 2.0 and Its Im
 pact on Communication. The event takes place May 6-9, 2008.
\n
\nFor $999 y
 ou get all of the following:
\n
\n    * Choice of pre-conference half-day w
 orkshops (May 6, 2008)
\n    * Choice of over 30 conference sessions (May 7
 -8, 2008)
\n    * Choice of post-conference half-day workshop (May 9, 2008)
 
\n    * Access to the networking cocktail reception (May 6, 2008)
\n    * 
 Breakfast and carving station lunches during conference
\n
\nVenue: Marriot
 t Pinnacle, Vancouver
\n1128 West Hastings Street
\nVancouver, British Colu
 mbia
\n
\nWe’ve negotiated great rates for our conference guests; $199US a 
 night including unlimited in-room internet and unlimited in room telephone 
 calls to the US and Canada.
\n
\nFeatured Speaker: Dr. Robert J. Glushko wi
 ll be a featured speaker at Documentation and Training West 2008. His topic
 , Document Engineering, explores a new discipline for specifying, designing
 , and implementing the electronic documents that request or provide interfa
 ces to business processes via web-based services. It’s an amazing topic wit
 h all kinds of practical implications for technical communication professio
 nals.
\n
\nDocument Engineering is a synthesis of:
\n
\n    * Information a
 nd systems analysis
\n    * Business process modeling
\n    * Electronic pu
 blishing
\n    * Distributed computing
\n
\nDr. Glushko is an Adjunct Profe
 ssor at the University of California at Berkeley in the School of Informati
 on, the Director of the Center for Document Engineering, and one of the fou
 nding faculty members of the Information & Service Design and Services Scie
 nce, Management & Engineering programs.
\n
\nIf you require additional info
 rmation, contact Scott Abel at +1 317-466-1840 or scottabel AT mac DOT com.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080614
SUMMARY:Voices That Matter: Web Design Conference
LOCATION:Nashville, Tennessee, USA
DESCRIPTION:You've read their books. Now you're ready for more. Come and jo
 in the conversation at the Voices that Matter: Web Design Conference coming
  to the Loews Vanderbilt in Nashville this June! You’ll learn from and ming
 le with the industry’s most respected authors and meet peers from all over 
 the globe who are passionate about Web design!
\n
\nhttp://www.voicesthatma
 tter.com/webdesign2008
\n
\nCircle these dates on your calendar—June 10-13,
  2008—and reserve your seat early to join us for the most well-rounded Web 
 design event you’ll find anywhere! Get your difficult questions answered an
 d gain insights from the industry’s brightest thinkers and practitioners du
 ring four days of entertaining, informative, and inspiring sessions. You’ll
  engage in thought-provoking discussions and participate in interactive net
 working activities to enhance your subject matter expertise and hone your p
 rofessional skills. 
\n  
\nTwo tracks (one creative and inspirational, one
  strategic and practical) mean there's always a session for you: whether yo
 u're looking for the up-in-the-clouds ideas that'll transform your work whe
 n the conference is over or the down-to-earth techniques that'll make your 
 job easier every day. 
\n
\nDon’t miss it! Save June 10 – 13 for the Voices
  that Matter: Web Design! Guarantee yourself a seat where you’ll come face-
 to-face with world class authors including:
\n•         Dan Brown 
\n•     
     Curt Cloninger 
\n•         Zoe Gillenwater 
\n•         Robert Hoekman
 , Jr. 
\n•         Jeremy Keith 
\n•         Steve Krug 
\n•         Penny 
 McIntire 
\n•         Sandra Niehaus 
\n•         Joshua Porter 
\n•       
   Garr Reynolds 
\n•         Nathan Shedroff 
\n•         Aarron Walter 
\n
 •         Charles Wyke-Smith 
\n•         And many others!
\n
\nTo request 
 more information, visit the online brochure at http://www.voicesthatmatter.
 com/webdesign2008, call 617-848-7026, or email Barbara.Gavin@PearsonEd.com.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080614
SUMMARY:Voices That Matter: Web Design Conference
LOCATION:Nashville, Tennessee, USA
DESCRIPTION:As a Web designer, you understand the challenges you face. Gone
  are the days when a good grasp of HTML and some straightforward usability 
 knowledge would get the job done. Now your clients want to know that you're
  comfortable with CSS, XML, Ajax, Web standards, interaction design, inform
 ation architecture, interface design, Search Engine Optimization, Flash, Fl
 ex, JavaScript, mobile design, mash-ups and much more.
\n
\nAt Voices That 
 Matter: Web Design, our lineup of speakers, including Steve Krug, Garr Reyn
 olds, Jeremy Keith, and many more, will teach you new techniques; some will
  show you how to avoid the potholes and pitfalls in how-to sessions; still 
 others will inspire you to try new pathways in creative, energizing, though
 t-provoking, idea-driven sessions.
\n
\nEntertaining, informative, authorit
 ative, but most of all, inspiring, Voices That Matter: Web Design Conferenc
 e will bring you face-to-face with the authors whose books have shaped your
  career.
\n
\nRegister now at www.voicesthatmatter.com/webdesign2008!
\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080623
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080627
SUMMARY:Documentation and Training Life Sciences 2008
LOCATION:Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
DESCRIPTION:Held in beautiful Indianapolis, IN, the theme of the Documentat
 ion & Training Life Sciences 2008 Conference is The Right Prescription For 
 Life Sciences Content. The event takes place June 23-26, 2008.
\n
\nFor $1,
 299 you get all of the following: 
\n
\n    * Choice of pre-conference half
 -day workshops (June 23)
\n    * Choice of over 30 conference sessions (Jun
 e 24-25)
\n    * Choice of post-conference half-day workshop (June 26)
\n  
   * Access to the networking cocktail reception (June 24)
\n    * Breakfast
  and carving station lunches during conference
\n
\nVenue: Crowne Plaza Hot
 el and Conference Center at Historic Union Station. Special rates are good 
 for reservations made by May 23, 2008:
\n
\n    * $139 (standard/double, ta
 xes not included)
\n
\nIndianapolis, the capital of the state of Indiana, c
 ommonly referred to as the Crossroads of America, is the 13th largest city 
 in the United States, the second most populous capital in the country. Over
  1.5 million people live in the Indianapolis Metropolitan Area.
\n
\nLife S
 ciences in Indiana: The life sciences industry is heavily represented in In
 diana, employing more than 9% of the state population, or 274,109 of the st
 ate’s residents. Deloitte estimates nearly 578,000 jobs in Indiana are tied
  to healthcare and life sciences industries, while Milken Institute says th
 e state has the second highest concentration of biopharma jobs in the natio
 n.
\n
\nIndiana was recently selected by Medco as home to the world’s most 
 largest, automated pharmacy. The new 318,000-square-foot pharmacy, slated t
 o open early in 2009, will cover an area equivalent to six and a half footb
 all fields—bringing approximately 1,300 new jobs to the state by its antici
 pated peak operation in 2012.
\n
\nThe state is home to over 1000 life scie
 nces firms, including:
\n
\n    * Eli Lilly and Company
\n    * Roche Diagn
 ostics
\n    * Guidant Corporation
\n    * Cook Medical
\n
\nNeed more info
 rmation about this event? Contact Scott Abel at +1 317.466.1840 or scottabe
 l AT mac DOT com.
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