<div>Special note to NYC-area folks about PICC <a href="http://picconf.org">http://picconf.org</a> (May 7-8, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, NJ).</div><div><br></div><div>Don’t be afraid. It’s just New Jersey! The economy sucks. Training budgets are non-existent. That national conference you usually attend? Not going to happen. But your boss will probably let you attend a 2-day conference if it is inexpensive, has many of the nationally recognized speakers you would normally attend, and since it is a Friday/Saturday conference you’ll only miss one day of work. Heck, point out that staying nearby is more "green" than flying to a distant conference.</div>
<div><br></div><div>We know you don’t love New Jersey. But we promise that except for a 3-block walk from the train station to the hotel, you can stay indoors the entire time and pretend you are still in the city. We promise! (There are some amazing restaurants within 1 block of the hotel. It’s a shame that the registration fee includes all meals.)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Special NYC travel directions here:</div><div><a href="http://lopsanj.org/events/picc10/a-special-note-for-people-from-new-york-city-and-philly.html">http://lopsanj.org/events/picc10/a-special-note-for-people-from-new-york-city-and-philly.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Speaker schedule and more at: <a href="http://picconf.org">http://picconf.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>See you there!</div><div>Tom</div><div><br></div><div>---------- Forwarded message ----------</div>
<div>From: Tom Limoncelli <<a href="mailto:tal@whatexit.org">tal@whatexit.org</a>></div><div>Date: Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 3:48 PM</div><div>Subject: LOPSA PICC: Speakers and topics announced (sysadmin conference, May 7-8, 2010, Hyatt Regency New Brunswick, New Jersey)</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>What is LOPSA PICC? <a href="http://picconf.org">http://picconf.org</a></div><div> Presentations, education, and fun.</div><div> IT and syadmin (Linux/Unix, Windows, Networking & storage).</div>
<div> 2 days, 1 night, conference.</div><div> Low price/high value. Community-based, non-profit.</div><div> May 7-8, 2010 @ Hyatt Regency New Brunswick, New Jersey.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>KEYNOTES:</div>
<div>* David Blank-Edelman, "How SysAdmins Are Portrayed in Pop</div><div> Culture"</div><div>* Thomas A. Limoncelli, "Smooth Operations: Stopping the</div><div> spiral of Emergency System Administration"</div>
<div>* Eben Haber, IBM, "System Administrators in the Wild: What</div><div> we've learned from watching you!"</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>HALF-DAY TRAINING SESSIONS:</div><div>* "Automating System Administration with Perl",</div>
<div> David N. Blank-Edelman<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>* "Essential IPv6 for Linux Administrators",</div><div> Owen DeLong<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>
<div>* "Help! Everyone hates our IT department",</div><div> Thomas A. Limoncelli<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>* "IT Policies: Why IT Policies are needed and how to develop them",</div>
<div> David Parter</div><div>* "In Search of "Senior"",</div><div> Brian Jones</div><div>* "Intro to Powershell: Automate like a Wizard",</div><div> Joseph Kern<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>
<div>* "Introduction to Virtualized Storage Management",</div><div> Jesse Trucks<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>* "Next Generation Storage Networking: Beyond Conventional SAN and NAS",</div>
<div> Jacob Farmer</div><div>* "Time Management for System Administrators: A New Approach",</div><div> Thomas A. Limoncelli</div><div>* "What's New in IIS 7.0/7.5?",</div><div> Steve Heckler<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>45-MINUTE TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS:</div><div>* An overview of Google's technologies: GFS, MapReduce, etc.</div><div>* Budgeting for System Administrators </div><div>* Drupal On-Demand<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>
<div>* High Performance Computing across the WAN at NOAA</div><div>* How to stop hating MySQL: Fixing common MySQL myths</div><div> and mistakes<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>* Job-Hunting Skills for System Administrators </div>
<div>* Keeping Nagios Sane</div><div>* Mentoring: It's for everyone!<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>* Panel: Tech Women Rule! Creative Solutions for being</div><div> a (or working with a) female technologist<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>
<div>* Technical Community Response for the Haitian Earthquake<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>* Using Hierarchical Protection Domains for Network Security<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>THE "UNCONFERENCE":</div><div>* 12 timeslots where YOU pick the topic! ("unconference")</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>PLUS all attendees receive:</div><div>
* a 12-month LOPSA membership/renewal</div><div>* a licence for Admin Arsenal (a $1000 value)</div><div>* the awesome conference bag </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>FUN STUFF TOO:</div><div>* Friday night banquet and movie festival!</div>
<div>* All meals! (Friday lunch only for people attending training classes)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>$249 without half-day tutorials (all meals except Friday lunch)</div><div>$475 with half-day tutorials and all meals ($399 until March 22! Register now!)</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Where else can you find a regional conference with national speakers,</div><div>hot topics that will help you advance your career, all meals included,</div><div>and not have to travel 3,000 miles to get there?</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Find out more and register:</div><div> <a href="http://picconf.org">http://picconf.org</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Twitter: @picconf</div><div>Facebook: <a href="http://picconf.org/facebook">http://picconf.org/facebook</a></div>
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<div> LOPSA New Jersey Professional IT Community Conference</div><div> New Brunswick, NJ, May 7-8, 2010 -- <a href="http://picconf.org">http://picconf.org</a></div><div><br></div>