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-------- Original Message -------- * Ticket reservations now open - Please Redistribute Freely * Open Tech 2008 sponsored by BT Osmosoft Saturday July 5th - ULU, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HY http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2008/ Open Tech 2008, from UKUUG and friends, is an informal one-day conference about technology, society and low- carbon living, featuring Open Source ways of working and technologies that anyone can have a go at. You can pre-register your ticket now at www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2008/registration to allow you to jump the queue and pay your fiver on the door. The last two times we did this, we sold out in advance, so you are strongly advised to pre-register. With 3 concurrent sessions, The line-up features: * Open Rights Group - 2 years, 344 days on * mySociety - WhatDoTheyKnow.com launch, and other goodies * Overthrowing Government on a Budget, Keeping Track of the CIA's Rendition Flights, Tracking Arms Dealers with Python and Bits of String * Ben Laurie and friends on network security * Danny O'Brien's Living on the Edge * AMEE, and Open Source Solar Heating * Saving money and reducing carbon through Green IT * Getting people involved with online media Totalling 60 talks across 3 sessions covering 9 hours, there's plenty in the programme for everyone including Rembrandt, Pr0n and Robot Monkeys, and all that's just in one session! The full schedule is at www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2008/schedule You can pre-register your ticket now at www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2008/registration to allow you to jump the queue and pay your fiver on the door. The last two times we did this, we sold out in advance, so you are strongly advised to pre-register. * Further information * Sign up for your tickets online, and tick the box to hear from us, or just send an email to join uf [EMAIL PROTECTED] (your address will only be used to contact you about OpenTech and will not be passed onto third parties). - or you can email [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you've any other questions. We're also looking for volunteers to help out on the day. In return for free early entry and our eternal gratitude, we're in need of a few people to show up a bit earlier and help us set the venue up. If you're interested, or have random other questions, email us on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Open Tech 2008 Saturday July 5th - ULU, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HY http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2008/ Final programme may be subject to alteration. Thanks for reading! Cheers Ben, Etienne, Emily and Sam your friendly OpenTech 2008 organisers _______________________________________________ Opentech-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ukuug.org/mailman/listinfo/opentech-info -- John Levin http://www.technolalia.org/blog/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/