Roger - I have only attended conferences in Como (Italy), Barcelona and Dusseldorf and all have been great cities. I would have to leave that up to you to decide, but if I had to rate those 3, I would choose Como, Barcelona, Dusseldorf. Others will likely disagree!
Regards - Grant.
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-----Original Message-----
From: MQSeries List [mailto:***@LISTSERV.MEDUNIWIEN.AC.AT] On Behalf Of Roger Lacroix
Sent: 24 July 2013 16:47
To: ***@LISTSERV.MEDUNIWIEN.AC.AT
Subject: Re: Early bird discount ends in 2 days for MQTC v2.0.1.3
Hi Grant and T.Rob,
Having a European version of MQTC is a really cool idea but I think I should get at least one conference under my belt before I jump and do one across the pond. :)
Doing 2 events in the fall would be a little over the top plus I still need to run Capitalware.
"IF" there was a European MQTC, how about March or April or May. Note: Impact is usually at the end of April, so I would need to be careful about scheduling or else I would not have any IBM speakers!!!
Sadly, I have never been to Europe, so what cities are friendly to people attending conferences? (not what cities do a lot of conferences)
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
At 06:47 AM 7/24/2013, you wrote:
>FWIW if it comes to Europe and I'm not already committed elsewhere,
>I'll be there. Yesterday I emailed the WTC folks to ask if they had a
>commitment to run that event this year, whether the dates and locations
>had been set, and when the call for speakers might go out. I was
>aghast to hear back that WebSphere Technical Conference - the European
>T&M by name until a year or so ago - will NOT run this year. At all.
>More crime against the community and a big loss for the EU contingent in particular.
>
>Roger, I don't know how much registration you got from overseas for the
>US event but if ever there was a year to try out the event in the EU
>this would be it. The WTC normally runs in October and they've held it
>in Vienna, Barcelona and Berlin that I've attended. Lately they seem
>to return to Berlin each year and personally I'd love to try a new
>city. (Nothing against Berlin but moving the event around was part of
>the fun.) Maybe this is an idea to explore further.
>
>-- T.Rob
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MQSeries List [mailto:***@LISTSERV.MEDUNIWIEN.AC.AT] On
> > Behalf Of Ward Able, Grant
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 3:32 AM
> > To: ***@LISTSERV.MEDUNIWIEN.AC.AT
> > Subject: Re: Early bird discount ends in 2 days for MQTC v2.0.1.3
> >
> > And maybe even consider having one in Europe too? I applaud your
> > efforts Roger & wish you & your MQTC well. I think the demise of
> > IBM's MQ & CICS Technical Conference could almost be considered a
> > crime against the community! Now all we need is to re-introduce CICS into the picture .....
>:)
> >
> >
> > Regards - Grant.
> > Telephone Internal: 201496 (London)
> > Telephone External: +44 (0)207 650 1496
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MQSeries List [mailto:***@LISTSERV.MEDUNIWIEN.AC.AT] On
> > Behalf Of Roger Lacroix
> > Sent: 23 July 2013 18:07
> > To: ***@LISTSERV.MEDUNIWIEN.AC.AT
> > Subject: Re: Early bird discount ends in 2 days for MQTC v2.0.1.3
> >
> > Hello Penny,
> >
> > This is the first year for MQ Technical Conference - it was my
> > bright
>idea. I
> > have asked all speakers (vendors & non-vendors) to have technical
> > content for their sessions (no sales stuff - or at least, minimal
> > sales stuff for vendors). I set the price of the conference at
> > $299.00 ($249 for early
>bird
> > which expires today) and it will hopefully cover the costs of food
> > for everybody and the conference rooms. I am not doing this to make
> > money or else I would be charging $2000. :) For those companies
> > that have several people who need training in MQ, yes, there is a
> > super cheap group rate of $199 per attendee (5+ people).
> >
> > Right now, I have 70 sessions to be held in 5 conference rooms to be
> > given by 14 speakers. Each session will be given twice except for a
> > couple of sessions - that way everyone will get a chance to attend
> > all sessions. If
>you
> > look at the sessions and/or schedule web page, MQTC will have
> > sessions covering MQ on AIX, HP-UX, IBM i (OS/400), Linux, Solaris,
> > Windows and z/OS. I almost forgot, I made the sessions 75 minutes
> > long (rather than
>60),
> > so that the extra 15 minutes could be used for questions & answers.
> >
> > MQTC will not have any opening acts or rock groups performing. I
> > will do
>a
> > 15 minute opening remarks and then it is straight to the MQ sessions
> > for 3 days. My goal is to educate or enhance attendees knowledge of MQ.
> >
> > Food: Breakfast, lunch and snack breaks are including with the price
> > of
>the
> > conference (and there will be Hors d'Oeuvres at 5:30PM in the
> > vendor area). Yes, that's right, you get fed and trained for 3 days
> > for only $249 (early bird price).
> >
> > Capitalware (my company) is a Platinum Sponsor of MQTC. I would
> > like to thank Cressida Technology, Nastel Technologies, Avada
> > Software and IBM for being Gold Sponsors of MQTC. For those people
> > checking, IBM is not listed on MQTC's web site yet - they have been
> > invoiced but the name does not appear until we get paid (rules are rules, even for IBM).
> >
> > So, why am I doing this? I have asked many, many IBM conference
> > people over the last 5-6 years to bring back the MQ & CICS Technical
> > Conference but it has fallen on deaf ears. So I decided to put my
> > money where my big mouth is. This is a scary and expensive venture
> > but sometimes you just need to take the leap.
> >
> > So, if you are thinking about attending MQTC, please buy a ticket
> > and if I
>get
> > a good response then I will make it an annual event.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Roger Lacroix
> > Capitalware Inc.
> >
> > At 11:54 AM 7/23/2013, you wrote:
> > >Has anyone been to this before? Is it of value?
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: MQSeries List [mailto:***@LISTSERV.MEDUNIWIEN.AC.AT]
> > On
> > >Behalf Of Roger Lacroix
> > >Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 1:49 PM
> > >To: ***@LISTSERV.MEDUNIWIEN.AC.AT
> > >Subject: Early bird discount ends in 2 days for MQTC v2.0.1.3
> > >
> > >All,
> > >
> > >The early bird discount for MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.3 (MQTC)
> > >expires on July 23rd, 2013 (Tuesday night). So hurray and purchase
> > >your tickets before the early bird discount expires.
> > >
> > >MQTC will be the largest conference in the world solely dedicated
> > >to IBM's WebSphere MQ.
> > >
> > >=> 70 MQ Technical Sessions over 3 days => 14 speakers - 7 of which
> > >graciously supplied by IBM US & UK =>
> > >$249.00 is the early bird price - $199 is the group pricing (5+
> > >people)
> > >
> > >Where else can you get 3 days of MQ technical training for a rock
> > >bottom price of $249.00? As they say, I can't do this without the
> > >help of the MQ community.
> > >
> > >For more information, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >Roger Lacroix
> > >Capitalware Inc.
> >
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