[cfe-dev] 2017 US LLVM Developers' Meeting - Registration Opening!

[Philip Reames via cfe-dev]

Joining in a bit late, but given the conversation which happened down 
thread I want to make a point of saying this.

Tanya, thank you for all of the work you put into LLVM dev each year.  I 
have greatly enjoyed the conference year after year and get a lot out of 
attending.  It is currently the only tech conference which I attend as a 
routine matter of course.  For an event of it's size, the conference 
usually goes exceedingly smoothly.

I want to explicitly call out the work which has gone in to keeping the 
conference accessible to all.  A $300 price is well within budget for 
most of attendees, and the foundation has made sure to offer reduced 
student and need based rates.  The focus on doing that later bit says 
good things about the organization and the folks involved in running 
it.  I know for that for me, the benefits I receive by attending far 
outweigh the cost.

It is unfortunate that attendance has to be capped.  It seems like 
demand has increased a lot the last couple of years.  However, I do want 
to call out the efforts which have gone into making most of the content 
of the technical tracks available to a much wider audience.  All of the 
effort to post recording of talks is subsidized by the local attendees 
and the organizers have ensured the content is available not too long 
after the conference.  That is itself a huge investment in making the 
event accessible to those who can't attend in person.

Tanya, one thing which might help prevent concerns like those raised 
would be to have an open discussion of where the funds are going.  Is 
there a publicly available budget document for last years conference you 
can point to?

Philip

On 06/16/2017 01:05 AM, Tanya Lattner via cfe-dev wrote:
> Your are invited to attend the 2017 LLVM Developers’ Meeting 
> <http://llvm.org/devmtg/2017-10/> on October 18-19 in San Jose, CA. 
> New this year will be a Women in Compilers & Tools pre-conference 
> event on October 17th (details to come).
>
> *Registration will open today, June 16, at 10:00AM PDT.*
>
> You may register here:
> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-llvm-developers-meeting-bay-area-tickets-35155516095
>
> Registration fees are $300 for the 2-day event and reception (October 
> 18). A conference only registration is $250. Tickets will be capped at 
> 500 attendees and the last day to register is October 6.
>
> If you are a full-time student, please contact the organizer 
> <mailto:tanyalattner at llvm.org> for a student rate ($50/event, 
> $25/reception). You must send us your student ID. Student travel 
> sponsorship details will be announced when available.
>
> We would like this event to be accessible to all LLVM developers. If 
> attending the meeting is cost prohibitive for any reason (i.e.. you do 
> not have an employer who refunds tickets fees, financial hardship, 
> etc), please contact the organizer <mailto:tanyalattner at llvm.org> to 
> discuss a discounted ticket.
>
> Thank you,
> Tanya Lattner
> President, LLVM Foundation
>
>
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