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

[Hal Finkel via cfe-dev]

On 07/01/2017 04:45 PM, Philip Reames via cfe-dev wrote:
> 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?

There's a significant amount of information on this in the 2016 budget 
document (especially starting from page 5):

http://llvm.org/foundation/documents/other/2016-LLVMFoundation-Outlook-Budget.pdf

  -Hal

>
> 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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Hal Finkel
Lead, Compiler Technology and Programming Languages
Leadership Computing Facility
Argonne National Laboratory

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