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

[Philip Reames via cfe-dev]

On 07/02/2017 01:41 AM, Hal Finkel wrote:
>
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> 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?
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> There's a significant amount of information on this in the 2016 budget 
> document (especially starting from page 5):
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> http://llvm.org/foundation/documents/other/2016-LLVMFoundation-Outlook-Budget.pdf
>
>  -Hal
Thank you.  That was exactly what I was hoping to see.
>
>>
>> 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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>>
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> -- 
> Hal Finkel
> Lead, Compiler Technology and Programming Languages
> Leadership Computing Facility
> Argonne National Laboratory


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