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---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Tom Limoncelli</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tal@whatexit.org">tal@whatexit.org</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 3:48 PM<br>
Subject: LOPSA PICC: Speakers and topics announced (sysadmin conference, May 7-8, 2010, Hyatt Regency New Brunswick, New Jersey)<br>To: Joisey Computah Confrance <<a href="mailto:miniconf10@lopsanj.org">miniconf10@lopsanj.org</a>><br>
<br><br><div><b>What is LOPSA PICC? </b><a href="http://picconf.org" target="_blank"><b>http://picconf.org</b></a></div><div><b> Presentations, education, and fun.</b></div><div> <b>IT and syadmin (Linux/Unix, Windows, Networking & storage).</b></div>
<div> 2 days, 1 night, conference.</div><div> Low price/high value. Community-based, non-profit.</div><div> <b>May 7-8, 2010 @ Hyatt Regency New Brunswick, New Jersey.</b></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
KEYNOTES:</div><div>* <b>David Blank-Edelman</b>, "How SysAdmins Are Portrayed in Pop</div><div> Culture"</div><div>* <b>Thomas A. Limoncelli</b>, "Smooth Operations: Stopping the</div><div> spiral of Emergency System Administration"</div>
<div>* <b>Eben Haber</b>, IBM, "System Administrators in the Wild: What</div><div> we've learned from watching you!"</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>HALF-DAY TRAINING SESSIONS:</div><div>* "Automating System Administration with <b>Perl</b>",</div>
<div> David N. Blank-Edelman<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>* "Essential <b>IPv6</b> for Linux Administrators",</div><div> Owen DeLong<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>
<div>* "Help! Everyone hates our IT department",</div><div> Thomas A. Limoncelli<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>* "IT Policies: Why IT Policies are needed and how to develop them",</div>
<div> David Parter</div><div>* "In Search of "Senior"",</div><div> Brian Jones</div><div>* "Intro to <b>Powershell</b>: Automate like a Wizard",</div><div> Joseph Kern<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>
<div>* "Introduction to <b>Virtualized Storage</b> Management",</div><div> Jesse Trucks<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>* "Next Generation <b>Storage Networking</b>: Beyond Conventional SAN and NAS",</div>
<div> Jacob Farmer</div><div>* "<b>Time Management</b> for System Administrators: A New Approach",</div><div> Thomas A. Limoncelli</div><div>* "What's New in <b>IIS 7.0/7.5</b>?",</div><div>
Steve Heckler<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>45-MINUTE TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS:</div><div>* An overview of <b>Google's</b> technologies: GFS, MapReduce, etc.</div><div>* <b>Budgeting</b> for System Administrators </div><div>* <b>Drupal</b> On-Demand<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>
<div>* <b>High Performance Computing</b> across the WAN at NOAA</div><div>* How to stop hating <b>MySQL</b>: Fixing common MySQL myths</div><div> and mistakes<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>
<div>* <b>Job-Hunting</b> Skills for System Administrators </div><div>* Keeping <b>Nagios</b> Sane</div><div>* <b>Mentoring</b>: It's for everyone!<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>
<div>* Panel: <b>Tech Women Rule!</b> Creative Solutions for being</div><div> a (or working with a) female technologist<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>* Technical Community Response for the <b>Haitian Earthquake</b><span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>
<div>* Using Hierarchical Protection Domains for <b>Network Security</b><span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>THE "UNCONFERENCE":</div><div>* 12 timeslots where YOU pick the topic! ("<b>unconference</b>")</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>PLUS all attendees receive:</div><div>* a 12-month <b>LOPSA</b> membership/renewal</div><div>* a licence for <b>Admin Arsenal</b> (a $1000 value)</div><div>* the awesome conference <b>bag</b> </div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>FUN STUFF TOO:</div><div>* <b>Friday night banquet and movie festival!</b></div><div>* All <b>meals</b>! (Friday lunch only for people attending training classes)</div><div><br></div><div>
<br></div><div><b>$249 </b>without half-day tutorials (all meals except Friday lunch)</div><div><b>$475 </b>with half-day tutorials and all meals ($<b>399 until March 22! Register now!</b>)</div><div><br></div><div><br>
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<div>Where else can you find a regional conference with national speakers,</div><div>hot topics that will help you advance your career, all meals included,</div><div>and not have to travel 3,000 miles to get there?</div>
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