AnnouncementsRegistration Extended to 300 People! Monday, November 16, 2009 Due to popular demand we have opened registration to 300 attendees. We have 90 tickets left at the event. If you would like to register there are 4 weeks left. Tickets are going fast! No Gold Sponsorships Left Wednesday, November 11, 2009 There are no gold sponsorships left. We have give away sponsorships available if you are interested please email us at sharepoinsaturdaykc@gmail.com. 146 Registered and Speaker Bios Posted Monday, October 26, 2009 We have 146 registered currently with spots filling up quickly. There are only 104 spots left for the conference. Register while spots are available. We have 27 speakers and break out sessions. Speaker bios are currently up on the website for all but two speakers. Check back in the next few weeks for session postings. Only 1 Gold Sponsorship Left Wednesday, September 23, 2009 We only have 1 Gold Sponsorship left:
All sponsorships but bags are taken. We also have a couple silver sponsor give aways, such as books, software, and a training webcast. If you are interested in becoming a gold or silver sponsor download the documentation and choose a sponsorship item to sharepointsaturdaykc@gmail.com. Attendee Registration is Now Open! Friday, September 04, 2009
This year we will offer 4 main tracks with 24 sessions on SharePoint 2010 and 2007 and 2 hands on lab tracks on SharePoint 2010. The 4 main tracks will include topics for end users, architects, administrators, developers, and designers.
We are limiting the number of attendees to the 101 hands on lab sessions with 30 allotted spots for each session. If you are attending a 101 lab session, then you are required to bring a laptop with wireless internet capabilities. We will provide a site collection and username, so that you can access your own portal and follow the labs. Please state your preference if you would prefer morning or afternoon. We will not post session abstracts until after October, so you may change your preference anytime prior to October.
Breakfast, lunch, and snacks will be provided throughout the day. Vegetarian options are available by choosing Yes on the questionairre. For attendees who stay until the very end and turn in an event survey there will be prize drawings for various items. In the past these items have included an XBox 360, Books, and gift certficates from Bamboo Solutions. Wireless internet is also available. We will send out a form 1-2 weeks prior to the event with the wireless internet form. You can also access the form at our website.
Live Blogging is also available. Live Blogging is for attendees who wish to blog about the sessions they attend as the session is occuring. Live Blogging is setup so that people who cannot attend the event can gain information from the sessions virtually. If you are interested in Live Blogging and you are an attendee please answer "Yes" when you are prompted.
Please visit http://spskc.eventbrite.com/ or click ont he registration tab to reserve your spot now!
Note: Attendees need only one ticket type, such as Attending with 101 Track or Attending without 101 Track. Please do not add more than one attendee ticket type to your cart.
 Call for Sponsors Friday, September 04, 2009
After a huge success as the second SharePoint Saturday event in what has become a world-wide phenomenon, SharePoint Saturday Kansas City is back for its second year on Saturday, December 12th. We set the standard. Now we’re back, bigger and better, to show that Kansas City is a leading center for Information Technology and SharePoint Professionals.
The enormous interest in SharePoint as a platform, our ability to provide industry leading speaking talent and our gracious sponsors proved to be the recipe for success. We cannot express how important sponsorships are for SharePoint Saturday as they keep the event FREE for attendees while introducing them to new products and services. This also gives them a chance to meet with representatives of these products and services in a professional, yet casual, venue to really explore what the sponsors have to offer.
We have outgrown our previous venue as we expect much higher attendance this year. We need our sponsors more than ever to continue our growth and our success in helping the community of SharePoint professionals come together to achieve wondrous things.
This year we have two levels of sponsorship available – GOLD and SILVER.
If you are interested in sponsoring a specific item please fill out the form located here and email us back at sharepointsaturdaykc@gmail.com.
Sincerely,
SharePoint Saturday Kansas City Committee Discounted Hotel Rates for SPSKC from Holiday Inn - Convention Center Friday, September 04, 2009
We are pleased to announce our partnership with Holiday Inn - Convention Center as the official accomadations for the upcoming SharePoint Saturday - Kansas City.
Centrally located in the business hub of Overland Park, KS, Holiday Inn - Convention Center is conveniently located near Sprint World Headquarters, Embarq Headquarters, KC Chiefs & Royals, Mid-America Rehabilitation, Black & Veatch, Verizon, YRCW, KCP & L District, The Sprint Center & KS Speedway. The hotel offers an on-site restaurant and bar (although there are dozens of other choices for any taste less than a mile from the hotel). The hotel is located 25 miles south of Kansas City International Airport (MCI) and is only 5 miles (appoximately 7 minutes drive) from the SPS-KC conference venue.
We have secured the following discounted rates for December 11-12, 2009:
- 1 King Leisure Non-Smoking Room = $69/night + tax (normally $74.80)
- 1 KING BED WITH CHAIR AND OTTOMAN COMPLIMENTARY HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS DUAL LINE PHONES WITH DATAPORTS 75 CABLE CHANNELS INCLUDING HBO COFFEE STATION IRON AND BOARD HAIR DRYER
- 2 Queen Leisure Non-Smoking Room = $69/night + tax (normally $74.80)
- 2 QUEEN BEDS WITH CHAIR AND OTTOMAN COMPLIMENTARY HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS DUAL LINE PHONES WITH DATAPORTS 75 CABLE CHANNELS INCLUDING HBO COFFEE STATION IRON AND BOARD HAIR DRYER
- 1 King Executive Non-Smoking Room = $69/night + tax (normally $83.30)
- 1 KING BED EXECUTIVE L SHAPED ROOM WITH FULL SIZE SOFA SLEEPER CHAIR WITH OTTOMAN COMPLIMENTARY HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS DUAL LINE PHONES WITH DATAPORTS 75 CABLE CHANNELS INCLUDING HBO COFFEE STATION IRON AND BOARD HAIR DRYER
- 2 ROOM SUITE W 1 KING BED NONSMOKING = $69/night + tax (normally $83.30)
- 2 ROOM SUITE WITH 1 KING BED WITH FULL SIZE SOFA SLEEPER CHAIR WITH OTTOMAN IN SITTING ROOM KITCHENETTE WITH MINI REFRIGERATOR MICROWAVE COMPLIMENTARY HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS DUAL LINE PHONES WITH DATAPORTS 75 CABLE CHANNELS INCLUDING HBO COFFEE STATION IRON AND BOARD HAIR DRYER
Make your reservations online via the hotel website, or by calling 1.800.957.4654. Please reference the group discount code SH5 when reserving your room. Rooms are limited. This rate will end November 28, 2009.
Note: This is the location for the Speaker's Dinner and the After-conference SharePint revelry. Call for Speakers Friday, August 21, 2009
We just confirmed a venue for SharePoint Saturday Kansas City for Saturday, December 12, 2009 at Johnson Country Community College Regnier Center in Overland Park, KS. You may think to yourself, "December? That's pretty far off..." Well not really, because we all know that once the holiday season starts it can get pretty hectic. Plus travel can get pretty costly in December. We are planning to fill up 24 slots to cover topics for developers, administrators, architects, administrators, and those of you who have no idea what you are but you're awesome at what you do. Unfortunately we do not have any INETA speaker compensation as they are restructuring the entire speaker program. That means that we have no speaker compensation at the moment. This may change as we get more sponsors. We are trying to mirror a couple things that other SharePoint Saturday events have done this past year such as an "Ask the Experts" panel. On top of it all, I also have a brewery tour setup for anyone staying through Sunday (13 December) of the Boulevard Brewing Company in Downtown Kansas City at 1 pm. The abstract submission form is located here: Speaker Submission Form. I understand that NDA prohibits you from submitting certain items and information pertaining to the 2010 platform if you so wish to submit a topic as such. If you want to submit a session abstract please send the form to SharePointSaturdayKC@gmail.com. The official deadline will be somewhere around the beginning of November. SharePoint Saturday Kansas City Announced Thursday, August 20, 2009 A second SharePoint Saturday Event has been announced in Kansas City on Saturday, December 12th at Johnson County Community College Regnier Center. If you would like to find out more information follow this websites RSS feeds or follow our twitter account at @spskc. The official hashtag for the event will be #spskc. |
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