Did you miss out on SXSW this year? Feeling like you got left out on all of the…ehm…education? Or did you go and are somehow still motivated to go to conferences any time in 2008? FEAR NOT! I have some fantastic news for you!
Philly Emerging Tech is an enterprise technology conference being organized by Chariot Solutions. I had lunch about a month ago with Tracey Welson-Rossman, the lead organizer for the conference, to talk about some of the shared pain points in the local industry and I promised I’d share this conference with our side of the local scene. Unfortunately, (and I openly apologize here Tracey), this month blew up and it totally fell off my radar. Now it’s fast approaching and I wanted to get one last plug out there just in case anyone has interest!
So this conference is populated by some of the brightest mind in commercial and enterprise software, and my favorite part about the lineup is that it’s got a good portion of LOCAL people headlining. And the people that aren’t local are reasonably large rockstars in their industries. I think this is a huge testament to what our local industry is capable of…not only producing amazing technology leadership, but attracting some of the best leadership from elsewhere.
As I said…I’m not going to be able to go. Being that it’s this Wednesday and Thursday, I cannot be away from IndyHall during the day. BUT if you have some time, and $175 burning a hole in your pocket, I highly suggest checking out the conference and seeing if it’s up your alley. It’d be nice to have some representation from the creative side of things to even out some of the tech-heads.
Check out the registration page at Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise, they’re still taking them and if 4 people register together, the price drops (or one gets it for free, depending on how your version of the math works).
Thanks, Alex. No problem on the timing, I appreciate any plugs!
Tracey