Want to go to EECI 2010 in San Francisco? Do you want to get your conference pass completely free? I thought that’s what you’d say.
EllisLab is giving away one full conference pass (gets you in to all conference activities) to one lucky member of the EE community. Entering is as easy as a simple tweet:
To enter to win the full conference ticket to EECI2010, just Tweet your favorite thing about either ExpressionEngine or CodeIgniter, including the full name of the product, the #eecifree hash, and the bit.ly link to this blog post (http://bit.ly/cEAhqM).
Even if you’ve already paid for a conference pass, you can still win! EllisLab will simply reimburse you for the cost. So, what are you waiting for?
In the next few months there are a couple of opportunities to gather with your fellow EE users, talk shop, learn some cool stuff and drink copious amounts of {your_favorite_beverage}.
SXSW Interactive - March 12-16
The annual gathering of internet nerds from around the world, SXSW is a broad technology conference. It takes place in hopefully warm and pleasant Austin, TX. This year they have agreed to host panel discussion on ExpressionEngine. Led by Kenny Meyers, with myself, Mark Huot, Brian Warren and Jenn Lukas, the ExpressionEngine 2.0: Total Domination! panel will cover, well, EE domination! Actually, we’ll be discussing cool things you can do with EE and share some of our experiences.
The panel takes place on Monday March 15th at 12:30 PM in Ballroom B.
ExpressionEngine Summit - March 30
An online-only conference that will feature a full day of speakers talk about ExpressionEngine. I’ll be speaking at this virtual event about advanced templating techniques.
EECI 2010 - May 31-June 2
The follow-up to last year’s inaugural event in Leiden, Netherlands takes place in San Francisco at the end of May. In short, EECI is the event for our community. If you have budget to attend any event, this is your baby.
The speaker list is features Rick Ellis, Leslie Camacho, Derek Allard and Derek Jones of EllisLab, Structure module creator Travis Schmeisser, Brandon Kelly, Leevi Graham and a lot more.
SXSW got a little more funky-fresh this year, with the announcement of the EE/CI pre-party.
The premier ExpressionEngine and CodeIgniter Conference - and your cool friends from Ellislab invite you for a night out @ SXSW. Join us Monday night at The Library together with your friends from the EE & CI community. We’ll serve you beer and pizza and even give away some free tickets to the EECI2010 conference.
You can sign up for the party here but be quick, spots are limited!
As a part of the ongoing excellence that is EE/CI 2010, Robert and the game at Solspace have added the code-sharing corner.
What, you may ask, is the Codeshare Corner?
Amidst the throng of activity at EECI2010 San Francisco, the Code Share Corner (CSC) will be an oasis of calm and enlightenment for exhibitors and attendees to exchange code and ideas, connect with others, and discuss business.
This will be a comfortable lounge where you can sit and relax, grab a cup of coffee, and empty your mind. This innovative space will be powered by Solspace, the main exhibitor at CSC.
As always there are more details on the EE/CI site.
Nerds rejoice! No word yet on whether Paul Burdick of Solspace will tell you you’re a horrible PHP programmer for a fee or for free yet.
EECI 2010 (Yank edition) has launched. The conference, which goes from May 31st-June 2nd features some of the finest members of the ExpressionEngine community. So what is EECI?
If you are enthusiastic and passionate about ExpressionEngine and CodeIgniter, then EECI2010 US is the conference for you. With internationally renowned speakers and a packed social schedule, EECI2010 is bringing the best of the community to San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center. Come with us, break new boundaries and meet new friends.
Speakers include our infamous leader, Ryan Irelan, Rick Ellis, Leslie Camacho, Erskine Design, everyone else from the last conference, plus Mark Huot: who alone is worth $275. That’s the early bird registration fee though, so expect it to cost more at a certain point.
It looks like a great conference, and is in yours truly’s backyard (a fine city). I suggest you grab your tickets while they’re still available. Congratulations are in order to the entire EECI 2010 team for putting this great-looking conference together.
Editor’s note: Below is a press release prepared by the organizers of EECI 2010. We are excited about the announcement and have agreed to publish it here, on the blog, in full.
As many of you will be aware, the first ExpressionEngine and CodeIgniter (EECI) conference took place in beautiful Leiden, Holland in October this year. The event was widely hailed as a success, with renowned presenters delivering two days of EE/CI talks and workshops to almost 200 attendees. The event also saw the official unveiling of EE 2.0 release date and pricing from the folks at EllisLab themselves.
EECI2009 was a real catalyst for discussion and ideas, collaborations and experiments. It was incredibly affirming to see the strength of support for EE, and our community is blossoming more than ever, with EE 2.0 imminent and adoption greater than ever. For a look back at EECI2009, and to view videos and slides, hop on over to http://eeci2009.com/ - after you’ve read this announcement!
It makes sense for this community to seize the moment and build upon these successes with greater interaction, and we want to facilitate that. Off the back of the EECI2009 conference, organisers Whoooz! Webmedia, with support and assistance from Erskine Design, now wish to bring the very same level of care and attention to two forthcoming 2010 events.
ANNOUNCING TWO EECI EVENTS FOR 2010!
So, lets get down to details. With a fanfare of imaginary trumpets, we are delighted to announce two very special EECI conferences for 2010, on either side of the pond.
EECI2010 US will take place from Monday 31st May to Wednesday 2nd June 2010 in San Francisco, California, at the fantastic Fort Mason Center — a truly stunning location.
EECI2010 EU will again take place in beautiful Leiden, Holland, from Wednesday 29th September to Friday 1st October 2010. Venue TBC.
In 2010, we’ll continue to bring only the very best quality presentations, and we’re making every effort to carefully enlist brilliant speakers with real value to bring to the community. You can look forward to fresh presentations from the best EE and CI practitioners, all carefully curated to ensure attendees have maximum value from the conference events.
Thrillingly, we can already confirm the following presenters for EECI2010 in San Francisco:
Rick Ellis, Leslie Camacho, and Derek Jones (EllisLab)
Simon Collison, Jamie Pittock, and Greg Wood (Erskine Design)
Leevi Graham (Newism)
Ryan Irelan (Happy Cog, EE Insider)
Lea Alcantara (Lealea Design)
Lodewijk Schutte
Thomas Myer
We’ll be carefully adding to our list of confirmed presenters over the next few weeks, with more to be added by January. Stay tuned!
FRESH AND FLEXIBLE FORMATS
With regard to format, we’re still ironing out the details, but you can expect a very flexible program aimed at all levels of EE/CI developers and designers. For example, something like:
One day of Masterclass Training from EE and CI professionals.
A two day conference across two tracks, featuring around twenty presentations, tutorials and workshops.
All the parties and get-togethers that you’d expect from EECI, in one of the world’s greatest cities.
Full details of the exact format will follow through December and January, once we’re certain everything is joined up, flows nicely, and provides plenty of options for attendees.
KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED!
So, there you go! We’re hugely excited about this, and hope you are too. Remember to look out for Early Bird Tickets on 15th December via http://eeci2010.com and http://twitter.com/eeci2010
Finally, look out for more details about EECI2010 Europe, which we’ll also announce on 15th December. Above all, we ask that you be excited. Very excited.
EECI 2009 is over, but the great material that sprang forth from the conference is just being released. Here’s Simon Collison, of world-famous Erskine Design, giving his presentation “Five Years of Quiet Revolution”:
Normally, in this post, we’d give you tons of links to all the coverage of EECI and ExpressionEngine 2. Because we enjoy when we’re allowed to be lazy, and because so many other members of the community have summarized for us, we’ll just post links to them.
If that wasn’t enough, Leslie Camacho used the official EE pulpit to broadcast some more details on licensing and links to all our articles. Again, we’d like to thank the EllisLab team for being absolutely phenomenal over the past few weeks as we put everything together.
Then, on the official EECI website, there is the new slides and video page, which should quench your thirst for the conference. Also, stay tuned to their Vimeo page for what will hopefully be more presentations.
It is really a great time to learn about ExpressionEngine, and the philosophy hasn’t changed, so make sure to get some screencasts from the boss around here, Mr. Ryan Irelan.
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