We need to step up the search for sponsors for LDAPCon 2015.
I attach the PDF version of the sponsorship details. Please
forward this to suitable people in any organisation that you think
might be interested in sponsoring. Here are some words that
can be used in covering notes:
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The fifth International Conference on LDAP, Directory Services and
Identity Management will be held in Edinburgh this year:
Tutorials: 11th November 2015
Conference: 12th and 13th November 2015
The conference has a full programme with 22 peer-reviewed papers across
two days plus a 2-track tutorial day and a poster session.
This is an ideal opportunity for companies involved in Directory
Services and Identity Management to promote themselves to an
influential audience. We are expecting at least 70 delegates
from around the world, and the website will be seen by many more
professionals over a period of years.
There will be ample opportunities to meet LDAP specialists including
the central figures in the development teams of many well-known server
products. The conference dinner on 12th November will be held in a
spectacular city-centre venue, providing more networking opportunities.
Sponsorship packages from £500 to £2000 (+VAT) are available.
See the attached file and the conference website at http://ldapcon.org/
for full details. Act now for maximum exposure.
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It would be useful if you could let me know who you send this to
so that I can avoid too much duplication!
Thanks
Andrew
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I currently have 1st October as the cut-off date for early-bird
ticket prices, but I am thinking that may be a bit too early!
We obviously want people to book as early as possible, but what
about running early-bird up to 10th October?
Andrew
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Here is what I am proposing for ticket prices:
Conference
Early Bird (before 1st Oct 2015) £130
Full £180
Student £35
Tutorials
Early Bird (before 1st Oct 2015) £60
Full £80
Student £15
Extras
Extra place at conference dinner £30
These are broadly similar to the 2013 prices (depending on what date
you use for the Euro-Pound conversion).
The student rate includes refreshments during the day but not the
conference dinner.
The extra-dinner rate is actually below the marginal cost (£45-ish)
but we are probably talking very small numbers here.
If we can achieve similar numbers and sponsorship to the 2013 figures and
assuming we provide similar financial support for some of the speakers
this should result in about £600 profit. (I am assuming about 16
paying for tutorials here, as well as about 40 paying for conference
tickets)
Once we publish the prices we will have limited flexibility to affect
the financial outcome. Things we can control:
a) How much support we offer to speakers
b) How much we spend on food and drink for the dinner
c) Whether or not we provide conference giveaways (none currently in the budget)
Things we can influence by persuasion:
d) Sponsorship
That leads to the big question: who carries the risk, and what happens to the profit
if we make one?
Thoughts on that and on the proposed ticket prices please!
Andrew
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Here is the draft tutorial programme:
Draft Tutorial Programme for LDAPCon 2015
09:00 Registration + Coffee
09:30 Welcome
09:40 LDAP Basics (Andrew Findlay or other LDAP regular)
10:10 The LDAP Directory Schema: a guide for the newcomer (Giovanni Baruzzi)
11:15 Coffee
11:30 Active Directory as a powerful LDAP server: the unknown tips (Alban Meunier)
12:15 Lunch
13:15 Parallel Sessions
(a) Applying End-to-End Security Across a Java Web Environment Using LDAP and Apache Fortress (Shawn McKinney)
(b) Use ACI/ACL to move fast to a stronger and safer directory (Alban Meunier)
15:15 Tea
15:30 Parallel Sessions
(a) Configuring and Securing 389 (Amita Sharma)
(b) Install and configure web2ldap on your own device (Michael Ströder)
17:30 Close
What I am trying to do here is to cover a wide range of levels, from
'just heard of LDAP' up to 'need to do something quite advanced'.
I would like to make this available for free to Edinburgh students
and staff.
I am wondering whether I have put the right things in parallel though
- would it be better to run the two intro sessions against one of the
more advanced topics (Shawn's for example)? If so, should we aim for
a more obvious 'beginners track/advanced track'?
Thoughts?
Andrew
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I've been doing some research into possible dinner venues. There are
lots of options, I've tried to restrict it those which are fairly
close to the Informatics Forum and are also likely to be affordable.
Here's a few thoughts of venues:
The Hub - http://www.thehub-edinburgh.com/
Royal Society - https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/
Dovecot Studios - https://dovecotstudios.com/
Surgeons Hall - http://www.surgeonshall.com/ - likely to be very expensive
Playfair Library - part of the university so cheaper but probably restricted to uni caterers
I've contacted all of these for prices and menus and will visit the
best.
Kimball has previously visited The Hub and Doveot Studios when we
looked for venues for the 2012 FLOSSUK conference. I think we liked
them both at the time. In the end we chose The Caves -
http://unusualvenuesedinburgh.com/ - which is incredible but the
minimum required number is 60 which is likely to be too high for us.
There are also a couple of restaurants which come highly recommended
by other people in my school who have hosted conferences. The Cellar
Door - http://www.thecellardooredinburgh.com/ - and Howies -
http://www.howies.uk.com/waterloo-place-edinburgh/ - both do good
Scottish food.
I'll followup when I get more details.
Stephen
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