Mark your calendars!

The EFIKA Developer Conference will be in Austin, TX 21-25 February 2007!

Full travel and expenses scholarships will be available.

What do you think? Good date? Good place?

More details soon...

R&B :)

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I guess you mean 2007... :-D

Yes! Changed...;)

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Love to see the details..

Wow! This sure sound interesting! Let's see
what my economy is like after Christmas..
A week off school should be doable. :P

that is super and I am joining.

Noah

hurrah, we (or myself at least) finally get to meet the great team behind the EFIKA platform.

I should be able to go......

It will be a great community building opportunity

bbrv:
Which international airport is closest to Austin? Houston?

Your best bet, I believe, will be Dallas/Ft. Worth. That's where all my international flights out of Texas leave.

Both Houston and Dallas are very close to Austin, with Houston being a little closer. By the way, Austin does have an International Airport with major national flights landing there from various locations around the US.

Austin seems like the perfect location for this... especially since I'm only a couple of hours away :D. It will be great to be able to attend this conference.

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Joshua Purcell

Personally I would pick Houston if you have a choice. It is a MUCH nicer airport to wander around in between flights.

Dallas is a horrible concrete sprawl and you need to spend 15 minutes in a airport shuttle bus between terminals.

If you want to hire a car and drive; it's 5 hours from Dallas to Austin. It's about 3 from Houston to Austin. Save some gas! Pick Houston! :)

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Matt Sealey

I am from Houston (UH). The international airport of Houston (IAH) is in north houston, so you donot need to go through Houston downtown (the traffic is not good) to drive to Austin. It is also a nice drive from Houston to Austion on highway 290, beautiful country view.

Noah

Oh, Matt, I agree; Houston is VASTLY superios. I absolutely hate Dallas/Ft. Worth. It's just that I've taken many more flights out of Dallas due to the huge American terminal there. :)

Anyways, if I do come, I will most likely drive.

I hope you've thinked of making a full broadcast video and audio, with IRC to speak to the people who can't come ... :)

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Thanks for your attention pals ;)

Austin is quite some distance away for us Europeans (well of course also for all other non Americans). What about something similar in good old Europe. Germany would be a quite good choice - not too far from the East or West, nor South or North.