From: "Michael J. Hammel" <mjhammel@graphics-muse.org> Subject: CLIQ 2001 - HP, Daryll Strauss, Havoc Pennington Join Lineup To: lwn@lwn.net (Linux Weekly News) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:26:00 -0600 (CST) Colorado Linux Info Quest - CLIQ http://thecliq.org Hewlett Packard, XFree86, GNOME join Colorado Linux Info Quest 2001. HP joins as the latest in a stellar line up of top level sponsors, while Daryll Strauss (VA Linux, XFree86) and Havoc Pennington (Red Hat, GTK+ and GNOME) sign as speakers to the region's only Linux focused conference and exhibit. Denver, CO (Jan 27, 2001) -- The Colorado Linux Info Quest (CLIQ) board of directors is pleased to announce the addition of Hewlett Packard to our stellar list of top level sponsors. HP joins LWN.net, tummy.com, Compaq, and SGI in bringing this premier Linux event to the Rocky Mountain region for the second year in a row. CLIQ is also proud to announce that two well known and highly popular developers have agreed to speak at the event. Daryll Strauss, Multimedia and Graphics Engineering Practice Lead at VA Linux Systems, is most widely known for his work in putting together the render-farm of Linux servers used by special effects company Digital Domain to generate the computer images used in the movie Titanic. Strauss was also responsible for adding the first hardware accelerated 3D support to Linux when he wrote drivers for the 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics card for the XFree86 project. Daryll currently leads a team of engineers developing OpenGL, the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI), and XFree86 on projects from embedded graphics to professional workstations. Havoc Pennington serves as the chair for the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors. He works for Red Hat as a lead developer for the GTK+ and GNOME projects. His book "GTK+/Gnome Application Development" (New Riders) is the official reference for GNOME. He is currently working on improvements to GTK+ as part of the 2.0 release effort. Havoc and Daryll will be joining Eazel's Andy Hertzfeld, an original developer of the Apple Macintosh computer, on a panel discussion on Linux Desktop software. Daryll will also be holding a Birds of a Feather (BoF) session on X and 3D graphics issues, while Havoc plans to hold a BoF on GTK+ 2.0 development. These three noted developers join Scott Draeker of Loki Entertainment, Rick Lehrbaum of LinuxDevices.com, "Think Unix" author Jon Lasser, Debian developer Bdale Garbee, and Python developer and tummy.com co-founder Sean Reifschneider to make CLIQ 2001 a must see event! More speakers and events are planned, so stay tuned - and mark your calendars: March 29th-30th at the Denver Marriott Tech Center. All scheduled talks and the exhibit floor are scheduled for the 30th, with early registration and a few smaller informal events expected on the 29th. About Colorado Linux Info Quest 2001 CLIQ, in association with local Linux User Groups and local and regional Linux business sponsors, will be holding this second annual event featuring one full day of scheduled Linux exhibits, invited talks, real world demonstrations and Birds of a Feather sessions. This year's sponsors includes some of the biggest names in the business: Compaq, SGI, LWN.net, tummy.com, and HP. Linux Journal and Linux Magazine have also been signed as advertising sponsors - be sure to check out the full page advertisements in the February issues of both magazines! Compaq is also providing hardware to host our registration system - the software for which was written entirely by the CLIQ board. Speakers are currently being sought for both the invited speaker slots and our many Birds of a Feather sessions. Contact Liz Coolbaugh (liz@thecliq.org) if you are interested in speaking or hosting a BoF session. Event Day Schedule The show will run from 9AM to 7PM on Friday, March 30th, 2001 at the Marriott Tech Center, just off I-25 in South Denver. The current schedule calls for a keynote session from 9AM to 10AM, an exhibit floor open from 10AM till 6PM, three Speaker's Rooms running the full day with up to 11 sessions, and three Birds of a Feather rooms for open and scheduled discussions on any topic over the course of the day. Registration Announcements regarding attendee registration are expected in February. Cost for the full day, all access pass will be $85 at the door with a $55 discount price for advance registration. Exhibit floor only passes will be $15. Advance registrations for attendees begins in February. Exhibitor registration will also begin in February 2001. Exhibit costs are $475 for a single 8x10 booth. A limited number of 16x20 (Premium) and 16x31 (Platinum) booths will be available on a first come, first served basis. Premium booths cost $2025 and Platinum booths cost $2675. Prices include pipe and drape, table, and electrical and network connections to all booths. Registration deadlines have not been set at this time. Vendors and attendees should check the CLIQ web site, http://thecliq.org, often for more up to date information. Sponsorships CLIQ is seeking a limited number of sponsors for this event. Top level sponsorship is $1250 and includes first choice of booth space, a single 8x10 booth (larger booths will require additional fees), and the sponsoring company's name included with all CLIQ advertisements and banners for this event. Three full conference passes and 2 tickets to our VIP dinner are also included. Additionally, CLIQ will also consider offers for sponsorship of the opening keynote, invited speakers, our Meet-n-Greet event, an email garden and various other aspects of the show . At this time, details for such sponsorships have not been finalized. Please contact Michael J. Hammel, CLIQ Chairman, if you are interested in any of these sponsorship opportunities. About CLIQ Colorado Linux Info Quest, known as CLIQ to it's members, is a registered non-profit organization in the state of Colorado. It is comprised of volunteers from Linux user groups throughout the Colorado Front Range. The aim of CLIQ is to assist both individual hobbyists and businesses in the Rocky Mountain and Central US regions find answers to the question "What can I do with Linux?" A Look Back: CLIQ 2000 CLIQ 2000 was held April 1st at the Denver Marriott Tech Center and drew approximately 600 people. Invited speakers for the event included: Jon "maddog" Hall, Executive Director of Linux International Scott S. Draeker, founder and President of Loki Software Jim Ready, CEO of MontaVista Software Kevin Gorey, Director of Software Product Marketing for SGI Rasmus Lerdorf, author of the PHP programming language Larry McVoy, well known kernel hacker from BitMover, Inc. Harry McGregor and Justin Ziegler, Linux In Education Dave Whitinger, Linsight / Atipa In addition to the scheduled speakers, the popular and informal Birds of a Feather (BOF) sessions and selected invited demos were also held on a variety of topics. Examples of these were: Debian GNU/Linux, with Bdale Garbee from the Debian Project; Zope, with Paul Everitt of Digital Creations; Perl, with Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington; and High Availability Linux, with Alan Robertson of the High Availability Project. Other BOF topics included Small Business Conversions to Linux, Java on Linux, and many more. Contact Information CLIQ Chairman: Michael J. Hammel mjhammel@thecliq.org mjhammel@graphics-muse.org CLIQ Vendor Contact: Kevin Cullis kcullis@thecliq.org The CLIQ Web Site: http://thecliq.org General Information and Questions: info@thecliq.org