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Szeged city view from the Tisza river
At this year's Drupalcon we're turning Szeged, Hungary into Drupaltown!
The Drupal Association is pleased to announce that the next Drupalcon will be held in Szeged, Hungary from August 27 to 30, 2008 in the Library and Conference Center of the Szeged University. With a thousand Drupal enthusiasts expected we'll be turning this picturesque student city into a true Drupaltown!
Drupalcon has been a major success for the Drupal community, with every conference reaching out to more and more people. Like Boston, Drupalcon Szeged will again provide ample opportunities both for business people, developers, themers, designers, and users in the community: there will be a code sprint, plenty of space for BOF sessions, a job fair and, of course, plenty of opportunity for networking. Start planning, buy your tickets early and be prepared to meet your Drupal community in Szeged, Hungary; Drupaltown!
Some of the new things at this Drupalcon will be:
- Accommodation service. We are organizing this conference in collaboration with C&T, a local event organizer. As part of the registration process they will help you find accommodation - near the action - that fits your needs.
- Any budget. We have already reserved the city's finest hotels as well as the local hostels. There are accommodations to meet everyone's budget.
- Central European talent. Drupal is big in Central Europe. This Drupalcon will let you meet developers, designers and other upcoming talent from the region. It will also be an excellent opportunity to make first contact with some of the local, as well as foreign companies that provide consulting, design, development, or outsourcing talent. We will have an exhibition area with focused one day exhibitions as well as a partnering system to help you find the right people and schedule meetings.
Inside the venue
The Drupalcon Szeged 2008 team is working hard to finalize conference details before opening registration and the session proposal system. We will also soon announce the sponsorship packages. You can follow us at szeged2008.drupalcon.org (or drupaltown.org). Only the most important announcements will appear on the drupal.org home page. In the meantime, make sure you are available on these days (we will provide you with travel tips and facts on the website) and gather your ideas for discussions and sessions.
Bring the family! C&T, our partners in organizing this conference, is also a travel agency and can help you plan a family vacation to Budapest, Vienna, Prague or any of the other beautiful cities within the region. Given sufficient interest from the participants it is possible to organize a collective post-conference trip; please let use know what you think!
Check back soon and register early so you don't have to miss out on Drupalcon in Drupaltown!
Drupalcon 2009? We are currently planning the 2009 Drupalcon in North America and Europe. Please submit your proposals and ideas now.
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Hi, It came us a pleasant
Hi,
It came us a pleasant surprise to find out that the next Drupalcon is in Hungary... I am definitely planning to attend the next Drupalcon.
Thanks,
Kuldip Gohil
Nearest international airport?
What is the nearest international airport? Does Ryan Air land nearby?
Budapest
I'm not sure about Ryan air but Budapest is the nearest International airport and most, if not all, major airlines fly to Budapest. Watch drupalcon.org for more travel details as they are being compiled now.
RyanAir land in Bratislava,
RyanAir lands in Bratislava, Slovakia, which is not so far from Budapest. I don't know if it is the nearest airport.
airlines
Check this page on what airlines go to Budapest: http://bud.hu/english/flights/airlines
Ryanair flies to Balaton Airport (only three airlines there: http://www.flybalaton.com/index.jsp?id=120&hm=01&sm=02), which is southwest from Budapest, while Szeged is southeast from Budapest. We are planning to concentrate on people arriving to Budapest, but can help you out with travel tips on what connections you'd take from the Balaton Airport if you choose to arrive there. (Will publish a travel and accommodation FAQ among other details on the website soon). Practically, Ryanair and Hamburg International are the two airlines going to Balaton Airport but not to Budapest.I should better check links I post. Ryanair flies to Budapest.
Outdated?
That link seems dated ... it doesn't list Sky Europe, which I've found to be a really great new, cheap airline, and it does list Pulkovo, which no longer exists (absorbed into Rossiya). Anyway, the point is that there are lots of inexpensive options (German Wings, EasyJet, etc) and not just the expensive flag carriers.
If you're coming from overseas, sometimes you can cut costs by finding a great fare into a hub like Frankfurt, Brussels, etc., and then catching a budget airline. I think I hopped a German Wings flight from Stuttgart down to Barcelona last year (I was in the area for a publishers conference). But you have to know how to search the individual airline sites, as the budget carriers usually don't show up in the GDS systems that power the major booking engines.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Discount_airlines_in_Europe
SkyEuope, other airlines
Well, Sky Europe is not flying to Budapest as far as I know (http://www.flycheapo.com/news/2007/09/05/skyeurope-to-close-krakow-and-b...) there is also a very emotional video on youtube on their farewell from Budapest, if you are interested.
Thanks for the wikitravel.org tip! The European budget airline transfer tip was also provided by others, so we included this information in our Travel tips with this link included, thanks.
Yes, ryanair flies to
Yes, ryanair flies to Budapest terminal 1. Also Wizzair and EasyJet. The airports website is the following: http://www.bud.hu/english
Great opportunity
It's so nice to see that Drupalcon is coming to Hungary this year! I will do my best to be able to attend :) I will monitor closely the szeged2008.drupalcon.org website to see if there would be anything I could help with. Hajrá magyarok! ;-)
So far away :(
We're having the first Ottawa Drupal Meetup later this month, maybe there will be some interest in bringing DrupalCon to Canada.
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Send in a proposal
We are still accepting proposals for DrupalCon North America for 2009, although some places are already planning ahead for 2010. If you're serious about it, put together a proposal and send it in!
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2010, eh!
It's not really something I could coordinate on my own, but I will bring it up at the meeting.
Planning for 2010 already is pretty ambitious!
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We are going to host a largish (but not Drupalcon sized) camera club convention here in 2010, have been planning for the last couple years, and are a bit worried about making it in time. 2010 is just around the corner.
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Brilliant! I am excited for
Brilliant! I am excited for my first Drupalcon, going to be in Europe at the time so it will be perfect.
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definitely there
ok this time i am definitely going to be there...
tubai (arpan chatterjee)
A dream come true...
>snip< thanks! >snip<
;)
Hm
Despite the relatively large number of Drupalistas in Hungary, I still think this is quite a way off the beaten track. If these conferences are going to remain as open as possible (ie not full of people who are already fully reaping the financial benefits of developing with Drupal) I personally think making the events a little more "lowest common denominator" should be encouraged.
To that end, why Szeged and not Budapest? I believe we should be removing as many barriers to conferences as possible, and travel transfers etc can be pretty stressful, especially if one is on a budget. I'm sure someone else will want to mutter about the language barrier also. Barcelona, I understand - a lot of people have a smattering of Spanish, but Hungarian is a little more... rare?
No matter, if I can afford to go, I will no doubt be there...
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Transporation is not a problem
Szeged is accessible by a commuter rail, multiple buses and various other forms of transportation in addition we will be running special shuttle buses to reduce the hassle of transferring and getting around.
When considering budgets, especially in Europe, this would be one of the least expensive places you can hold a conference of this size. (Budapest would have been more expensive). The team has put a lot of careful thought and attention into continuing to make Drupalcon an affordable conference for all.
Language... Well that's the spice of life but if you don't like it that spicy the team is ready to help with room reservations as well as other travel plans.
Let's not forget about the
Let's not forget about the brand new highway between Budapest and Szeged! The driving time is ~1.5h maximum by car, if you respect the speed limits. :}
Szeged is a really beautiful city, you'll see...
cheaper then Budapest
Well, we thought it is time to get off a little bit of the beaten track in part for fun, and in part to accommodate the very budget sensitive people you advocate towards better. Prices in Szeged for hotels, restaurants, the venue are even lower then Budapest, while Budapest is lower then Western Europe. The direct commuter rail ticket to Szeged from the Budapest airport (one way) is around $25 for a 1st class ticket, and we can get more comfortable shuttle buses going for the same price unless most people are fine with the train. The lower prices in Szeged will make up for this little transfer price multiple times.
We also looked at venues in Budapest and could not find a competing one which would be able to host the type of event we need, the number of people breaking out to four session rooms but still a big room to host keynotes, a BoF area, space for catering and so on. Finally we settled on Szeged not only because it has a great modern venue fitting for our needs, its a cheap city, its a nice sunny place but also because it was fun to try the "Drupaltown concept" this time while we can do it, while Drupalcon is not too big to do this. The city is not overly big, so we are getting hold of lots of the hotel rooms already to hand out to you, and since it is a real walking city, we can really get people together on Drupal, instead of being scattered around a huge city.
Finally, we found a company to help us which already organized events of this size in that venue. With the organizers, this very company will help you to get accommodation, help you organize your touristy stuff, etc. This helps lift the language barrier in part, but after all it is part of the adventure here.
Totally agree with Gabor
Totally agree with Gabor here, this is an excellent location. It's good to get off the beaten path, as a personal example: I'd take Bordeaux over Paris any day. :)
We're probably not big enough for this yet but wouldn't it be cool, and great marketing, if the people in a city were aware of the conference? Maybe even looking forward to the influx of those lovely, polite Drupalistas. Having a whole town feel affinity with the community around a project would be amazing. In a place like Boston you're not even going to make a dent, in Szeged we'll be noticed!
I am up for this, also some old friends of mine went on a trip to Prague recently and they loved it. So a collective post-conference trip there would be great fun. Now I just have to persuade the wife. ;)
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language
Well that's all relative, in Barcelona people actually speak Catalan, in Boston the people at my hotel's reception (it was a cheap one though) didn't speak proper English...
The grandfather of one of our Belgian trainees visited Szeged last week and he didn't have any problems to get around. Just speak whatever you speak and move your hands and arms decisively ;)
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Hungary's August Festivals
I'm sure someone else will want to mutter about the language barrier also.
Barcelona, I understand - a lot of people have a smattering of Spanish, but Hungarian is a little more... rare?
No worries, by August you should be able to learn Esperanto, which many Hungarians speak. They also often speak English, German, and Russian. My only complaint would be that Drupalcon could have been closer to the Sziget Festival, a massive music festival every August on an island in the Danube, which ends 9 days before Drupalcon. I had the same complaint about the annual Esperanto Youth Festival, which will take place in Hungary at the beginning of August. Then again, after Drupalcon you can stay for Hungary's wine festivals, which start on the 1st of September....
Saint Stephen Day
August 20 - Saint Stephen Day
from wikipedia:
St. Stephen's Day, Foundation of State, "the day of the new bread" as well. St. Stephen of Hungary (Szent István király in Hungarian) (ca. 975 – August 15, 1038), was the first king of Hungary.
Celebrated with a half-hour fireworks on the bank of the Danube in the evening, attended by several hundreds of thousands of people.
in Budapest of course..
So you have 9 days to get sober, and you can see the largest celebration in Hungary.
Language barrier
We do?! :) Anyway many people speak English and the Drupalcon organisers will help in many ways. Because we're literally going to take over the city it will be much easier to get help from an English-Hungarian speaking fellow.
Drupalcon is actually
Drupalcon is actually happening at the same time as the SZIN festival in Szeged - so you won't even have to go to Budapest ;)
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Hooray!
Gulyas, I'm coming.
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WTF? Funny picture though :)
WTF? Funny picture though :)
Halaszle
:D You should also try Halaszle. http://tinyurl.com/5ztyvc
I'll happily assist you around culinar experiences.
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bleh
bleh disguisting stuff. rather hortobagyi palacsinta then ;)
Halaszle == (Traditionally) fish soup
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halászlé
The best... :)
Paul
Great
Four Kitchens will be booking its tickets this week.
Sounds like fun, and I can
Sounds like fun, and I can probably combine it with a family trip we were planning!
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Too close date to DrupalCamp India?
Ah! - looks like this will be too close to timings of a big DrupalCamp in India :-(
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When is DrupalCamp India
When and where is DrupalCamp India?
DrupalCamp India
Well, it is still on the move, but it does not look too close now:
Dates may push even to August
We are still working on dates and venue - and it may be very close to the date of Szeged Drupalcon.
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now that you know
Now that you know the Szeged Drupalcon dates, and you are still moving the Indian Drupalcamp around, what about taking this date information into account?
con vs camp
DrupalCon's are "official"; organised via proxy from the Drupal Association and any financial remainings go the association. Anyone is free to organise DrupalJam's, DrupalCamps, DrupalDays or whatever and this doenst even have to be a local event, but it will not be an "official" DrupalCon.
With the huge amount of local activitities, any day would be potentially in conflict with an (local) event.
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Good news!!!But don't
Good news!!!
But don't forget about latin-america, what about a DrupalCon in Argentina, Brazil or Perú?
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"Hey, what about $city?"
If you're seriously interested in doing the leg-work to put on a DrupalCon in $city, that's great! The Drupal Association has written up some helpful information about the scope of what's involved and what's required to be approved at http://association.drupal.org/Drupal-conference-proposals-2008-2009. We eagerly look forward to your proposals!
About this Drupalcon, I'm super excited. :) Hungary has given us awesome Drupal contributor after awesome Drupal contributor (chx, Gabor, snufkin, kristof, etc.) and I'm really excited to gather there and turn Szeged into Drupaltown. :D
wowsers.
I have to say I've always wanted to visit Hungary.. not really on a business trip, but as an excuse, I'd be down. Szeged I've never heard of, but still, I'd give it a shot, as I'd get to see Budapest on the way through and possibly make a trip to Prague, which I'm dying to see, and it's relatively close. I did a quick check to see about tickets for myself and my girlfriend Elizabeth, also a Drupalista who traveled with me to Boston for DrupalCon. $2,139.00 per person. That doesn't include getting from Budapest to Szeged, hotels, et cetera. I guess you guys are going to have to have fun without us. :( I just can't see it as a business expense, particularly for only like 3 days. The flight time alone with connections is over 24 just to Budapest from Las Vegas where we live.
Perhaps now would be a good time to mention LAS VEGAS as a great place to host a DrupalCon. This place is like the convention capital of the world and as such the rates for convention space, et cetera, can be very competitive. Hotels gotten in advance can be cheap.. a million places to stay. The Drupal community here in town is still small, true enough, but we are centrally located to some huge, huge cities with 10's of thousands of Drupalers - Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, Denver, Salt Lake City... all driving distance from Las Vegas!
Anyway... it sure would be splendid to see a city nomination and voting process in place for DrupalCons in the future...
-=- christopher
Airfares&time from US West not THAT bad (RE: WAS: wowsers)
Ahem. Well... your times and fares don't seem accurate to me... and your perspective seems similarly... off.
This is, after all, not the North American installment of Druplacon.
& My first search from SFO was $914RT, 13hrs: so just 'cause you get some airline tacking on $1300 for flying out of LAS; live in a boondocks ex-tourist-town in the middle of a desert; and don't know how to do a fare search:: don't b---- ! :P
But in fact I also see $1300 from LAS or DEN (15hrs) without trying hard or going to a fare comparison site, discounter, etc. & So... if you want to 'visit Prahy' you could probably do a lower-cost open jaw, as well, as the fares 'to Praha' are a bit lower.
Your best (cost) bet would be to find the cheapest flight to a major european city (probably <$500 or so) surrounding a RT on a discount carrier from there to Budapest (<$200?) if you can tolerate the inconveniences. Despite the above, Bratislava and Praha are pretty far away compared to Budapest (=<2.5hrs, &far less by car), and therefore are not really an option unless you want to rent a car and like the drive; in which case Graz or Wien become really attractive as both airfare and rental should go down dramatically-- and the drive is a lot less than SF to Vegas, which we regularly did for COMDEX (9hrs+).
As for the distance issues... and Las Vegas for 'cons... this is the European verson of Drupalcon, right... Budapest is now central Europe again, right... and Vegas... well, there's still no there, there, right?
Not to disagree with the
Not to disagree with the context/point of your comment at all, but I'd love to know where you can <$500 ex US to EU in mid summer. That would indeed be a deal. Specifically I'd like to know which site you found SFO-BUD for $914 (was that all taxes too), as that would be the best I could find so far, and would probably jump on that ticket.
I think it's gonna be more likely to expect to pay more than $1000 for transportation RT, no matter what you do... It's likely the cheapest cities to fly into EU from US will be Dublin, LHR (high taxes though), Amsterdam, or maybe somewhere in Germany. From these destinations you're gonna want to use http://www.skyscanner.net to help you find the cheapest options into BUD. Don't forget that max allowed luggage on many EU budget carriers is around 35-40 lbs per person, so don't pack too much :).
Anyway you cut it, baring some great sales, it's always gonna be expensive flying to Europe in the summer... My advice is to buy your tickets early before fuel surcharges get even higher than they are now!
The experience will long outlive the temporary pains of spending a bit of money on a plane ticket... Try to see Lake Balaton (not exactly close to Szeged, but worth the trip), and maybe even a day trip to Serbia or Romania.
I'm hoping I'll be able to make it, but I foolishly assumed that Drupalcon would be in September again, and already bought my flights to Europe for early September. Serves me right for planning too far ahead :-/
I posted a longer reply
I posted a longer reply which seems to have disappeared, but FWIW:
Farecast shows SFO-FRA at $550 until mid-June and "rising." Orbitz showed SFO-BUD at $914 yesterday (Wed), $1046 today (Thurs), and now at $1294 (with taxes). Such variance is normal; new fare rules are loaded at 12PM EST (US) and usually there is a major pricing shift every Friday night. You will need to return MON or later to avoid surcharges.
Real discounts are to be found from the consolidators and "bucket shops," findable online but sometimes easier to locate in the travel section of your local newspaper.
I'd think there's about a month left where pricing -> BUD might vary downward; after that...
Finally, after Aug 15th is generally considered "shoulder season," not summer, thank goodness.
I remember skirting Lake Batalon on my way from Budapest to Sarajevo via Zagreb in '94: that was the nice portion of the trip, on several points and by several degrees.
Thanks for the update, and
Thanks for the update, and details regarding where you found those flights.
Going through Croatia and B-H at that time must have been interesting... I was there a couple of summer's ago, and can't wait to go back.
not there yet(?)
Well, the Drupal Association is not there (yet?) to have an installment of people and money to drop off in any city of the world to organize a Drupalcon there for a chosen time. So the association relies on actual proposals from local people to suggest a venue, a budget, and makes the organizers get sponsorship, helping with some high profile connections to get there. So the association can provide an opportunity which local people need to apply for with well thought out plans to organize one of these huge events. The Boston budget as published was $215.000 (reference: http://boston2008.drupalcon.org/drupalcon-budget), so you need to be prepared to raise such amount of money from registrants and sponsors and then spend it sane and execute on the plan you had.
City nomination and voting without people on the ground to actually do it does not help further the cause much.
Why no voting?
We'd love to have a voting process but at this point what we need at a location is not simply the name of a town.
We need a ground team to help get the conference planned and the logistics taken care of.
We need a company backing us to help handle cash and other logistical items.
We haven't yet grown to the size where we have an entire staff dedicated to running these events. These events are still very much run by a very generous group of volunteers that dedicates hundred of hours of their personal time to make the events successful. Drupalcon Boston was our biggest conference so far and it was almost entirely ran by a volunteer base (whom we are extremely grateful for).
So, in short, Vegas might be a wonderful location but we still need a location team and/or company to help us pull all of the logistical details together. Once we have all of these pieces in place we would love to do a city nomination and voting process but we can't vote/decide on a city if we don't have the ability to manage the conference there. If you're serious about bringing the Con to Vegas let us know by reviewing and submitting a proposal
I concur!
Having visited LA and SF and being absolutely desperate to return, I can't actually think of anywhere better, for lots of reasons.
Cheap hotels, (good) cheap food, free booze in the right casinos ;) , near LA and SF, LOADS to do, massive scary rollercoaster and that other whooshy thing on top of the EnormoTower (or whatever), night life, etc.
Damn fine idea, I say. Damn fine.
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USA
Without getting in to politics too much, I know a lot of people try to stay out of America. Even if you would trough in a rollercoaster...
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A few additions
It's not commuter rail but regular train. I wanted to mention this to get the distances right somewhat. For my Hungarian friends: HÉV is commuter rail. Áron mentioned halászlé and I agree with him, in English you would call that chowder though the Hungarian version is quite different from a Manhattan or Boston chowder. Anyways, you must taste that. Those who like spicy, hot food should ask for Erős Pista (literally translates to Strong Steve) for their soup, but usually it's served aside the soup anyways.
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Good Job Jacob,
I know you are preparing the the best DrupalCon ever... and I know you got this in the bag from all the successful Drupal Bar Camps you produced in NYC. But this is happening right in the middle of Burning Man :S I am so bummed! Unfortunately I will be out with my other community in Black Rock City. I am very conflicted about this. Well, you got my support... I just wish I could go as well.
I think "cheers" in hungarian is pronounced something like, "ahga shega dray!" have fun. j
Thanks goes to Gabor, Kristof and the Hungarian team
Those guys have done all the heavy lifting and groundwork. I'm just the one that gives them crap every now and again ;) (sorry guys)
Yes we tried very hard to avoid a conflict with Burning man, major religious holidays, as well as the Olympics but we couldn't avoid everything. I understand the conflict and if we could have found a better date we would have.
We're planning Drupalcon North America 2009 so we can just make that one even better to make up for it! ;) Let people know they can start suggesting 2009 locations now because we're beginning the planning stages.
cheers
"ahga shega dray!" :DDDD
europe - finally
Great news - finally in Europe!
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lots of new things
Lots of new things up on the conference website: an FAQ page, travel information, Drupalcon Planet, going on twitter and an updated #drupalcon IRC channel. Read more at http://szeged2008.drupalcon.org/node/4
Internet connectivity
This will be drupalcon #3.5 for me (assuming I get to go this time around ;). I think the #1 complaint I've had & heard about was the internet connectivity. I know these event centers 'claim' to be able to handle the capacity of 1000 people at a conference, but both drupalcon Barcelona (with I think 400 attendees) & drupalcon Boston (over 800 attendees) had train-wreck's for connectivity. My guess here is that exibition centers like boston just dont plan on 1000 'power users' actually being on their network at the same time, so noone is really going to see this coming unless they are warned well before hand.
I'm not sure about the majority of the attendee's but I'm sure a substantial number of people will be making this a working conference, so having internet access is going to be a real requirement. Hopefully the drupalcon planners this time around will learn from the lessons of the previous events and try to coordinate in advance some way to get better bandwidth/wireless for the attendee's.
As one suggestion for offsetting the cost, I for one would be more than happy to pay a bit extra, or pay a seperate fee for highspeed while I'm there, and I'd imagine others would be too.
Thoughts anyone?
-Chris
GEANT, HBONE
This university is part of HBONE which is connected to GEANT. Please see http://www.niif.hu/files/halozat2.jpg about the connectivity the Szeged university has, it has 10 Gbps bandwidth abroad (!). It's just a question of enough access points.
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you're heard....
We're working on it and there are plans in place. Thanks for letting us know that you're willing to pay extra we'll be sure to charge your card up to the limit ;) (kidding).
we're doing our best to ensure connectivity.
If you need help
I've set up DD-WRT-based WiFi meshes for several conferences, (mostly automotive), though we never went over 150 or so simultaneous users, so feel free to contact me if you'd like. IMHO it would be great to have a "quick deploy" WiFi mesh plan for all future 'cons, with both the tech details/topology and various "failover" plans covered. Assuming 500 simultaneous users you'll need 20-25 $100US APs and you need to segment the network well and set up priorities and filters and bandwidth limits... & it might be nice to leave the network in place afterwards, depending on what is already in place in Szeged; and I'm ignorant of Hungary's radio import/WiFi restrictions.
Charging is usually more trouble than the revenue generated, at least on a conference-by-conference basis.
Ditto for video recording, as that goes: this whole business of trying to keep up with hard drives and re-encode from Boston is a bit much when we should just record to the format we need :P
Travel info
Hey guys.
I see some posts about travel info to Sveged... I think this link is most useful for quick info and stuff -
http://www.triptouch.com/hungary/szeged
Ron Mertens
user registration, forums, logo contest
We just opened user registration, the forums and started the logo contest! Let's see your entries!
http://szeged2008.drupalcon.org/blog/drupalcon-szeged-opens-logo-contest...
Last Summer
I love this city, i visited it last Summer.
http://www.blackhat.me.uk
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I live in szeged.
For hungarians: (Nem is ott lakom, jól becsapom őket mi? :D Ha érted amit írok, akkor meg írjál nekem egy drupal-bolt modult, de sűrgősen! köszi :D)
let the world know you are comming
please tick the checkbox on your userprofile on drupal.org/user > edit > drupal so you will be listed at http://drupal.org/profile/profile_drupalcon-Szeged-Hungary-2008
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Registering for the Szeged event
I should register?
Would it be a bit inconvenient for others if I just pop in unannounced? I live in Budapest, so just down the road.
More than happy to meet other people attending for a drink in Budapest if you are spending the night before travelling on to Szeged also. My e-mail and phone numbers are on my homepage at http://www.otherlanguages.org
Yes... please register
Its great that you live down the street but we need accurate counts of people in order to be prepared for everyone. So if you plan to attend do NOT show up unannounced, please register and let us know that you will be coming.
Just to be aware, theres a
Just to be aware, theres a 250k (quarter-of-a-million) person event on the 12th-18th of Aug that spans nearly 70 football fields in Budapest :)
http://www.szigetfestival.com/2008/index.php?id=92
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