For the 2010 edition, based on visitor feedback, we will try a couple of new things:
1) More developers should visit the Conference: each person with svn write access to the official release can get free Conference tickets! If you successfully had 2 or more patches applied, you can get a free ticket too.
2) A room for meetings on special or regional topics. For example, for Spanish or German user groups, or for Film / Compositing enthusiasts, or for a Physics developer sprint. The conference venue has a third permanent room (cinema setup) for us, this will get a three-day schedule, open for anyone to arrange sessions (no extra fee required).
3) Market place: we will reserve a couple of tables, each with a Linux workstation and 26 inch display, for companies or studios or publishers or whomever to present their work or business. Such tables will be available for an additional fee of 250 euro per day, workstation+screen for 100 euro per day. The market will be saturday and sunday.
4) Sponsors: a growing conference makes it more expensive, and harder to use volunteers as well. Last year's conference costed about 26,000 euro, of which only 12,000 was covered by conference ticket sales. Blender Foundation can keep sponsoring the conference with 10k per year, but another sponsor would be welcome!
Contact conference(at)blender.org for further inquiries! You will be helped by Ton Roosendaal or Nathan Letwory.
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