<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In this note:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Residence accommodation</div><div class="">- About PGCon</div><div class="">- The Unconferences</div><div class="">- If you meet our sponsors</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">* residence accommodation</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">U90, the main residence building on campus at University of Ottawa is a sought-after </div><div class="">accommodation. Not only is U90 reasonably priced, it is also close to the talks and tutorials.</div><div class="">Need to duck back to your room to grab something? It is only minutes away. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">More rooms in U90 have recently become available because non-PGCon groups have </div><div class="">cancelled their reservations.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">NOTE: We have no financial interest in room occupancy and it is not related to the costs</div><div class="">of other conference facilities. We know how much those who stay in residence love it, and</div><div class="">want others to take advantage of rooms which are now available.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">* About PGCon</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">PGCon 2016 will be held on 17-21 May (Tue-Sat) at University of Ottawa.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tutorials will be on 17-18 May (Tue & Wed).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Talks/lectures will be on 19-20 May (Thu & Fri).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">* The Unconferences</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There will be two Unconferences. Both are free, and anyone may attend.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The topics are decided by those who attend. Show up. Volunteer to talk.</div><div class="">Ask for a talk on a topic you are interested in.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> 1 - Developer Unconference (Wed) - topics will be restricted to contributing to PostgreSQL and major features currently under development</div><div class=""> 2 - User Unconference (Sat) - anything PostgreSQL related</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">What is an Unconference? Read this: <a href="https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PgConUnconferenceFAQ" class="">https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PgConUnconferenceFAQ</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">* If you meet our sponsors</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you meet our sponsors, please thank them and mention you know they are </div><div class="">sponsoring PGCon 2016.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class="">Fujitsu - <a href="http://www.fujitsu.com" class="">http://www.fujitsu.com</a><br class="">Heroku - http://www.heroku.com/<br class="">EnterpriseDB - http://www.enterprisedb.com/<br class="">Salesforce - http://www.salesforce.com/<br class="">NTT - http://www.oss.ecl.ntt.co.jp/ossc<br class="">Crunchy Data Solutions - http://crunchydatasolutions.com<br class="">2ndQuadrant - http://2ndquadrant.com/<br class="">PostgreSQL Experts - http://www.pgexperts.com/<br class="">SRAOSS, Inc - http://www.sraoss.com/<br class="">Citus Data - http://www.citusdata.com/<br class="">Postgres Professionals - http://www.postgrespro.ru/<br class="">JackDB - http://www.jackdb.com/<br class="">Redpill Linpro - http://www.redpill-linpro.com/<br class="">PostgreSQL-Consulting - http://postgresql-consulting.com/<br class="">Turksat - https://www.turksat.com.tr/en<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div class="">
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