1. The XLDB-2012 conference registration is now open. Early registration ends on July 31st.
2. We are now accepting proposals for:
   • demonstrations (new this year!)
   • lightning talks
   • posters
3. We selected dinner location and made all necessary arrangements. The dinner will include a set of ad hoc, informal group discussions.
4. We made arrangements with several hotels in the area and secured discounted group rates.
5. We are in the process of contacting prospective speakers. We added few highlights on the Conference Program page to give you an idea what sessions you can expect this year. Full agenda will be published in the next few weeks.

To learn about the above, to submit an abstract, to register, and more, see the event website.

Best regards,
Jacek
XLDB-2012 Organizing Committee Chair

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• Jacek Becla, SLAC (chair)
• Vivien Bonazzi, NHGRI/NIH
• John Chambers, Stanford University
• Scott Klasky, ORNL
• Steve Lacy, ExxonMobil Chemical
• Carol McCall, GNS Healthcare
• Chris Mentzel, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
• Daniel Wang, SLAC

Jacek

So, the XLDB conference will be held on September 11 and 12 (Tuesday/Wednesday), in CEMEX auditorium. For now, just save the dates. Registration will open in early May.

As to the tutorials, I already received 7 nice proposals, so it is more or less certain that we will have a tutorial day on September 10 (Monday). We are planning to hold the tutorials at SLAC.

As each year, we will have an invitational workshop, on September 13 (Thursday), most likely on Stanford Campus in one of the conference rooms near the CEMEX auditorium.

We expect to organize reception and informal dinner combined with demos on Tuesday, the 11th. Stay tuned for more details.

Best,
Jacek Becla

Quite a few XLDB-2011 attendees asked if we could introduce tutorials at the next conference. We’d be very happy to, if we can get some volunteers to run such tutorials!

We already heard several tutorial suggestions, including: “introduction to parallel databases”, and “cloud computing”. If you have a suggestion what tutorial you’d like to see at XLDB-2012, now is the perfect time to let us know.

If you are an expert in a topic that you believe XLDB participants would like to hear about, let us know! Vendor-specific tutorials are welcome as well, provided they will be 95+% technical and less than 5% sales-oriented

We will collect the input and make a decision before we open conference registration (early May).

If we do get enough proposals and see enough interest, we are planning to run the tutorials in parallel on Monday, just before the conference (the conference will be on Tuesday and Wednesday).

To contact us, use the comment box on this page (publicly visible), or use the Contact Us box (private).

Thanks!
Jacek Becla

After holding 4 very successful events in USA and 2 in Europe, we are expanding to Asia.  The first XLDB satellite event in Asia will be held in Beijing, China on June 22-23, 2012. The event is open to everyone. For more information see the website: http://www.xldb-asia.org.

Note that this is a satellite event, which means, we are organizing it in addition to the main US-based event. This year XLDB conference & workshop will be held at Stanford University, California, most likely on Sept 11-12. More details coming soon.

Jacek

We have uploaded the photos from the XLDB 2011 conference and workshop, see:

• conference photos
• workshop photos

Volunteers willing to tag the photos are welcome

Jacek

Regards,
Jacek