[SGVLUG] Conferences coming up

[matti]

Hi!

Here's a few conferences coming up which
I thought interesting, I've to each
at least once in the past.

best
matti


OSCON 2008 is happening July 21-25 in Portland, Oregon.
http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/content/home
[ small expo, vy gd sessions.

USENIX Security '08 
San Jose, CA, July 28–August 1, 2008
http://www.usenix.org/events/sec08/
[ note, they have several other conferences
[ there at the same time.. 
[ small expo, vy gd sessions.

Black Hat USA 2008 speaker list
August 2-7, Caesars Palace 
http://www.blackhat.com/
[ pricey conference, info should scare
[ the day lights out of any IT pro..

Linux World
Aug 4-7, SF CA (Moscone)
http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/
[ big expo floor. gd sessions

DEFCON 16
August 8-10, 2008
at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas
http://www.defcon.org/
[ cheap cover charge, by the same folks who 
[ bring you blackhat... last time I went
[ it was a bit of a zoo, but I heard it's 
[ better now..

22nd Large Installation System Administration Conference
(LISA '08)
November 9–14, 2008, San Diego, CA
http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa08/
[ heavy on the unix, now has some windows, 
[ a bit of an academic crowd (like most usenix
[ events), gd sessions, great BOFs, small expo