LinuxPlanet: A Day at the IT Forum in Vancouver

“The IT Business Forum is a free, single day traveling event,
making its way to twelve destinations in the United States and
Canada throughout the months of March through May. At each
location, the content mostly changes, with some of the talks
repeated in multiple cities and some general trends toward
including security topics, and even open source.

“According to Chris Cannard, Executive Director of IT Forum
International, this event came about when vendors expressed
interest in a more intimate and upscale venue with more time
available to talk one on one with conference attendees.

“Shrinking the focus to specifically IT, instead of the broader
‘computer stuff’ vagueness of many large high tech conferences,
helps to make sure that vendors and the audience are properly
matched, and also naturally limits the attendance numbers. The goal
for this year was five-hundred registrations. Cannard said that
they hit that mark, and so were pretty happy…”

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