Ok, Richard Doyle, leader of the SoilidWorks online community, didn’t say he was “looking” for folks who will be attending their first SolidWorks World in Jan 2010. He does have a message for first-timers, including useful advice and links. However, I’m sure he would appreciate comments from people who are planning on attending their first SolidWorks World. As for Richard, he has attended every one.
Category: SWW10
SolidWorks World 2010 correspondent quest
Just announced yesterday, SolidWorks is conducting a contest to find a worthy person to act as their Official Internet Correspondent at SolidWorks World 2010. The winner of the contest will be loaned a camcorder to use to document their experience at SolidWorks World 2010 on a blog and Youtube (and associated Tweets too)!
The decision as to who wins the contest will be made November 13. I would like to ask everyone to vote for our very own Chris Saller (if he accepts the nominations he has received already). Unless someone has a more clever idea, I say just vote for Chris by commenting on the article linked here.
Have fun!!!
SolidWorks World 2010 Agenda
The preliminary agenda is now posted for SolidWorks World 2010 on the SolidWorks website. The agenda is subject to change, of course. That usually means that more breakout sessions may be added.
If justification for attendance is still needed, the agenda itself can serve as an excellent resource. One way to look at SolidWorks World is that it is an opportunity to attend up to twelve educational classes. At $995, that works out to be just under $83 per session. I’ve easily paid over $800 a day for some industry seminars. SolidWorks World is a big bargain.
But wait, there’s more! Attendees also get to explore a large trade show (Partner Pavilion) with hundreds of exhibitors. Some trade shows are free, but more technical ones tend to charge some sort of nominal fee. At SolidWorks World, it’s included as part of the package.
Agenda links
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CAD Administration |
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Data Management |
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Design Automation |
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Design Validation |
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Education |
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Modeling Essentials |
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Productivity Tools |
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Customer Success/Designing Better Products |
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Design Communication |
Coming soon in November, attendees will be able to pick their session preferences. Spots are not guaranteed for regular breakout sessions even with advanced session preference selection. However, it’s important to pick preferences soon, especially for hands-on sessions which usually fill up fast.
SolidWorks World 2010 early registration offer ends soon!
There’s a special deal that can allow SolidWorks World 2010 attendees to save $200 on registration. It’s the Early Bird #1 special offer. Instead of paying $995, people who register early qualify for the price of $795. For those who are already planning to attend, this is a good reason to register sooner. For those who are on the fence about attending, this discount could make the difference. To take advantage of the offer, one must register by October 9. Hope to see you there!!!
Staying Connected to all things SWW10
There’s already a lot of buzz being built about SolidWorks World 2010 (SWW10), even with it being months away. To help readers keep track of the goings-on, SoildWorks website has a pipe that feeds articles from many of the SolidWorks related blogs. Not every article fed into the pipe is going to be about SolidWorks World 2010 right now, but a lot of them are about it already (such as the article you are reading right now).
Additionally, on that same webpage resides a Twitter fed pipe for all tweets labelled with the hatch #SWW10 or #SWW2010. Since the SolidWorks World 2010 hatch is used, it’s a sure bet that the tweets fed into the pipe are about SWW10 in some fashion or another. There aren’t many tweets just yet, but as we get closer to the conference, this will change drastically as more comments and planning are discussed.
In addition to this, I’ve set up the Twitter pipe on SolidWorks Legion, which will remain visible in the upper right menu until some time after SWW10 concludes in January 2010. *Update, I’ve removed the Twitter feed from my sidebar due to slow load times. Please see my Twitter feed page.*