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2^nd International ConT_EXt User Meeting

The 2^nd ConTeXt user meeting will take place in Slovenia from 20th - 25th August 2008 in Bohinj, in the heart of Triglav National Park, around a lake in Alps.

Preliminary registration

The house can host enough people, but it gets fully reserved very early. I have made a reservation for 32 beds a few months ago, but I would like to know an approximation of the number of people planning to come (if it's not too late already), otherwise some may need to seek another place too sleep (also more expensive). On the other hand, I will lower the number if it turns out that fewer are interested.

Please, register even if you're not sure if you will be able to participate. You can express that on the registration form, and I will ask for a confirmation once again.

The exact fee will be announced soon, expect it to be 200 EUR, including hosting (5 times full board), conference materials and an excursion.

Also, if you're planning to come with a low-cost plane from London or Brussels – keep an eye on their prices and make a reservation soon enough. Easyjet has already risen up their prices for August.

Enjoy your Holidays ...

Bohinj is a perfect place to spend your Holidays there. Depending on Summer it may still be warm enough for swimming in the lake, but certainly the perfect time & place for going into mountains (when it is not raining). In case of a nice weather, we can prolong the meeting in an informal way for a day or two by going into mountains or in some other way, maybe even with "garden hacking sessions" (only for those interested to stay). Let me know.

Organizers

The ones responsible for your enjoyable stay:

prof. dr. Rudolf Podgornik
Mojca Miklavec <mojca dot miklavec dot lists at gmail dot com>
asist. dr. Primož Peterlin

The two responsible for quality and professional feeling of the meeting:

Hans Hagen
Taco Hoekwater

With special thanks to our Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana and:

prof. dr. Franc Forstnerič
prof. dr. Vladimir Batagelj
prof. dr. Tomaž Pisanski

Impressions from the 1^st user meeting

After 15 hours (door-to-door) on many modes of transport, I made it back to the Homeland with all the books I found in Europe, the ConTeXt materials, and the MAPS issues that Willi donated.
Many thanks to everyone for the meeting in Epen, which I enjoyed more than any meeting in many years. And thanks especially to Taco and Hans for the excellent organization that provided lots of time to learn about ConTeXt and to chat late into the night while sampling the local beers. It was a nice way to make new friends! I look forward to returning to Europe next year to see everyone at the 2nd users' meeting.

Happy hacking,
Sanjoy

I'd like to add my thanks too, to everyone, but especially to Taco, Hans, Willi and all the other people who did everything in the background which allowed us to enjoy the meeting so much. I too hope to see you all next year, wherever we are!

Thanks for everything.
Duncan

Just wanted to chime in: the meeting was most enjoyable. I would have loved to see the mkiv presentations, but i trust you'll make a nice documentation of it. And I wanted to thank you all for this splendid experience. I'm already looking forward to ConTeXt 2008!

All best
Thomas