Thursday June 7th 2012
In association with
It's that time of year again when we at EduGeek in association with Smoothwall, who have kindly sponsored this years event, ask you once more to make you way up, down and across to Preston in Lancashire, for a day of informed talks from companies specialising in education and other areas, networking and meeting the site sponsors as well as being pampered by us and our event sponsor Smoothwall.
This year we shall once more be holding the event in the beautiful environs of the University of Central Lancashire’s Westleigh Conference Centre, located in a fully modernised 19th century manor house on the outskirts of Preston. The venue is just a 5 minute drive from the Ibis hotel it means attendees who choose to overnight get to spend less time traveling and more time socialising. As always, the conference is free as we shall keep you up to date on speakers as and when we can confirm them.
Tickets will be available from next week - Remember it's free to attend
Confirmed speakers are:
- Microsoft - Windows and Server 8
- Frambozenbier - An introduction to the Raspberry Pi
- Rick Byers - The EU Cookie Law
- Adobe - Adobe CS6
- Impero - BYOD
- SmoothWall - Current internet security issues
- Epson - Subject TBC
We shall also have tables exhibiting products and services from our speakers and other companies. These include:
Travel and hotels
As usual we recommend that you stay at the Ibis Preston North which is comfortable, cheap and a mere 5 minute drive from the venue: http://www.ibishotel.com/gb/hotel-31...rth/index.shtm
The venue is easy to get to and you can get the location and directions from this site here:
http://www.uclan.ac.uk/information/s...ces/travel.php
And for those of you using sat-nav you can use this address to find your way:
Westleigh Conference Centre
Lea Road
Preston
PR4 0RB
For those that cannot attend
We will be streaming the conference online courtesy of Adobe and Adobe Connect. More details are to follow about the streaming service.
If you have a ticket but cannot attend after all
Please please contact us ASAP as we can usually allocate your space to another member, the sooner you let us know the faster we can fill the vacant slot.
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