Go stream them and re-enjoy YAPC::Asia. We also generated Videocast feed (RSS 2.0 with enclosures) so that you can download videos using videocatcher tools like iTunes. This feed is generated using my favorite RSS/Atom aggregator/generator Plagger, of course :-)
We will integrate Audio and Slides to Sessions page as well.
]]>Of course, YAPC is a non-profit event and thus we pooled 100,000 Yen to Shibuya.pm account, so that we can use that for an upcoming event, if any. We decided we would donate other than that.
So today, we made 800 US Dollars donation to Perl development fund of The Perl Foundation. You can find my name (Miyagawa, Tatsuhiko) in the middle, which actually represents Shibuya Perl Mongers and YAPC::Asia 2006 Committe. (I noted that Shibuya.pm should be listed there instead of my name, but apparently there name listing system is not flexible enough)
]]>It seemed to me everybody enjoyed the whole excitement of great sessions from amazing speakers.
We have a very temporary list of slides and Audio files. Sometime very soon we'll upload a set of video files and integrate the links to the existent sessions, but if you're impacient (as i guess you are), follow the links and re-enjoy the conference as soon as the memory is hot.
Thank you everybody for coming!
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]]>We'll have an official conference dinner on 29th March, the 1st night. Here's a detailed schedule.
Date: 2006/03/29 19:00-
Location: Ni-hao, Kamata (Chinese food)
Price: 5,000 Yen
Because the restaurant has a limit of space, we'll open a registration form (signups) for the dinner on March 23rd (Thu) Japanese Time, to accept 100 people from attendees. To whoever signed up for YAPC::Asia, we'll send a quick notice how to register yourself.
We're sorry this dinner is not free, and has a limit of people to get together.
NOTE: Speakers and invited guests don't have to signup.
]]>Thanks for signups everybody. We're looking forward to seeing all of you in Tokyo!
]]>He'll speak something about Ruby possibly, but the details not yet decided. Anyway, you can see Matz, Larry, Damian and Audrey in one place. Hooray!
]]>If you're insterested, register now using our web form. NOTE that this form is only valid for international attendees.
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Date: 2006/03/29-30 (Wed-Thu) 9:30-18:30
Venue: Ota City PiO
Fee: 4000 JPY (2 Days including T-shirt)
Organizer: YAPC::Asia 2006 Committee / Shibuya Perl Mongers
Registration: Register Now (International attendees only)
* Speakers and other schedules are not yet finalized. They might be changed without notice before the conference. We'll publish the finalized program and time table along with sessions title and abstracts in the end of February, 2006.
* Conference official languages are Japanese and English. International speakers will do their talks mostly in English.
]]>(Note: This registration form is only for international attendees and non-Japanese speaking people. Japanese attendees should check out our Japanese blog how to get the ticket, etc.)
In addition, I'd like to remind that the deadline for the YAPC talks is just 2 days away: January 31st. Use the web form to submit your talks, either 20 mins, 45 mins or Lightning Talks.
We're looking forward to seeing you in Tokyo!
]]>Unfortunately, the conference venue Ota City PiO doesn't come with any accommodation, and it's a little far from the central Tokyo. But the venue is pretty close to the "Keikyu-Kamata" station and using the Keikyu Line Express it's just one-stop for bigger towns like Shinagawa and Kawasaki.
Toyoko Inn (#1), (#2) is pretty cheap hotel (55 USD Single and 67 USD Double) in Kamata area. Since it's in Kamata it's very close to the conference venue (it may be less than 15 minutes walk from the conference venue).
We'd recommend you to take either of Toyoko Inn Kamta #1 or #2 if you don't like to get lost in train transfer for the conference. Note that Toyoko Inn is a so-called "Business Hotel" which means the room is a bit small, and there's nothing interesting to see in Kamata area. You'd like to take trains to go around other Tokyo places to see funny things.
Toyoko Inn has its hotel in Shinagawa area too. It's still a decent price, ranging from 60 USD Single and 76 USD Double.
Shinagawa Prince Hotel is more expensive, but fancier hotel, ranging from Single: 11,600 Yen (100 USD) and Twin: 17,800 Yen (150 USD) per night.
New Otani Inn is also a fancy hotel in Osaki (one-stop from Shinagawa), ranging from Single: 11,000 Yen (95 USD) and Twin: 21,000 Yen (182 USD) per night.
Shinagawa is one stop from the conference venue and has easier access to the central Tokyo. If you want to get around other Tokyo places (like Akihabara, Asakusa and Shibuya), Shinagawa is the most handy place both for your pleasure and conference.
There're more cheap hotels in other Tokyo areas, but most of them
* requires you a complicated transfer process to get to the venue
* doesn't have English website where you can make reservations
so we don't include them here.
But if you really want to find cheaper places, or plan to stay longer than a week and have a weekly studio type of thing, feel free to email us and we can help you. And, you can also email us if you want to find someone to share a twin room if you plan to come to Tokyo alone.
If you live in Japan (non-Tokyo area) and want to find hotels to stay during the conference, you can use Rakuten Travel and other Hotel reservation sites to find Hotels in Shinagawa or Kawasaki area.
Note that if you submit Non-Lightning Talk (20 or 45 minutes) and if it's accepted, your registration fee is now free. We'll start attendees registration on early February and we'll inform you the result of acceptance in email beforehand.
Use our Web form to submit your talks now.
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