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Registration Is Open for ETech 2004

by Tara McGoldrick Walsh
Network Newsletter for 10/22/2003

Dear Reader,

Well, it's that time of year again. Time to sign up to attend ETech 2004!

Registration opened this week for O'Reilly's third annual Emerging Technology Conference. Slated to begin February 9, 2004, the show will run through February 12.

ETech will be held this year in sunny San Diego, California--an ideal locale to get away from that winter weather that may be getting you down.

ETech 2004 offers the chance to gather with lead users, forward thinkers, and technology activists to vet the projects and ideas that will radically alter not just the future of computing, but the way we live and work. Don't miss this opportunity to be a part of the action.

For all the skinny on scheduled tracks, tutorials, keynote speakers, and conference events, check out

http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etech/

And to find out about a special conference promotion as well as early-bird discounts when you sign up by January 9, 2004, go to

http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2004/create/ord_et04

See you there!

Tara A. McGoldrick
Web Editor

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