So many tech conferences, so little time. However, if you use NGINX, or are considering a commitment to the NGINX Application Platform, you may well find NGINX Conf 2018 to be a must.
We always see our conference as important, of course – and for four years running now, conference attendees, training recipients, and sponsors have agreed. But this year is special.
Since last year’s conference, we’ve added key features, such as gRPC and HTTP/2 server push, to our web server software; updated NGINX Plus three times (by the time the conference rolls around); and introduced the first general‑availability releases of NGINX Controller, NGINX Unit, and the NGINX Ingress Controller. (Together with NGINX ModSecurity WAF, these technologies make up the NGINX Application Platform.)
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NGINX Conf 2018 is your opportunity to see them all together, demoed and explained – along with a once-a-year chance to hear from and talk to many members of the core NGINX development team.
This blog post will give you a few key reasons to justify attending to your boss – and, in many cases, for your boss to come too! (We’ll leave it up to you whether having your boss along is a good or bad thing…)
NGINX Conf 2018 will be held October 8–11 in Atlanta, Georgia. The days break down as follows:
So you can take in the conference in just two days, then add a day or two of training on either side, to make your visit three or four days total.
The conference will be held at the Loews Atlanta Hotel, conveniently located in Midtown, a bustling commercial and residential neighborhood hosting dozens of restaurants and nightspots plus the “highest density of art and cultural institutions in the Southeast” (Wikipedia). Getting to Atlanta is easy and convenient – ATL is the world’s busiest airport and one of the most easily reached. You can easily get to and from Loews, and all over Atlanta, via the MARTA transit system.
How do you quickly and easily justify a visit to our most excellent conference? Here’s how – copy and send what follows to your boss!
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Hi Boss,
I’d like to go to NGINX Conf 2018 happening October 8–11 in Atlanta, Georgia. Here’s why:
Now, these are not just great reasons for me to attend. They also make a good case for you, and some of our fellow team members, to come along as well.
So there you have it: a bunch of great reasons to send me, as well as yourself and other team members, to NGINX Conf 2018, this October in Atlanta. I’d like to sign up now to get the Early Bird rate, or the best available rate if I sign up later.
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