DConf '24 Schedule & BeerConf News

[Mike Parker]

## The DConf '24 Schedule

The DConf '24 schedule is now live:

https://dconf.org/2024/index.html#schedule

You'll notice that we've departed from the norm in a few places. 
That's because of the number of submissions we received. 
Typically, we receive either just enough or many more than we 
need. This year, we needed 16 and received submissions from 19 
people.

As we were agonizing over which 3 submissions to reject, Atila 
announced that he'd be willing to give up his slot this year. 
That meant we only needed to reject 2. Then our most recent guest 
speaker invitation was declined. We decided to use that slot for 
one of the submissions as well.

At that point, none of us wanted to reject just a single 
submission. We wanted to hear all of them. The only practical way 
to do that without spending more money on the A/V set up on the 
Hackathon day would be to give up either the AUA or the Lightning 
Talks.

So in the end, we decided to drop the AUA this year. We're still 
going to do it as a pre-DConf live stream session. The upside 
there is that we don't have to limit ourselves to an hour. We'll 
most likely do it on the last weekend of August or the first 
weekend of September. I'll announce it here and add it to the 
DConf schedule once it's settled.

We want to thank everyone who submitted a talk. We're excited 
about all of them.

## BeerConf

I've also added some information about this year's real-world 
BeerConf:

https://dconf.org/2024/index.html#beerconf

Once again, pub hire rates are ridiculously high, even more than 
last year. Fortunately, an anonymous donor has stepped forward to 
sponsor one night at a pub called The Trinity Bell, around a 
15-minute walk from the venue.

Drinks are on the house for all DConf attendees who show up at 
the pub on September 17th, the first night of DConf, from 18:00 
until the tab runs out. Click the link above for more info.

It's unlikely we'll be able to hire the pub out for the remaining 
two nights, so until you hear otherwise from me, the lobby bar at 
Travelodge Central City Road is once again designated as the 
default nightly gathering spot for BeerConf.

## Registration

As a reminder, June 17 is the last day of early-bird 
registration. If you haven't signed up yet, get it done before 
then to get that 15% discount:

https://dconf.org/2024/index.html#register

See you in London!