2012 Annual STC Summit

Dates: 20-23 May 2012

Location: Chicago-Rosemont, Illinois, at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare

Registration: Now open!

Price: The Really Early Bird rate is only $795 per person for members. That’s $130 less than the Early Bird rate and $230 less than the Advance rate! However, the Really Early Bird rate expires after the first 100 registrants (or 31 December, whichever comes first), so hurry!

Keep an eye on this website ( http://summit.stc.org/) for more information throughout the year and on the website of the host chapter, STC Chicago.

2012 Intelligent Content Conference

Held annually each winter at Hotel Zoso in Palm Springs, CA, Intelligent Content 2012 is an intimate, three-day intensive learning experience designed to help attendees understand what is required to create intelligent content: content designed to be structurally rich and semantically categorized, automatically discoverable, reusable, reconfigurable, and adaptable to any future functionality.

http://www.rockley.com/IC2012/

WritersUA/WinWriters Conference

The WritersUA/WinWriters Conference draws hundreds of attendees each year from around the world to share the latest in user assistance design and implementation.

The focus of the Conference for Software User Assistance is on developing the best possible user experience for all types of software applications through well-designed interfaces and helpful and accessible support information.

LavaCon Conference

LavaCon was founded in 2002 to educate managers and team leads on how to develop technical communication projects. The program has expanded over the years to include sessions on project management, content strategies, leveraging social networks, and new media technologies.

The focus of the 2011 LavaCon Conference was Developing Content for a Global Audience. Throughout the four days, participants attended presentations on project management, user experience, content strategy, globalization, and mobile and social engagement tracks.

Stay tuned for the 2012 LavaCon Conference.

STC Virtual Conference

STC held their first-ever virtual conference, a one-day event November 9 from 7 AM to 4 PM PT.

http://www.stc.org/education/online-education/virtual-conference

Here's a link to more information about the virtual conference from host Saul Carliner:

http://notebook.stc.org/host-saul-carliner-discusses-the-stc-virtual-conference

Other Conferences

Check out the following blog for links to more conferences -- and some great information..

Here are some links to other interesting conferences that took place this year.:

SXSW Interactive – March 11-15, Austin, Tex.
WritersUA — March 13-16, Long Beach, Calif.
IA Summit – March 30 – April 3, Denver, Colo.
Confab (Content Strategy) – May 9-11, Minneapolis, Minn.
STC Summit — May 15-18, Sacramento, Calif.
Congility — May 24-26, Gatwick, UK
Web Content 2011 — June 6-7, Chicago, Ill.

Past Conferences

This area is for members who attend events that may be of interest to technical communicators and write a report of the event. If you attend and event or know of a conference that you think would be of interest to others using this site, please let us know.

DocTrain West

by Beth Peisic

The DocTrain conference series, now in its 10th year, brings together industry professionals, management, vendors, standards bodies, and others interested in learning about the latest tools, processes, and technologies for technical communicators. The conferences are held on both coasts, and this year DocTrain West was held for the first time in Palm Springs – making it quite convenient for us San Diegans! Click here for the full report.

UC San Diego Extension, Career Night

by DJ Towne

UCSD Career Night focuses on futures in Science, Technology and Business. Click here for the full report.