From: Leonard Chin <l.g.chin@...>
Date: 2009-06-01T16:53:30+09:00
Subject: [ANN] RubyKaigi2009 Tickets Now Available

Tickets for RubyKaigi 2009 go on sale from 7pm JST today (Monday, June
1st. RubyKaigi 2009 will be held in Tokyo, Japan, and will run over 3
days from Friday, July 17th until Saturday, July 19th. Further details
at the end of this announcement.

Ticketing
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Conference Tickets: 6000 yen (for all three days)
Party Tickets: 5000 yen (for the conference party on Friday, July 17th)

How to Purchase
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Tickets will be available for sale on on http://rubykaigi.org/2009/en
via PayPal (account not required).

Tickets on sale from 7pm (JST) Monday, June 1st, 2009.
# San Francisco: 3am
# New York: 6am
# London: 11am
# Sydney: 8pm

In past years, tickets have always sold out in the first few days, so be quick!

Who's Speaking?
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- Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto (Ruby)
- Yehuda Katz (Merb, Rails)
- Masayoshi Takahashi (Takahashi Method)
- Scott Chacon (Github)
- Kuwata Makoto (erubis)
- Jeremy Evans (Sequel)
- Masatoshi Seki (erb, druby, rinda)
- Michael Felinger (Ramaze)
- Koichi Sasada (Ruby 1.9)
- Nick Sieger and Tom Enebo (JRuby)
- Akira Tanaka (openuri)
- Keiju Ishitsuka (irb, "the guy who named Ruby")
- Kentaro "gotoken" Goto (Benchmark)
.. and lots more.

About RubyKaigi
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RubyKaigi is the premiere Ruby Conference in Japan, held annually and
hosting a mix of Japanese and English talks. RubyKaigi 2009 will be
held at Hitotsubashi Conference Hall in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, over 3 days
from Friday, July 17th until Sunday, July 19th. For further
information and news, please check out our website:

http://rubykaigi.org/2009/en

Questions?
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Feel free to drop us a line at 2009@rubykaigi.org


--
Leonard Chin
for RubyKaigi 2009