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I recently returned from PubForum 09 that ran from June 5-7 in Dublin, Ireland. What an incredible event it turned out to be, further strengthening PubForum's excellent seven-year track record as one of the most well respected IT industry conferences in the world. All seats were filled prior to the event, and the speakers and attendees seemed to enjoy every minute of this content- and discussion-rich conference!
Event Highlights
As I described in a recent blog post, we ran a Geek Speak Live! track at PubForum this year that proved to be a fantastic addition to the event. Some highlights of Geek Speak Live! at PubForum included a Geek Speak room on Saturday, and the following individual sessions:
- Shawn Bass's thought-provoking "XenDesktop 3.0 and Its Impact on the VDI Landscape" session that was a follow-on to his Geek Speak Tonight! session at Synergy in May
- Radoslaw Smigielski's "XenServer Deep Dive" session, the informative opening session in the Geek Speak room on Saturday
- Rene Vester's provocative "Essentials for... Virtualization" session that turned into an active Q&A and sparked several related follow-on discussions
- Rich Crusco's discussion on "What's New in Provisioning Server," a great session that resulted in a very interesting Q&A
- The Geek Speakeasy Discussion Club...two hours of ongoing discussions covering a variety of technical topics from the Value of Today's Hottest Technologies to What Does Citrix Need to Do to Stay in Business?
Event Photos
I've posted a collection of photographs "hot off the presses" of the speakers and attendees at the PubForum keynote and Geek Speak Live! track sessions, as well as some great Dublin scenery that was within walking distance from the conference. If you didn't have the chance to attend PubForum this year, these photographs will give you insight into the good times that were had. 
Click here to view the collection of event photos.
I'd love to hear your feedback, so please feel free to send me an email. For more information about the Geek Speak program, click here.
Laura Whalen
Citrix Systems, Inc.
Comments (6)
Jun 17
Anonymous says:
Hi Laura, From the photos it looks like GeekSpeak @ PubForum was both a l...Hi Laura,
From the photos it looks like GeekSpeak @ PubForum was both a lot of fun and informative. I think there would be a lot of people in other cities and countries who would jump at the chance to go to one near them. It's hard for many of us in europe or in asia to get to the US for Synergy and Geek Speak seems much more what most of us who use Citrix products want in an event. Have you thought of running Geek Speak in other places?
-TDG
Jun 22
Laura Whalen says:
I appreciate your great feedback, TDG! As part of our global Geek Speak prog...I appreciate your great feedback, TDG! As part of our global Geek Speak program, we are working on a plan to run future Geek Speak events in Europe and Asia, as well as the US. Please stay tuned to the Citrix blogs where I'll continue to announce the upcoming events. If you have any ideas for event locations or topics, I'd love to hear about them, so please feel free to send me an email so we can chat. I look forward to hearing from you and/or seeing you at a future Geek Speak! -LEW
Jun 18
Thomas Krampe says:
Hi Laura, first of all - great photos thx. Hope to see you again in Frank...Hi Laura,
first of all - great photos thx. Hope to see you again in Frankfurt.
@TDG - Why you don't join us at the europian Pubforum (Frankfurt/Germany 2010)?
Cheers
Thomas
Jun 22
Laura Whalen says:
Hi Thomas, I'm happy to hear that you're enjoying the photos! I think they ...Hi Thomas,
I'm happy to hear that you're enjoying the photos! I think they are a nice reminder of this great event that we participated in. I hope to see you again at PubForum in Frankfurt! Keep in touch.
Best,
Laura
Jun 18
Anonymous says:
Hi Laura, Looks like everything went great. Will there be another event s...Hi Laura,
Looks like everything went great. Will there be another event soon?
Best regards,
LCW.
Jun 22
Laura Whalen says:
Hi LCW, Thanks for your feedback! As Thomas mentioned, the next PubForum wi...Hi LCW,
Thanks for your feedback! As Thomas mentioned, the next PubForum will take place next year in Frankfurt, Germany, and I hope to work with Alex Yushchenko and the PubForum team again to run Geek Speak Live! as part of that event. Geek Speak is a year-round program that we run that includes live, virtual, and local events. The next Geek Speak Local event will take place in Iowa City, Iowa on June 25, and we'll be running the next virtual event in Q3. I'll continue to let you know about all of the upcoming Geek Speak events via the Citrix blogs, so please stay tuned and thanks for your interest in the program. I hope to see you at a future Geek Speak!
Best,
Laura
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