See LEAP at the Computer & Technology Showcase
Orlando, FL. May 15-16, 2002
Orlando Centroplex
Halls 400-700
Booth 1309

Slashdot's Robin Miller keynotes at Orlando CTS - 5/15/2002

Get a chance to talk to Robin up close and personal in a smaller venue.

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Linux Enthusiasts and Professionals (LEAP) will field a booth at the Computer & Technology Showcase (CTS) show in Orlando on May 15 and 16, 2002. Our booth will demonstrate Linux installation, and the use of Linux programs in business. We will be giving away some free copies of Linux. There will be almost continuous Linux presenters including Linux.Com's Robin Miller, and a good time will be had by all.

Linux Speakers at CTS

The CTS keynote address will be given by none other than Robin "Roblimo" Miller. Robin will speak on "Building Profitable Web Sites With Free Software". Robin is the author of the new book "Habits of Highly Successful Online Companies: Rules for Building Profits", so you know he'll impart some valuable knowledge.

Besides authoring the new book, scheduled for release in September, 2002 by Financial Times Press/Prentice Hall, Robin is also editor in chief for Linux.Com and for OSDN, one of the world's leading online tech news publishers. He has written extensively about computers and the Internet for Slashdot, Linux.com, NewsForge, Time New Media, Online Journalism Review, Web Hosting Magazine, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, and many other Web sites, newspapers, and magazines.

This is a can't miss presentation! Robin will speak from 10:30am to 11:30am on 5/15/2002. Be there!
 

Other Linux Speakers at CTS

Tech Theater #1 will feature an almost continuous stream of highly respected Linux speakers. Here's the Tech Theater #1 schedule:
 
DATE TIME SPEAKER   TITLE   ABOUT THE SPEAKER
May 15 11:30-12:15 Tony Awtrey   How Linux works in Heterogenous Environments   Tony Awtrey is a Partner in I.D.E.A.L. Technology Corporation and president of the Melbourne LUG.
             
May 15 12:30-1:15 Phil Barnett   Linux in a Security Environment   Phil Barnett is the manager of the Harbour Project, an Open Source clone of the Clipper (Xbase) compiler. Phil is a Senior P/A at Walt Disney World and former President of LEAP.
             
May 15 1:30-2:15 Max Lang   Linux: Which Distribution is for You?   Max Lang is a computer systems specialist with with a large, nationwide medical laboratory, and has been using Linux since 1993.
             
May 15 2:30-3:15 Tony Becker   Introduction to the Bash shell   Tony is a senior developer in the telecommunications industry. He writes device drivers and other tough stuff.
DATE TIME SPEAKER   TITLE   ABOUT THE SPEAKER
May 16 10:30-11:15 Scott Porter   Object Orientation Done Right   Scott Porter has been a professional programmer for 32 years, and currently is the Dean of Business and Technology for the Orlando campus of DeVry Institutes.
             
May 16 11:30-12:15 Mark Mathews   Linux and Wireless LANs   Mark Mathews is the President and CTO of AbsoluteValue Systems, Inc., and the Author and Maintainer of the Linux WLAN Project.
             
May 16  12:30-1:15 Steve Litt   Converting Your Business to Linux   Steve Litt is a software developer, webmaster of 
Troubleshooters.Com, and the author of "Samba Unleashed", "Rapid Learning", and "Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist".
             
May 16 1:30-2:15 Bryan Smith   The Gnome 2 Desktop   Bryan Smith is President of SmithConcepts, Inc., Consulting Engineers and IT Professionals and veteran Linux user.

 

Linux Fun at CTS, booth 1309

This is your chance to have some Linux fun. Come hang out at our booth, for as long as you like. Talk to other LUG members, or talk to the IT audience at large. Meet people from other LUGs. Show off your LUG shirt. Chat about your latest equipment, antics, and accomplishments.

Many of your will be sponsoring similar booths in your own cities, and you know there's so much work you don't have a chance to have fun. So come to our booth -- we'll do all the work -- you have all the fun. Come and go as you please. See the other exhibits.

HAVE FUN!
 

Getting Your Free CTS Tickets

You can print your free ticket to CTS:  You can bring these tickets to CTS in order to get in free. You will register at the entrance. If you'd prefer to pre-register so your badge and materials are all ready for you, you can preregister at http://www.techshows.com/orlando/register.html.

Registration

As mentioned, you can bring the free tickets to CTS in order to get in free. You will register at the entrance. If you'd prefer to pre-register so your badge and materials are all ready for you, you can preregister at http://www.techshows.com/orlando/register.html. It's MUCH more convenient. Just in case there's an error in the registration, also bring in one of our free tickets.

If you're actually participating as a booth person or as a speaker, it's HIGHLY recommended you register beforehand. Otherwise you'll wait in line with others wishing to register.
 
 

Getting There

The show is May 15 and 16, at the Orlando Expo Centre. Here's the address:
 
Orlando Expo Centre
500 West Livingston Street
Orlando, Florida 32808

This is downtown Orlando, so get off the I-4 on
 

* Directions From I-4 Going West Toward Tampa:
Take exit #42 and proceed straight at bottom of off-ramp onto Hughey Avenue. Turn right on Livingston Street. The main parking lot #1 will be on your right.
 

* Directions From I-4 Going East Toward Daytona:
Take exit #40, Robinson Street and turn left on Livingston Street. Main parking lot #1 will be on your right.
 

* Directions from Orlando International Airport:
Take 436 North to East-West Expressway (407) and drive West on the East-West Expressway to I-4. Drive East on I-4 to Exit #40, Robinson Street and turn left on Livingston Street. The main parking Lot #1 will be on your right.

Registration is 9:00am to 9:45am, so if you haven't preregistered get there during that time. Robin Miller's keynote kicks off promptly at 10:30 on May 15, so get there early to find the auditorium and get good seating.
 

More Information

If you need more information, you can go to the show promoters website for lists of presenters, better driving directions, times and dates, exhibitors and lots more. You can find the show's website at http://www.techshows.com/orlando/orlando.html.