Dear Code4Lib,
We would like to let you all know about a few upcoming dates of note with regard to the 2016 Code4Lib Conference in Philadelphia.

First, we will announce our conference registration prices on November 30th.  We hope to keep this under $200, but the final cost to attendees is contingent on the generous support of our sponsors.  That said, if you know anyone who might want to sponsor Code4Lib, now is the time to ask for their support and send them our way [1] so we can add their logo to our growing, but not yet complete list [2]!  We also made a few updates to the prospectus to make smaller contributions a bit more attractive.  Be aware that we have a pledge deadline of November 16th, which allows us to announce prices on the 30th.  Sponsorships are welcome after that, but they will not affect the registration price.

We also plan to open registration on December 10th. The time between announcing prices and opening registration allows attendees to put in travel requests for the conference in advance of the opening of registration.

Talk Proposals are due on November 9th, and Workshop Proposals are due on November 15th.  We are all interested in what you have to share!  You can now see the proposal submissions in real-time [3] (click “view current..”), thanks to some fancy footwork by Luke Aeschleman and Chad Nelson.

Finally, we are happy to announce that this year is the first time the annual Code4Lib Conference will offer in-hotel childcare services, thanks to the generous support of CurateCamp and Equinox.  There will be a small fee of $10/child per day, payable at registration time.  This fee is highly subsidized, and needed to ensure an accurate number of participants so we can prepare accordingly.

[1] http://2016.code4lib.org/prospectus.html
[2] http://2016.code4lib.org/sponsors.html  - If your logo looks pixelated on the sponsors page or does not appear at all, that’s because you need to send us your official logo in a vector-based format. :)
[3] http://2016.code4lib.org/schedule.html

Regards,
Shaun Ellis
On behalf of the Local Planning Committee
2016 Code4Lib Conference