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Dojo Connect is a conference for Dojo web developers provided exclusively through your web browser, no travel required. It is a 3 day event during the 2nd week of February featuring many speakers who are active developers of the Dojo Toolkit from IBM, Google, Sitepen, Mozilla and Uxebu. The price is $300 which includes full access for all three days and access to the recorded sessions after the live event. For access to the final day only, the cost is $50 per person. The first two days’ agenda is comprised of featured sessions and the third day is a developer / community day. IBM speakers will be speaking at the conference. On Day 2, Becky Gibson will speak about Accessible Rich Internet Apps, Jared Jurkiewicz will speak about the Dijit Editor, and David Schwartz and Evan Wei Huang will speak about Grid and Enhanced Grid in Dojo 1.4. There will be a talk about IBM and Dojo in 2010 on Day 3. You may register for the virtual conference on dojoconnect.evitebrite.com.

Here is an overview from the invitation.

The DojoToolkit is a powerful JavaScript Library with an active development community spanning the globe from North America to Asia. Dojo Connect is about bringing this global community together to discuss strategies and techniques for taking advantage of the power Dojo brings to a Development Team. The Conference will be 100% online, with a portion of the proceeds going back to the Dojo Foundation to support its ongoing work.
Dojo Connect will have many of the active developers both in attendance and presenting. Co-Creators Alex Russell and Dylan Schiemann, as well as the Dojo Project Lead, Peter Higgins, will be presenting one or more mind blowing sessions. Additionally, sessions will be hosted by leaders of the major components of the toolkit. There will also be sessions presented by Dojo Community members providing practical advice and experience for Dojo Development.
The Conference will be held over three days. The first two days will consist primarly of talks and seminars from Dojo Developers and prominent community members. The third day will be a community event…a global Dojo Developer Day for those of you who have attended other DDD events.

Schedule
The detailed agenda is still under construction as the speakers and their sessions are finalized. The general schedule is as follows:
Day 1 and 2

The first two days of the conference will consist 1-hour discussions with prominent Dojo Community members, as well an interesting keynote speakers on each of these days. Attendees will view the speaker(s) with a live audio/video stream as well as a a stream containing the speakers presentation material. Interaction with the speaker will be available for all attendees via live Chat with the speakers and other attendees. Several public meeting rooms will also be available for live audio/video communication with speakers and other attendees.
Day 3

Day 3 will be what the community makes of it. We are providing the means and a loose structure, but this day is intended to be community driven. We hope to get feedback on the current and future versions of Dojo and anything else you want to raise to the community. Unlike the first two days, this day will be split into multiple discussion groups. Any of them are open to any attendee and speakers. This is a unique opportunity to not only learn how to be more effective as a web developer, but also to integrate directly with the community and help drive the future direction of Dojo. The final day will feature an exciting roundtable discussion.