As an update to the registrations for Summit 2018 - we’ve sold 75% of the available places. As Don explained we won’t be able to add further places like we did last year. This is our biggest (and hopefully best) Summit yet with more sessions and nearly double the number of speakers. If you want a place I recommend not waiting. Last year we sold our last place on 24 February. If sales carry on as they currently are we’ll sell out for 2018 well before then.
A quick update - all numbers as of 23-January-2018, 12:23pm Pacific time. 91 seats remaining. We are on track to sell out in approximately 45 days. Unlike previous years where we’ve scrounged some spare seats at the last minute, **please don’t expect that this year, **as I think I’ve gotten better at math and have not been rounding as much. Hotel situation:
Marriott, we have 6 rooms left. This is our “official” hotel, with the largest number of Summiteers on site.
Courtyard, we have 9 rooms left. This is a quick walk to the Meydenbauer, with about half as many Summiteers as the Marriott.
Hotel 116, we have 34 rooms left. This also has about half as many Summiteers as the Marriott, and is our lowest price point hotel. This is still a quick walk to the Meydenbauer.
After the rooms above are exhausted, you’re on to “rack rate,” which, sadly, can be ridonkulous as it’s a popular time of year to be in Bellevue and they’ve gotten used to our crowd coming in. We do ask that you choose one of the above hotels if humanly possible so that we’re not stuck paying for this reserved space regardless. If we have to do so, prices for Summit will assuredly rise in 2019. Can’t make it? We’re often asked about session recordings. We’re not prepared to commit to anything for 2018, although we’re working hard with a partner to try and make something happen. There’s no need whatsoever to “+1” this; we’re well aware that everyone asks for recordings (despite fairly low actual view numbers for them), and we’re working on it. Last year’s attempt was massively disruptful and unsuccessful, so we can’t have that again. That’s it! Hit us up on Twitter @PSHSummit if you have questions!
A discussion and possible solution to puzzle 1 is now available at Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 1 - A solution Remember this isn’t presented as a definitive solution. It’s my view of the solution. Please also note that the faction specific parts are indicative and not prescriptive - they are my view of how the different factions would approach solving the puzzle.
You’ve survived the first challenge. A new challenge in the shape of Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 2 is now available. Take note of the faction based instructions. Please remember that we’re not grading submissions for these puzzles. You can comment, and discuss the puzzle on the Iron Scripter Prequel forum Stay true to your faction and victory will be yours.
Greetings Iron Scripters The first puzzle in the Iron Scripter 2018 Prequel series is available: Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 1 Take note of the faction based instructions. Please remember that we’re not grading submissions for these puzzles. You can comment, and discuss the puzzle on the Iron Scripter Prequel forum Stay true to your faction and victory will be yours.
Registrations are going very quickly. We’ve sold nearly half the available places. Historically, registrations accelerate in the first half of January so don’t wait too long before booking or you may be disappointed. Another tranche of alumni discount places were made available at the beginning of January but there are only 25 of them so if you want one book your place very soon. One new feature of Summit for 2018 is Iron Scripter - http://ironscripter.us/. Three factions will battle it out on Thursday 12 April 2018 for the title of Iron Scripter. If you haven’t chosen your faction it’s time to start thinking about it: Daybreak Faction - beautiful code Flawless Faction - flawless code Battle Faction - good enough to get the job done Choose your faction based on your approach to coding. The run up to Iron Scripter starts soon. We’ll be running a series of prequel events - think of them as the successor to the “Scripting Games” of the past. We’ll publish a puzzle on powershell.org every week on this schedule: January 14 puzzle 1 January 21 puzzle 2 January 28 puzzle 3 February 4 puzzle 4 February 11 puzzle 5 February 18 puzzle 6 February 25 puzzle 7 March 4 puzzle 8 March 11 puzzle 9 March 18 puzzle 10 March 25 puzzle 11 A solution will be published the following week. The puzzle for March 25 will have a solution posted on 1 April. Notice we say “a solution”. Depending on your faction you may have a different view of how the puzzle should be solved. A forum will be available on PowerShell.org - https://powershell.org/forums/forum/iron-scripter/iron-scripter-prequel/ - for you to present and discuss possible solutions. Give your faction’s view of how to solve the puzzle. Use the forums and the answers posted there to identify potential members of your faction. You can use non-attendees during the main Iron Scripter event so this is your chance to identify potential remote collaborators. We MUST stress a couple of things:
The schedule for the 2018 Summit still needs a little bit of polishing to finish it but it’s taking shape. I’ve started releasing information on sched.com that we’re using for all our scheduling needs for the Summit. The one and only truth regarding the sessions and their times can be found at https://powershelldevopsglobalsummit2018.sched.com/ I’ll be adding sessions over the next few days so keep checking. I’m really excited about the schedule for the 2018 Summit. We’ll have 4 rooms for sessions with many of your favourite speakers returning and many new speakers which is really good to see. The Community Lightning Demos return by popular acclaim and we’ll be running an Iron Scripter competition as well. The PowerShell Team will be presenting all day Monday and at other sessions through out the Summit. Registration opens 1 November and once you’re registered through eventbrite your information will be sync’d to sched.com so that you can access the schedule and use the scheduling app.
The call for topics is closing 1 October at 23:59 GMT. We’ve had a fantastic set of submissions. Creating an agenda for the 2018 Summit is going to be very difficult because we’ve had so many fantastic sessions submitted and I don’t have enough slots to take them all.
The call for topics is hosted by papercall.io – highly recommended – and the cut off is automatic.
I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY SESSIONS SUBMITTED AFTER THE CUT OFF DATE.
We have started the acceptance process for the sessions to be presented at the 2018 Summit. Those currently accepted sessions are listed in the brochure The deadline for submissions still remains as 2 October 2017 We’ll probably be formally accepting a number of other sessions during September BUT the bulk of the agenda won’t be finalised until after the deadline closes. You still have plenty of time to get your submissions into the system. The earlier you do so the more time we have to help you refine the submission.
