Friends in my former home of the middle north middle of PEI are holding a conference. I thought of having a conference once but only got this blog for my meagre efforts. These guys have put much more into it. In the best tradition of the Pugwash conference, no one is paid to be there and those attending are not paying much to be there - the latter factor being one I came to respect after a useful Portland, Maine IT conference attended by myself and some of this conference's organizers [aka the SOBs] a few years back.

In a bit of a break through for PEI, it is also not government sponsoured/funded/agenda-ed nor does it have increased shoulder season tourism as a goal in itself. It appears to be just about getting together for a group think. I am a bit jealous of not being able to be there myself next weekend and, having fallen into speaking engagements here including with various Ontario government provincial levels about privacy, autonomy and personal information handling, I think I might have a thing or two to throw into the mix. Last word is that there are still spaces so if you are in the Maritimes, give them a shout.