The 8th Annual Documentation and Training Conference will take place this year for the first time on the west coast of North America in beautiful downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. The event takes place at the Marriott Pinnacle, April 18-21, 2007 and will feature several DITA-specific presentations including:

• 4-hour Introduction to DITA workshop (with popular XML publishing guru Bernard Aschwanden)
• Case study from one organization that has been using DITA and S1000D together
• The debut of the DITA Structured Blogging plug-in (a free plug-in to several popular blogging platforms that will allow bloggers to produce valid DITA content without the need for a help authoring tool)
• A demonstration of the recently released DITA Solution from In.Vision Research Corporation that allows technical communicators to create structured XML DITA content for reuse using Microsoft Word and DITA Studio

The 8th Annual DocTrain Conference will feature 4 topic-focused tracks:

• Tools & Technologies
• Content Design & Access
• Content Development
• Content Management

Residents of Canada will enjoy “at par” pricing.

Register today! 

Registration -- For $895 (US/Canadian) you receive:

 

• Access to over 40 sessions, demonstrations, and keynotes
• Choice of pre-conference half-day workshop on April 18 *FREE* 
• Choice of post-conference half-day workshop on April 21 *FREE*
• Breakfast and carving station lunches on April 19-20 *FREE* 
• Special pricing from the Marriott Pinnacle Hotel, including free, unlimited in-room internet and long-distance calling to US & Canada
• First-year membership to CM Professionals ($100 value) *FREE* 
• Access to technology showcase and networking reception *FREE*

Free pre- and post-conference workshops!
Unlike other events, our pre- and post-conference workshops are included in the price of registration.

Workshops offered include:

• Delivering Personalized, Customer-Centric Content (Ann Rockley, The Rockley Group)
• Designing & Architecting Technical Information (Thom Haller, Info.Design) 
• Introduction to DITA (Bernard Aschwanden, Bright Path Solutions) 
• Adobe Captivate (Neil Perlin, Hyper/Word Services) 
• Taxonomy Development and Implementation (Seth Earley, Earley & Associates)

Register today!

Early Bird Registration -- FREE iPod Shuffle, Tour of Vancouver, CM Pros Membership

Register for the conference and book your room at the Marriott Pinnacle (special group rate available; free in-room internet and long-distance calling to US and Canada), no later than Saturday, February 17, 2007, you’ll also receive:

• a free Apple iPod Shuffle
• a free Saturday afternoon tour of Vancouver
• a free first-year membership in CM Pros.

Exhibit Space Available
To exhibit, contact Scott Abel at 317-466-1840 or ablesp@netdirect.net.

Additional Information
Other inquiries, contact Eileen Savary at 978-649-8555.

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