YAPC::Asia Tokyo Behind The Scenes, Or How We Organize A Conference For 2000 Attendees

YAPC::Asia Tokyo Behind The Scenes, Or How We Organize A Conference For 2000 Attendees

By Daisuke Maki (‎lestrrat‎) from Shibuya.pm
Date: Wednesday, 10 June 2015 13:30
Duration: 50 minutes
Target audience: Any
Language: English
Tags: event yapc

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This year we're holding the last YAPC::Asia Tokyo, which will be the culmination of the last 10 years.

In this talk I will explain what we have done, what we were aiming for, what sort of services we used to prepare and execute a conference of this size with mere 12 people on board.

Since this is going to be the last conference that we will be holding for the foreseeable future, I would like to welcome anybody who is even remotely interested in organizing large scale geeky events, and pass down the experience and knowledge that I have gained by being a part of growing YAPC::Asia Tokyo from 200+ to 2000 attendees.

Agenda:
* Designing the Conference
- What/Where https://medium.com/@lestrrat/what-do-you-want-your-yapc-to-be-5a5e15340239
- Size, Costs
* Implementing the Conference
- The Team: Communication, Tools
- The Venue: Sizing, Network
- The Money: Preparing for, and Obtaining sponsors
- The "Entree": Talk selection, etc
* Miscellanea
- The Website ("ACT or No ACT")
- Marketing
- Ticketing


Attended by: Peter Martini, Dave Rolsky (‎autarch‎), Stevan Little (‎stevan‎), Jordan Adler (‎jmadler‎), Kevin Metcalf (‎profmetcalf‎), Thomas Sibley (‎trs‎), Karl Boehnker, Curtis Poe (‎Ovid‎), Robert Threet (‎RAT‎), Brian Wisti, Jason McIntosh (‎jmac‎), Abigail, Charles McGarvey (‎CCM‎), Steve Nolte (‎mcsnolte‎), Sean Quinlan (‎spq_easy‎), Ryan Olson (‎Gimpson‎), Stephen Scaffidi (‎hercynium‎), Joseph Hall, Todd Rinaldo (‎toddr‎), Dan Muey,