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You asked and we answered!

php-con West 2003's early bird deadline has been extended till Friday,
October 10th. It's not too late to sign up tutorial, technical session
or full conference packages at reduced fees. Register online at
http://www.php-con.com or download and fax one of our registration
PDFs.

** Additional Savings and Special Promotions **

Do you work for a non-profit or university? Are you a student or a
member of a PHP user group? You may be eligible for additional savings
on registration fees.

- Students get 50% off registration when they include a current class
schedule and photo ID with their faxed registration
- Employees of Yahoo!, Universities and Non-Profits can take an
additional 10% off rates.
- Members of recognized PHP User Groups, phpclasses.org and PostNuke
are also eligible for additional savings.

Want to find out if you qualify? Email monica@php-con.com for more
information.

** Why you need to be at php-con West 2003 **

Why is php-con the destination of choice for PHP and web developers?
Because php-con is about three things: Community. Code. Solutions.

Our entire program is filled with speakers selected as much for their
contributions to the community as for their expert knowledge of PHP.
Joining us at php-con West 2003 are:

* Keynote Speakers Zeev Suraski of Zend Technologies and Author
Sterling Hughes
* PostgreSQL Core Team member Josh Berkus
* Yahoo! PHP Guru Michael Radwin
* MySQL evangelist Zak Greant
* Apache.com's Jim Winstead
* PHP.net's James Cox
* PostNuke's Vanessa Haakenson
* Industry experts George Schlossnagle, Wez Furlong and new speakers
John Neil, Allie Micka, Frank Kromann, and Aaron Stone
* Authors Christian Wenz, John Coggeshall, Luke Welling and Laura
Thomson

Whether you're new to PHP or dig your hands into it everyday, this is
where you want to be.

php-con West 2003: Community. Code. Solutions.
October 21- 24, 2003
Biltmore Hotel
Santa Clara, California
http://www.php-con.com


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