We are happy to inform you that since Drupalcon Szeged was announced a few days ago, we enlisted more then 20 (mostly local) volunteers who are already discussing and planning restaurant reviews, plotting important and useful sites on the Szeged map, ensuring good WiFi coverage at the venue among other things. For the first time in Drupalcon history, we are using a project management website set up and fine-tuned exclusively for this event, separately from the Drupalcon public website. Thanks to the people and the technology, we worked on some exciting things since the announcement, so I figured I’d better let you know:

* Our team built up a Frequently Asked Questions page complete with location, date, visa requirement, language, accommodation, registration, price estimate and even power plug and mobile coverage information among other details. It contains very important tidbits, so please check it out.
* We also collected some valuable information for your traveling. When you organize your travels, please note that we plan on a code sprint day after the four session days.
* Drupalcon Planet is setup and includes each blog post from and near Drupal Planet that mentions Drupalcon. All automated.
* Follow us at twitter.com/drupalcon as we are already using this to spread more informal news on the event. Also mark your tweets with #drupalcon to appear at hashtags.org/tag/drupalcon/.
* We also got a hold of the #drupalcon IRC channel on freenode, which just means that we got the channel topic updated now. Feel free to hang out there and discuss. You might or might not find organizers there.

We’ll keep the information pages up to date (and even included a “Last updated” mark at the top to let you know the freshness of the information at any time). If you have any questions not (adequately) answered in the FAQ, by all means contact the team. We would also love if you could help us get the word out about this event. Let’s grow the Drupalcon Planet!

Ps. We are working on making it possible to register on this site, but we would like to save you from the hassle of going back and forth updating user profile details, so thanks for your patience in the meantime.
Announcing Drupalcon Szeged 2008

This next Drupalcon, we're transforming the small town of Szeged, Hungary into Drupaltown!

The Drupal Association is pleased to announce that the next Drupalcon will be held in Szeged, Hungary from August 27 to 30, 2008 in the Library and Conference Center of the Szeged University. With a thousand Drupal enthusiasts expected we'll be turning this picturesque student city into a true Drupaltown!

Drupalcon has been a major success for the Drupal community, with every conference reaching out to more and more people. Like Boston, Drupalcon Szeged will again provide ample opportunities both for business people, developers, themers, designers, and users in the community: there will be a code sprint, plenty of space for BOF sessions, a job fair and, of course, plenty of opportunity for networking. Start planning, buy your tickets earlier and be prepared to meet your Drupal community in Szeged, Hungary; Drupaltown!

Some of the new things at this Drupalcon will be:

* Accommodation service. We are organizing this conference in collaboration with C&T, a local event organizer. As part of the registration process they will help you find accommodation - near the action - that fits your needs.
* Any budget. We have already reserved the city's finest hotels as well as the local hostels. There are accommodations to meet everyone's budget.
* Central European talent. Drupal is big in Central Europe. This Drupalcon will let you meet developers, designers and other upcoming talent from the region. It will also be an excellent opportunity to make first contact with some of the local, as well as foreign companies that provide consulting, design, development, or outsourcing talent. We will have an exhibition area with focused one day exhibitions as well as a partnering system to help you find the right people and schedule meetings.

The Drupalcon Szeged 2008 team is working hard to finalize conference details before opening registration and the session proposal system. We will also soon announce the sponsorship packages. You can follow us at szeged2008.drupalcon.org (or drupaltown.org). Only the most important announcements will appear on the drupal.org home page. In the meantime, make sure you are available on these days (we will provide you with travel tips and facts on the website) and gather your ideas for discussions and sessions.

Bring the family! C&T, our partners in organizing this conference, is also a travel agency and can help you plan a family vacation to Budapest, Vienna, Prague or any of the other beautiful cities within the region. Given sufficient interest from the participants it is possible to organize a collective post-conference trip; please let use know what you think!

Check back soon and register early so you don't have to miss out on Drupalcon in Drupaltown!

Drupalcon 2009? We are currently planning the 2009 Drupalcon in North America and Europe. Please submit your proposals and ideas now.

Source: http://szeged2008.drupalcon.org/

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