Going Solo

Many of you have taken advantage of the special Earlier Bird price of 300 CHF (a quarter of the available tickets sold in under a week!) — but if you missed it, don’t fear. You still have approximately 3 weeks to take advantage of the Early Bird price of 400 CHF (instead of 600).

You’ve understood: this is a devious ploy to entice you to register before the “last minute”. It’s important for the organisation of the conference to have as many people register as soon as possible, because it means we know how much revenue to expect from the ticket sales (it also allows to sort out things like catering comfortably in advance, too).

So, don’t wait (because once it’s gone, it’s gone): register before March 16th to get 200CHF off your regular 600CHF price!

Opening registration is a moment of truth for an event. And Going Solo has passed the test. I’ve had mainly positive reactions on the pricing (even students telling me that with the Earlier Bird discount, it was student-affordable), and more importantly, people have actually been registering. Well, yes. That’s the whole point, isn’t it?

If you’re thinking about registering, or might know people who are, I’d like to draw your attention to the fact the 300CHF Earlier Bird discount closes at the end of this week-end. It’s still “just” 400CHF after that instead of 600CHF, but it would be a pity to miss the deadline, wouldn’t it? So, now would be a good time to blog about Going Solo and tell all your friends about it.

To be perfectly honest, the pricing structure has one main aim: encourage people to register early so that there is money available for the inevitable event expenses — and so that I know where I stand regarding the general budget. Don’t wait until the last minute! I also like the idea that I can, during a short time, offer a price which is on-a-budget-compatible (if even students are telling me it’s affordable…)

Talking of blogging, I’d like to extend many thanks to all of you who blogged about Going Solo. There are some great posts in there — and if you do blog about the conference, let me know so I can add you to this growing collection of links. You’ll be in very good company! So far, we’ve had coverage in English, French, Dutch and German — which, as you can imagine, makes me doubly happy.