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PubCon South 2009
WebmasterWorld's PubCon will hold its first-ever Texas
event celebrating all things search related under the sunny skies of the state's
capital Austin.
 The
leading search and Internet marketing gurus will gather for three exciting days
of cutting-edge multi-track sessions at Austin's Norris Executive Conference
Center.
PubCon is delighted to offer Austin attendees
Google lead quality control engineer Matt Cutts and digital entrepreneur
and author Guy Kawasaki, recently named as one of the Web's top
celebrities by Forbes magazine, as featured keynote speakers, so be sure to
register soon.
Innovators Guy Kawasaki and Matt Cutts Headline PubCon
South
Austin conference-goers will be on hand
beginning Wednesday morning when Guy Kawasaki returns to
PubCon for the first time since 2006 to deliver a day-one kickoff keynote
speech.
Kawasaki is one of the most popular users on micro-blogging
service Twitter, a venture capitalist, and one of the original Apple team
members responsible for marketing the first Macintosh in 1984. His PubCon
South keynote promises to bring attendees unique insights into what businesses on the
Web can expect to see next.
Kawasaki is a founding partner and
entrepreneur-in-residence at Garage Technology Ventures, and is the author of eight
popular books including "The Art of the Start," "Rules for
Revolutionaries," "How to Drive Your Competition Crazy," "Selling
the Dream," and "The Macintosh Way." His latest book
is "Reality
Check."
“Now I know what they mean when they talk about
‘encyclopedic knowledge.’ They mean Guy Kawasaki. This book is the proof,” said
Dan Roam, author of “The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling
Ideas with Pictures”
Day two at PubCon South in Austin will see the keynote excitement
continue as Google's
Matt Cutts
offers his views on a variety of search and technology issues.
Cutts, who is an eight-time PubCon attendee and
three-time keynote speaker at the conference, will field questions submitted via
Twitter and Google's Moderator service, in a keynote bound to provide tips from
the energetic and respected Google insider.
Multi-Track Session Grid Offers Wide Variety Of Educational Opportunities
With multiple speaker session tracks on tap, PubCon
South
2009 will offer a wide variety of choices and
 opportunities, with tracks dedicated to pure search engine optimization and organic
search, search engine marketing, social media marketing and more.
The huge slate of session options at PubCon South will
include SEO and SEM sessions featuring many of today's
leading innovators such as
Frederick Vallaeys of Google,
Mary Berk of Microsoft, and
Twitter star Wayne Sutton of
SocialWayne.com.
Many unique and interesting combinations of
innovators will speak at PubCon South, including a "Social Media and Business"
super-session featuring New Marketing Labs president Chris Brogan of
ChrisBrogan.com,
TopRank Online Marketing chief executive
Lee Odden, Outrider
social media strategist
Reem
Abeidoh, and Wayne Sutton.
View the exciting multi-track session agenda grid for PubCon
South at Austin 2009
here.
PubCon South Comes During Peak Austin Festival Season
This year PubCon South is being held at an ideal time to
take in Austin's famous music, film and interactive media festivals and events,
many of which begin
as PubCon wraps up, providing added incentive to make an extended stay or family
vacation in the technology and entertainment hub of Texas.
Re-energize and refocus your business efforts with the
PubCon South 2009 conference in Austin, home to many successful dot com businesses and
major technology companies such as Dell Inc., Advanced Micro Designs (AMD) and
PubCon parent company WebmasterWorld Inc., with many other firms such as
Samsung, IBM, Freescale, National Instruments, and Motorola sporting offices in
the city.
The unique combination of hardware, software, and dot com
technology industries make Austin one of the most vibrant and active United
States technology centers outside of Silicon Valley, in a setting sometimes
referred to as the Silicon Hills due to its  proximity
to the beautiful Texas hill country with wall-to-wall trees and spectacular
rolling countryside.
With PubCon South taking over Austin, opportunities abound to
explore one of the great music and party towns in the U.S., highlighted by a
Sixth Street district that will be bursting with activity both during and after
the conference as the music, film and interactive festival scene comes
alive.
As the Live Music Capital of the U.S., Austin sports more
live bands playing on a Friday night per capita than any other city in the world,
especially during the period when PubCon South will be held.
Austin Norris Conference Centers To Fill For PubCon
PubCon South will be held at the spacious and conveniently-located
Norris Conference Centers
Austin, at the corner
of Anderson Lane and Burnet Road at the
address 2525 West Anderson Lane in northwest Austin, Texas. Directions including
maps are located
here.
Each year more than 1,000 events are held at the Norris
Conference Centers Austin, and PubCon South expects a large turnout for its inaugural
Austin conference.
Luxury Hotel On Tap For PubCon South's Austin Attendees
PubCon South has partnered with Austin's Renaissance Arboretum
Hotel to offer conference-goers convenient luxury
 accommodations only a short
shuttle or cab ride from the show venue, the Norris Executive Conference Center.
A limited number of rooms at the Renaissance Arboretum Hotel, one of the
finest luxury hotels in Austin, have been secured at a very special PubCon rate
of $169 a night, which can be booked using the
direct online link
here.
Shuttle service will run between the hotel and the Norris
Conference Centers Austin during early morning hours and at the end of the day
during PubCon South. The hotel is only a
five-minute cab ride from the conference center.
"Nestled in the picturesque hills of Texas Hill Country,
the Renaissance Arboretum Hotel provides a tranquil environment surrounded by
nature trails, sophisticated boutiques, and a variety of restaurants. From the
dramatic nine-story atrium to the stylish, oversized rooms, this Austin, Texas
hotel features luxurious accommodations and an abundance of upscale amenities.
Enjoy close proximity to Downtown, the University of Texas, the Sixth Street
district, as well as Austin Bergstrom International Airport."
The official PubCon South 2009 hotel is located at the
following address:
Renaissance Austin Hotel
9721 Arboretum Boulevard
Austin, Texas 78759 USA
Phone: 1-512-343-2626
Fax : 1-512-346-7953
Sales: 1-512-343-2626
PubCon South Registration Open With Early Bird Discounts
Early registration discounts for PubCon South at
Austin are available until Saturday,
February 28, 2009, however the best early-bird rate is offered until Friday,
February 6, 2009, so make certain to register soon.
Twitter users can
follow all the PubCon action
before, during and after the conference. At
PubCon's November 2008 conference in
Las Vegas, discussion about PubCon was Twitter's most popular subject for a
period during the conference, and attendees enjoyed Twittering questions to
speakers and fellow audience members during many sessions, a scene which is expected to
be repeated this March at PubCon Austin.
PubCon South 2009 attendees can expect both
industry-sponsored and private networking parties, led by the huge informal
gathering held in a pub setting that has been the event's trademark, giving
attendees the chance to rub elbows with a wide array of the inevitable industry
rock stars from tech titans such as Google, Yahoo, Ask.com, Facebook, Adobe,
Microsoft, and even Hollywood celebrities such as "CSI: Miami" star
David Caruso and late-night NBC host Carson Daly.
With so much on tap, PubCon South 2009 is an event not to
be missed. We look forward to seeing you in March!
- Team PubCon Austin
| What? |
PubCon South 2009 conference |
| When? |
Wednesday, March 11 through Friday, March 13 |
| Where? |
Norris Conference Centers Austin, Austin,
Texas, USA |
| Register? |
Register online now! |
| Hotel? |
Renaissance Arboretum Hotel |
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