Southeastcon 2010 Status Report 3/8/2010

Registration: We have 583 paid registrations, including 72 Region 3 members,
351 students, and the remaining technical attendees. This number does not
include the 27 paid guests, 40 non-paid volunteers, and approximately 60
exhibitors. This means we will have over 710 people present at the conference.

Exhibitors: We have about 30 exhibit tables allocated, with over $60,000 of
contributions and exhibit fees. We will have a VERY large and busy exhibit
space. We still have companies contacting us about space.

Hotel room pickup: We have reservations for 575 of 600 rooms promised (95.8%).
There is still a possibility for people to get rooms, but they need to talk to
our hotel contact directly (Traci Burnett, 704-454-1714).

Student program: We have 42 university and 8 “open division” teams
participating in the hardware contest. We are considering others. Our software
contest got a late start organizing, but we will publicize it in the next few
days.

We encourage all R3 members to attend the Professional Development Seminar
being held on Friday, March 19. Contact Mary Ellen Randall
(mer1-at-ascottechnologies.com) if you are interested in adding it to your
registration

We have a VERY strong technical program, including over 30 free 50-minute
tutorial slots. We had to cancel all but 7 tutorials due to low attendance. We
will reexamine the remaining ones this week.

See you in Charlotte-Concord!

Jim
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James M. Conrad, PhD, PE, PMP, Associate Department Chair and Associate
Professor Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, jmconrad
UNC-Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223