We are 50 days away from the 2015 Brand New Conference and have a few updates and notes to share:

1) After-party
The venue for the after-party will be the groovy M1-5 Bar & Lounge. Non conference attendees and friends of conference attendees and nice people are welcome to attend at no cost — you’ll just have to pay for your own booze and not eat the food.

2) Swag
We’ve been hard at work over the Summer heat to produce some really cool materials for your enjoyment. See proof below for how hard we’ve working in the sweltering Texas heat.

4) Attendee geography
We have 655 attendees so far and we are delighted with this number at this point. Our goal is 800 and we hope we can make it happen. We obviously have a big crowd from New York state at 154. Other states contributing are: 45 from California, 25 from Illinois, 20 from Pennsylvania, and 14 from New Jersey. Over 100 people are coming from outside the U.S.! From Antwerp, Calgary, Dubai, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Lima, London, Lyon, Melbourne, Moscow, Prague, Stockholm, Toronto, Vancouver, and more. We love this.

5) Ticket giveaway
On Monday, August 31, we will be doing our usual ticket giveaway courtesy of sponsors who may have unused tickets and our matching giveaway.

6) Last day for online registration
Finally, a reminder that online registration for both in-person tickets and webcast will close September 17. Walk-in registrations will be accepted. This is especially important for people considering the webcast. We will not accept any registrations after this date.