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COMMON Fall 2005 IT Education Conference & Expo

Orlando World Center Marriott * Orlando, Florida
September 18-22, 2005

Please note that online registration for the conference is closed. You can register on-site in the Crystal Registration area of the Orlando World Center Marriott any day of the conference.

Before you leave for the conference....

Browse the Online Session Guide for a daily schedule, session abstracts and to create your Personal Grid.

Check out another COMMON educational event: The 2005 COMMON Seminar Series takes place this fall, with Skip Marchesani presenting "Everything You Need to Know about SQL in Six Hours" in five different U.S. cities.

Lab registration is open!

Access the Rio online networking forum

View photos of the conference

In addition to hundreds of sessions on topics in business strategy, database, systems management, networking and development, the educational focus of the conference will be Virtualization.

Dr. Frank Soltis, IBM iSeries Chief Scientist, will be the keynote speaker at Sunday's Opening Session. Don't miss this presentation, in which he discusses the future of computers and the role of the iSeries, giving us a glimpse into what lies "Beyond the Horizon."

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Tell your IT director or CIO about the IT Executive Conference! Click here for details on this conference-within-a-conference for high-level IT decision-makers.

First time attending a COMMON conference? You need the First-Timers Kit. Plus, read an article about a first-timer's impressions of the Fall 2004 COMMON Conference.

Pre-Conference Workshops	Register for hands-on labs
Conference pricing	Ask the Experts/Meet the Speakers
Week at a glance schedule	Browse a list of conference exhibitors
Professional Development night	Meet our ELITE exhibitors
IBM Certification testing on-site	Information on exhibiting and sponsorships
IT tour of Universal Studios Orlando	Download a PDF of the Conference Preview brochure
About Orlando	Guest policy