Unite 2008

News & General Discussion
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Unite 2008
October 22-24, 2008
Copenhagen, Denmark

Both Unity and the Unity Community are growing faster than ever and it’s time to invite everyone to our second Unity developer conference, Unite 2008. Once again the conference will be a three day technical event offering attendees a chance to learn more about Unity and the Unity Web Player and network with fellow members of the Unity community. Developers, educators, artists or anyone else interested in using Unity to develop top-quality games and entertainment content are invited to attend.

The conference will be held on October 22-24, 2008 at the Tycho Brahe Planetarium in Copenhagen, Denmark. Here is a brief overview of the conference agenda:

  • Keynote and road map presentations
  • 9 1-hour technical sessions on a variety of topics
  • 5 hours of hands-on lab time
  • Lots of time to get social and have fun!

Technical Sessions
There will be a total of nine one-hour technical sessions offered and they will each cover a unique topic that relates to using Unity to author and deploy great content. This year’s conference will feature presenters from Unity Technologies and Unity Studios as well as from the Unity developer community.

Hands-On Lab
At the end of each day of the conference there will be time for hands-on lab. During this time attendees can work one-on-one with Unity staff to help answer outstanding questions or work through project-specific problems. There will be a number of work stations available so bring your laptop, your project files or just a head full of questions as this will be your chance to sit down with the experts to get help and advice so don’t miss out.

Get Social
Along with the daily agenda of presentations, technical sessions and lab time we will host another Unity Mingle event during the conference. Everyone is invited to join us for an evening of networking, talking shop and making friends.

Registration
Registration is now open, and if you register before August 25, 2008 you can save 25% off the cost of your conference pass. Conference registration includes access to all presentations and events so register online (https://store.unity3d.com/shop/unite) today and we’ll see you in October for Unite 2008!

I hope to see you this October! :smile:

Note: make sure to read the other announcement thread, The 2008 Unity Awards, as the two events are closely related!

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Great looking venue. Very exciting.

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Yes!!!

Registered 8)

This is really a great date for the conference - one day later, and I couldn’t have participated, but this way it works. Looking forward to seein’ everyone!

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And you’re officially the first Unite 2008 ticket holder. :slight_smile:

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probably won’t make this one as its too far but so cool UT is hosting another so soon. will be much less travel wear tear on you guys i’m sure (except for you higgy : )

sweet news!

NYC next year???

; )

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Let’s get through Unite 2008 before we worry about 2009. :slight_smile:

And for reference, I don’t mind the travel as it’s now a well worn route for me anyway. I <3 Copenhagen!

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Wowzer! Great news indeed :slight_smile:
Copenhagen is such a wonderful city, with cycling scandinavian chicks everywhere, so count me in!

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Some configuration of us will be there. Maybe all…?

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To throw out a quick travel question for those of us coming across the Atlantic – I know that flights vary a lot based on destination city and that when visiting friends in Cologne, they have had us fly into either Amsterdam or Brussels and take a train (for pretty massive cost savings). Are there other cities with major airports near enough to Copenhagen that it would be worth checking airfare there and looking at a train ticket or renting a car?

I thought I would ask those who are more familiar with the area before systematically checking airfare and land travel options to Copenhagen for every city in Europe :wink:

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The building kind of reminds me of the SF MoMa… hehe

It’s a pity that Unite is not in SF again. I kinda am in SF at that time, I hope…

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Why how would you ever come to that conclusion? :stuck_out_tongue:

For those that don’t get it: look at this as it’s a photo of the SF MOMA.

We want to move it about to share the travel burden evenly (or as much as possible) and so San Francisco wasn’t really a candidate for this year’s event. For those that can go it will be another great event and Copenhagen is a fantastic city that I’m sure you’ll enjoy.

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Unite in Europe! Woot!

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Sweet! We’ll be the Power Rangers!

Copenhagen is indeed nice. :slight_smile:

-Jon

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Yo!!! Unite in CPH and I’ll be there!

@Charles: Lots of danish people fly from Hamburg because it’s mostly cheaper than from denmark. Might want to checkout if flights to Hamburg are cheaper as from here a train drives directly to CPH if I recall right. From here it’s roughly a 4 hours drive by car to CPH.

Edit: Ohh, just saw it’s very close to Tivoli, so super central in downtown CPH. Way cool! Nice hotels around, like the “27”.

Martin

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I’m soooo there :smile:
My first Unite!

Singing out loud with my lovely voice: “I’m so excited…!!”

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Perhaps this year is too quick for me. I’m just jumping into Unity.

But I expect to be next year. (I hope again in Copenhage :slight_smile:

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Count me in :slight_smile:

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Great ! we will be present !

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I’ll most definitely be there too - good call on Copenhagen :wink:

Not as exotic as Mauritius, but it will do for closeness to home

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Looking into travel plans for this now. Anyone else from Dallas/SW U.S. planning on attending?