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ACTIVITIES
To enhance your LISA conference experience, attendee events are held throughout the week. Attend
the very popular Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BoFs). Mingle with your peers and with technological
luminaries during the receptions. Please check back here for the latest additions to the activities
schedule.
Welcome Get-Together and Conference Orientation Saturday, December 3, 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m., Back Bay C 
Whether this is your first time at LISA or
your twentieth, stop by the Welcome Get-Together and Conference Orientation to learn how to get the
most out of the conference. The orientation includes an overview of Boston, an introduction to LISA,
and an opportunity to meet your peers. Refreshments and snacks provided.
Board Game Night Sunday, December
4, 8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m., Hampton
Join us on Sunday night for some good old-fashioned board games. Take a step back
into the past and test your knowledge playing the Totally 80s edition of Trivial Pursuit. Challenge
your fellow attendees to a game of Scrabble or Pictionary. Bring your own games, too!
Vendor Exhibition Wednesday,
December 7, noon–7:00 p.m., Grand Ballroom
Thursday, December 8, 10:00 a.m.–2:00
p.m., Grand Ballroom
Looking for
the latest and greatest? Visit the Vendor Exhibition to find new technologies, products, and
services. We encourage our exhibitors to bring their technical staff so that you can learn about
products and innovative services from knowledgeable vendors. Get in-depth answers to serious
questions.
Exhibit Hall Happy Hour Sponsored
by Oracle Wednesday, December 7, 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m., Grand
Ballroom
Join us at the Vendor
Exhibition for refreshments and take the opportunity to learn about the latest products and
technologies. Don't forget to get your vendor passport stamped!
Vendor Passports and iPad Raffle
Win an iPad 2! Look for
your vendor passport in your attendee bag. Visit the booths on your passport and get all your
squares stamped to be eligible for the iPad 2 raffle. The raffle drawing will take place on Thursday
at 1:20 p.m. in the exhibit hall. You must be present to win. Good luck!
Poster Sessions Wednesday,
December 7, 6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m., Ballroom Foyer
Thursday, December 8, 5:30 p.m.–6:30
p.m., Republic Foyer
Check out the
cool new ideas and the latest preliminary work on display at the Poster Sessions. Take advantage of
an opportunity to mingle with colleagues who may be interested in the same area. The list of
accepted posters is available here.
Reception for the 25th LISA Thursday, December 8, 6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m., Grand Ballroom
Jump in the time machine and take stroll
through LISAs past while enjoying dinner and drinks. From photos to awards to stories, we'll give
you a fun look back. Since it all began in the '80s, we hope you'll join us by wearing your favorite
'80s attire. There will be a prize for best costume (extra points if you're sporting '80s LISA
gear). Don't miss the chance to see how LISA became the event it is today. You never know what surprises we'll have in store!
The LISA Game Show—It's Baaaack! Thursday, December 8, 8:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m., Constitution Ballroom
In honor of the 25th LISA, we're bringing
back the very popular LISA Game Show. Join us Thursday night after the reception as we once again
pit attendees against each other in a test of technical knowledge and cultural trivia. Host Rob
Kolstad and sidekick Dan Klein will provide the questions and color commentary for this always
memorable event.
Want to
participate? Qualification quizzes are available at the Membership Booth. They must be turned in by
3:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 8. The names of the players selected will be announced at 5
p.m. Thursday evening. Don't miss the opportunity to show the LISA crowd what you've got!
LISA '11 Scavenger Hunt
In keeping with the time travel theme
at this year's LISA, we've brought back the LISA scavenger hunt. Inside your registration packet
you'll find a LISA '11 Scavenger Hunt Card. The 2011 questions contain not only characteristics of
folks who help to organize or are participating in LISA, but also questions about your favorite time
travel and adventure movies and TV shows. Use your finest sleuthing skills to locate people who fit
the bill or know the answers to the trivia questions. Take a moment to chat with them, and ask them
politely for their signatures. All you need to win are 10 signatures. Once you've got your 10, drop
by the USENIX Membership Booth to spin the Prize Wheel. Prizes range from T-shirts to free
conference passes and more. Don't miss out on the fun: Join the LISA '11 Scavenger Hunt and spin to
win!
Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions (BoFs) Monday–Thursday evenings, December 5–8
It's not too late to schedule a BoF!
Stop by the USENIX Registration Desk to reserve a space for a BoF session. Rooms are available
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings. The always popular evening Birds-of-a-Feather
sessions are very informal gatherings of persons interested in a particular topic. Check the BoF
Boards in the registration area for the latest schedule and room locations. The schedule is also
available here.
Vendor Birds-of-a-Feather Evening Sessions
Share a drink, network
with industry experts, and learn more about new products, career opportunities, and the latest
technologies. Beer, wine, and snacks provided. The schedule includes presentations by the
following:
- Opscode Vendor BoF
Tuesday, December 6, 7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m., Fairfax A
- Oracle Vendor BoF: Zero Downtime Updates for Oracle Linux with Ksplice
Tuesday, December 6, 7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m., Republic A
- Cambridge Computer Storage Vendor BoF
Tuesday, December 6, 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m., Republic
B
- CFEngine Vendor BoF
Tuesday, December 6, 8:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m., Fairfax A
- ScaleXtreme Vendor BoF: Managing Compute Systems from the Cloud
Tuesday, December 6,
8:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m., Berkeley
- VMware Vendor BoF
Tuesday, December 6, 8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m., Republic A
- Puppet Labs Vendor BoF
Wednesday, December 7, 7:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m., Fairfax A
- Oracle Solaris 11 Engineering Panel Vendor BoF
Wednesday, December 7, 7:30
p.m.–8:30 p.m., Back Bay A
- Mozilla Enterprise User Working Group Vendor BoF
Wednesday, December 7, 7:30
p.m.–8:30 p.m., Back Bay C
- Skybot Software Vendor BoF: Stump Industry Experts at This Automation Challenge!
Wednesday, December 7, 8:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m., Fairfax A
- Isilon Vendor BoF: Design and Administration of Extremely Large Data Clusters
Wednesday, December 7, 8:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m., Berkeley
- OTN-OU Vendor BoF: Oracle Resources for System Administrators
Wednesday, December 7,
8:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m., Back Bay A
- Oracle Solaris 11—Cloud Management Vendor BoF
Wednesday, December 7, 9:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m., Back Bay
A
- Dropbox Vendor BoF
Thursday, December 8, 8:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m., Commonwealth
- Zenoss Vendor BoF: An Introduction to the Core 4 Architecture
Thursday, December 8,
8:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m., Fairfax A
- Google Vendor BoF
Thursday, December 8, 9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m., Commonwealth
Work-in-Progress Reports Friday,
December 9, 2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m., Gardner
Short, pithy, and fun, Work-in-Progress reports introduce interesting new
or ongoing work. If you have work you would like to share or a cool idea that's not quite ready for
publication, post a one- or two-paragraph summary to the Sign Up Form by 6:00 p.m. EST on Thursday,
December 8. We are particularly interested in presenting students' work. The speakers will be notified in advance. This year's presentations:
- "The Reverse Ticket System," presented by Thomas A. Limoncelli, Google NYC
- "Ganglia Graphite Integration," presented by David Josephsen, dbg.com
- " An Open Source Secure Notes Store for your Mobile
Device," presented by Tobias Oetiker, OETIKER+PARTNER AG
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