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Great! Thanks a bunch.

For all you NI Week veterans--is there good free wifi at NI Week?

Excellent insight, thank you. I did more talking with my co-workers, and we're definitely set on going. We might choose between the Full, Sessions, and One Day depending on our individual schedules and needs. Hopefully one last question: What is the "Conference" without the sessions? Here's how NI describes the Sessions Only pass: Sessions Only Pass: Includes access to keynotes, sessions, and expo booths only. The Full says "conference" instead of sessions, so my guess is that the Sessions Only does not get you into any workshops (or any food, but that's clearly stated). Anyone know about this?

Thanks a bunch everyone. My choices are now narrowed down to Full Conference, Sessions Only, or just go next year after I have a better understanding of Labview (though the LAVA BBQ party sounds tempting enough on its own ). One main problem is that my company recently got into Labview, and we only have a vague idea on what we are going to do with it. I have one small project to do once our DAQ comes in (o-scope related), and a possible embedded systems project. Other than that, we are not sure. As much fun as NI week sounds, would it be more sensible to skip out and get the appropriate courses and materials from NI as we need them? The sessions listed in the preliminary packet are very appealing, but I have no idea right now if I will have an actual use for most of them. I know more education never hurts, but with the price tag for the conference, I need to make a sound decision.

I have never been to NI week, so I have to ask some potentially silly questions. What exactly is the conference section of NI week? Is it worth it for someone that doesn't know much about Labview? Here are the registration choices I am looking at: Full Conference: Includes three-day conference and exhibition admission, meals, exhibition receptions, and evening events. Expo Plus Pass: Includes access to keynotes and exhibition hall plus all meals, receptions, and evening events. Exhibition Pass: Includes access to keynotes and exhibition hall only. The Full Conference pass is about $900 more than the Expo Plus Pass, so I need to think wisely on if I should get access to the conference. I'm guessing it is a lot of info sessions. I can attend all three days. Would I need all three days if I were to get the Expo or Exhibition pass (i.e. are there enough keynotes and exhibition booths to keep me from being bored)? Are the receptions and evening events worth the extra $300? Networking is great, but as far as I know at the moment, I would be casually networking. If it helps, my goals are to learn more about Labview from the perspective of someone having a couple months of experience with it as well as learn how Labview goes from prototype to production level. I will not need to personally develop anything that goes into production, though I will need Labview for prototyping and testing. Any advice on choosing the right pass would be greatly welcomed! *Just saw that there's a Sessions Only pass on the Preliminary NI week program (includes sessions, keynotes, etc. but no conference). So now I am further confused on what the actual conference is!

I'm new here, but I definitely would like to join! I'm actually a Labview newbie as well, but hopefully I will have some decent experience under my belt by the time NI week rolls around. I miss Austin BBQ. Nothing in Houston comes close =(.