LAVA BBQ 2018 - Official Information

[JeremyMarquis]

Greetings Friends of LAVA, colleagues, cohorts, and Wireworkers Extraordinaire -- it's LAVA BBQ time!

Change log for 2018:

• Prices have been rolled back to a previous, cheaper version
• New location, see below

 

Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Time: 7:30-10:00 pm 

Location: Uncle Billy's Brewery and Smokehouse, 1530 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, TX 78704 (1.5 miles from Convention Center)

Cost:

• $25 Early Bird (through May 4th)

• $30 Regular Admission (through May 20th)

• $35 At the door (May 21st - 22nd)

Meal Options: Expect to enjoy your choice of meats (brisket, turkey, ribs) with sides like mac and cheese, cole slaw, and potato salad.  A vegetarian option is available when purchasing tickets. Cash beer bar.

Who: Everyone is welcome, including spouses traveling with you. Even if it's your first time, expect to recognize many faces/names from the forums and NI R&D.

What to wear: It's a covered, outdoor venue in Austin during Spring, so dress for the weather and comfort.

Door Prizes: We will have a drawing to give away prizes. All attendees are eligible and will receive a door prize ticket upon entry.  See below about sponsoring a door prize yourself to share the love.

 

 

 

------------>>------------>>   Get LAVA BBQ 2018 Tickets Here   <<------------<<------------

 

     The venue is now a 30 minute walk from the convention center, or a $6 Uber.  Get together and carpool, people are typically gathering at Challenge the Champions in Exhibit Hall 4, which is great fun.  There is a free parking garage behind the building.

 

We'd love for you to sponsor a door prize - Continue Reading:

If you or your company want to sponsor a LAVA BBQ door prize, please post a reply below. You can also include a small blurb about your company and a link to your website in the post below. By donating a prize you and your company will receive a small announcement of your choosing, during the event. We will ask you to write the announcement on a post-it note and will attach it to the prize to be read before awarding it.

We love the door prizes, but we love time for socializing too.  Here are some guidelines to keep our event balanced and streamlined.

• Single item donations work best. If donating more than one item, then multiple identical items is strongly preferred.
• If donating non-tangible items or something that is not physically with you, then please bring a card with your contact info and instructions on how to collect the prize. This will be given to the winner.
• Donations are typically $25-$200 in value.

Not recommended:

• Apparel (hats, t-shirts, underwear, etc.) - never the right size
• Software licenses (Toolkits, add-ons, LabVIEW)
• Branded trade show booth type giveaways (mouse pads, pens, keychains, etc.)
• Jokes or something meant as a gag and not a real prize

 

Hope to see you there! Chime in once you buy tickets to let everyone know you're coming.

Edited April 20, 2018 by JeremyMarquis
Emphasized ticket link for all the Rays out there (I'm one)

[jacobson]

I really appreciate that you included a change log for the event.

Looking forward to the BBQ as always.

[Ed Dickens]

Holly and I are registered. I'll see if I can get management to break free some funds for a door prize.

Looking forward to it again.

[Christian_L]

Looking forward to it and love the new location.

[Michael Aivaliotis]

I'll be there this year!! If you want to save money, you can share a room with me. Just ask.

Also, come running with me in Austin.

[RayR]

On 2018-04-12 at 1:49 PM, JeremyMarquis said:

Get LAVA BBQ 2018 Tickets Here

I kept looking for the link until I realized that the large text was screaming at me to click it..  LOL!!

I'll be seeing you guys at the venue.... and during NI Week..

 

[JeremyMarquis]

Door Prize!

Two of these custom bluetooth speakers will be given away, sponsored by the LAVA BBQ itself!

[Front and back views]

[Darren]

How come the diagram on the speaker has a backwards wire, an unnecessary coercion dot, and an obsolete analysis VI call?  

[JeremyMarquis]

The backwards wire is killing me, too.  That's why its on the back, to bother your coworkers.

[gleichman]

I've purchased my ticket. Looking forward to another NI Week.

[JeremyMarquis]

Raspberry Pi + machine learning + machine vision, sign me up!

G Systems is sponsoring this door prize, an AIY Vision Kit from Google.

  

[Dmitry]

Two door prizes from Arktur Technologies this year. First is the classic text from 2002. Second is a brand new book first published in September 2017 ...

 

               

 

[Fab]

Just got my ticket, I'll be there!

[Ed Dickens]

DISTek will be giving away an Arduino based Sparkfun Kit.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14556

 

[Michael Aivaliotis]

VI Shots LLC will be donating an Apple TV 4K 32Gb

More info here:
https://www.apple.com/apple-tv-4k/

[JeremyMarquis]

Just a reminder, last week for early bird pricing

[Francois Normandin]

I think it's been 7 years since my last LAVA BBQ. Excited that I'll join this year!

[The Q]

Got my ticket. It will be good to see all of you. I missed NIWeek last year. 

—Quentin “Q” Alldredge

Edited May 11, 2018 by The Q
Added real name.

[Aristos Queue]

On 4/21/2018 at 1:21 PM, JeremyMarquis said:

The backwards wire is killing me, too.  That's why its on the back, to bother your coworkers.

So... the peak is also a poke?

[JeremyMarquis]

Last week to get tickets!

Door prizes wanted!!

[The Q]

Door Prize!

Q Software Innovations will donate a RobotLinking Arduino Uno based kit.

Info Here

--Quentin "Q" Alldredge QSI

 

 

Edited May 16, 2018 by The Q

[crelf]

On 5/14/2018 at 7:31 AM, Aristos Queue said:

So... the peak is also a poke?

I get that reference.

[Norm Kirchner]

BBQ Photos Courtesy of RightBalancePhotoG available at RBPG, FB and LAVAg.org

https://rightbalancephotog.smugmug.com/LAVA-BBQ-2018/

 

 

[JeremyMarquis]

Thanks everybody for making this such a fun event.  Looking forward to next year.

[sushu]

ohoh, hi all , AQ  I'm try use AF（the baby of you）.

Edited December 26, 2019 by sushu