Super-excited about the SharePoint Technology Conference

We’re racing toward the finish line for SPTechCon San Francisco, BZ Media’s SharePoint Technology Conference. It’s next week, Feb. 10-12, at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in Burlingame. And it’s going to be huge… here’s why.

• So many people! This year’s attendance is much higher than the 2009 SPTechCon SF — at least 33% higher. Registrations are still pouring in, even though the conference is less than a week away.

• So many great speakers. We’ve got an incredible conference faculty, from the keynote speakers to the teachers at our workshops and technical classes. This is the biggest and best collection of SharePoint experts ever.

• We sold out the exhibit hall. Twice. The first time it sold out, back in October, we started a waiting list while I went back to the hotel and said, “We need more space!” The Hyatt found us another ballroom to use for expo space, and we filled that one too. I believe the final tally is 52 exhibitors.

• Sponsors, sponsors everywhere. Check them out. Not only do we have many corporate sponsors, but also tons of participating media sponsors — print and PDF publications, newsletters, portals, associations and user groups. We’ve never had as many sponsors for a BZ Media event.

• We’ve got so many fun things going on. Our first-ever show daily. We had so many signups for our “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know (About SharePoint)” event that we had to split it into two rooms. I’ll host one room while Dave Rubinstein, the conference chair, hosts the other.

• More fun things. There’s our “Ask the Experts” program, a “Pizza & Answers” session and a tweetup to benefit the Children’s Defense Fund. We even have “The Big Honkin’ Silicon Valley/Bay Area SharePoint User Group Meeting,” and yes, that’s really what it’s called.

I’d like to congratulate the crew that worked so hard to make SPTechCon a success: Dave, Stacy, Kathy, Jill, Mara, Viena, Erin, Craig, Carl, the sales team, the editorial/production team, the IT team, the marketing team, everyone. Oh, and Ted, of course.

It’s going to be a great week! I hope to see you there.