TODAY, June 18: Last Chance to Take Advantage of OR2012 Early Booking Rate

From Stuart Macdonald & William Nixon on behalf of OR2012 Organising Committee

Edinburgh, Scotland As we count down to the Seventh International Conference on Open Repositories (OR2012) on 9-13 July, 2012 we are pleased to announce that we have well in excess of 300 delegates registered for OR2012!

For those yet to register (including a number of presenters!!) don't miss the opportunity to book the Early Booking rate for the Seventh International Conference on Open Repositories (OR2012) on 9-13 July, 2012. This ends TODAY, Monday June 18, at midnight (BST). Thereafter registration will charged at the full-price rate of £350 thereafter. There is also a day rate of £115.

Delegates can register for OR2012 via the conference electronic payment system (http://or2012.ed.ac.uk/registration/).

DevCSI are once again organising the very successful Developer Challenge, sponsored this year by Microsoft Research. To post your ideas or for further details visit: http://devcsi.ukoln.ac.uk/developer-challenges/developer-challenge-or-12/

The draft programme is available at: https://www.conftool.net/or2012/sessions.php This is provisional and, as such, timings may change. Further details including Pecha Kucha and Repository Fringe sessions, closing keynote, session chairs etc will also be incorporated in the coming days. Please check the website for updates.

Delegates can also register for the workshops on Monday and Tuesday at www.or2012.eventbrite.com. Please note that the workshops are free but you will need the EDN number from your receipt from the conference electronic payment system to register for the workshops.

For those interested in amplifying the conference through live blogging, tweets, photographs etc please visit: http://or2012.ed.ac.uk/2012/06/15/your-conference-needs-you/ and register your interest.

Accommodation is booked separately - http://or2012.ed.ac.uk/delegates/accommodation/

Additional information about the conference is provided on the OR2012 website - http://or2012.ed.ac.uk/