Note: This list for San Francisco has been locked. Please open our new document for Copenhagen.
VMworld 2010 will be full of official & unofficial gatherings organized by sponsors, partners, attendees and user groups — meetings, roundtables, tweetups, parties, et. If you are hosting any gatherings or know of other events/activities that would be of interest to attendees, please provide details below. Note: This list is for San Francisco only.
Please take a look at the VMworld 2010 (San Francisco) Activities page which highlights some main gatherings not to miss, plus resources such as links to local San Francisco resources, plus this gatherings schedule below.
Find gatherings listed below by using this Google Map: http://goo.gl/xAh6 (courtesy of @trey_anderson)
Josh Liebster (@vmsupergenius) has out these events in a Google Calendar for easy import into yours: http://tinyurl.com/2elr5d4 (updated as of Sat, Aug 28 9am PDT)
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| Date | Time | Description of Gathering | Location | Contact info, registration, URL | Who Should Attend? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/28 | TBD | vBeers (IT Chat) | TBD | #vBeers on Twitter | Attendees arriving early |
| 8/28 | 6pm | vChow | Alioto's | #aliotosvmworld on Twitter | Attendees and Spouses welcome |
| 8/29 | 12PM | vAcupressure (Foot and Hand rubs!) $25hr Foot rub?!? | Lucky Foot Massage, Chinatow | AcuPressure Tweetup info | Anyone arriving early who thinks they're strong enough to take on vAcupressure! That, and your feet may hurt throughout the week so fix early! |
| 8/29 | 5:30pm-7pm | MNtweetup | Thirsty Bear | #MNtweetup on Twitter | Attendees who want to network with MN Tweeps |
| 8/29 | 5pm | Fun Run for VMworld 2010 | Crissy Field (Shuttles will be provided from Moscone Center to the Crissy Field and back) | http://www.active.com/running/san-francisco-ca/vmworld-fun-run-2010 | $20 (includes dri-fit shirt) - All proceeds from the registration fees will be donated to Save the Bay |
| 8/29 | 7-10pm | Sunday Night Extravaganza (Warm up Party-as-a-Service wuPaaS) | Thirsty Bear | http://www.vmworld.com/thread/4308 | Attendees who want to network |
| 8/30 | 11:30 am- 1:30 pm | VMUG Member Lunch | Moscone Center, Room 3000, Level 3 | TBD | All VMUG Members |
| 8/30 | 4-7pm | Welcome Reception | Moscone Center Solutions Exchange | http://www.vmworld.com/community/conferences/2010/networking/ | Attendees who what to network with exhibitors and other peers |
| 8/30 | 5:30-9:30pm | Altor Networks Customer Party | "The Library" at Bourbon & Branch: 501 Jones Street | A shuttle will be available to take folks from the Moscone Center to Bourbon & Branch. By Altor invite only. | Altor customers |
| 8/30 | 7-9pm | VMpartnerup: VMware Partner Tweetup | The Intercontinental Hotel | http://vmpartnerup.eventbrite.com/ | Speak with VMware experts, VMware Alliance partners, fellow tweeps & people behind VMware social media feeds. |
| 8/30 | 7:01pm-10pm | Microsoft, Citrix Tweetup | Thirsty Bear Brewing Co | Follow @virtualization, @citrix | Bloggers, Tweeters, media who are thirsty, hungry for more. |
| 8/30 | 8-10:30pm | EMC vGeekFest Party | Harry Denton's Starlight Room | http://goo.gl/L2WM | VMware SEs/PSO/GETO crew + Cisco Datacenter SEs + EMC vSpecialists (others by invite only) |
| 8/30 | 9-11pm | Official Tweetup for VMworld 2010 | B Bar & Restaurant (above Moscone in Yerba Buena Gardens) | Sponsored by Xangati & Train Signal More information at vSphere-land.com RSVP at Twtvite | Tweeters and social media wannabes |
| 8/30 | 11:15pm | vCigars a.k.a vStogie Tweetup | Occidental Cigar Club | http://www.occidentalcigarclub.com/ Invite url http://twtvite.com/vStogie | Attendees wanting to satisfy vStogie and network |
| 8/30 | 7-9pm | Eat! Drink! Play in the Clouds! – Party with Zenoss and Hosting.com | Cartoon Art Museum | Join Zenoss & Hosting.com for cocktails, appetizers and networking at the Cartoon Art Museum. Stop by the Zenoss booth (#1512) or Hosting.com's booth during the VMworld Welcome Reception on Monday to pick up your wristband. | Attendees who want to network (plus how cool is the cartoon museum!) |
| 8/31 | 11:00 am | Cloud Advisor Panel & Tweetup | HP Booth #1008 | Join in a panel session with the HP Cloud Advisors and stick around for the HP VMworld Tweetup. First 30 to register will receive a surprise. Answer tough questions from the experts on virtualization and cloud topics. If you answer correctly, you are entered in a drawing to win one of two HP Mini Laptops and some other stuff. Details & reg: http://twtvite.com/HPatVMworld | Tweeters, bloggers, anyone who wants to be challenged in Cloud questions, maybe win a mini laptop, maybe meet some other Tweeps. |
| 8/31 | 6:30-10:30pm | Exclusive CA Technologies VIP Event "Accelerate Your Journey To The Cloud" at VMworld 2010 | Ruby Skye Nightclub - http://www.rubyskye.com | A virtual evening in the clouds at the CA Technologies invitation-only “Accelerate Your Journey To The Cloud” VIP event at VMworld 2010.
For details and invitation requests, contact CA Technologies in person on the booth (#1119), via email, or via Twitter @CAinc | CA Technologies customers, partners, and invited guests. |
| 8/31 | 5:30pm | In-N-Out Burger Meetup | In-N-Out | http://www.2vcps.com/2010/08/03/vmworld-2010-in-n-out-burger-meetup/ | Attendees who want their virtualization animal style |
| 8/31 | 6:00– 8:00pm | vCasino Royale | Metreon, 2nd floor Yerba Buena Room | #vCasino on Twitter | GlassHouse and newScale customers + our friends and tweeps |
| 8/31 | 7:00– 10:00pm | IBM and Intel Customer Party | E & O Trading Company 314 Sutter Street "Best new restaurant in Marin County" -Marin Independent Journal | Contact your IBM or Intel representative. Sign up page: http://www.ibm.com/events/VMworld2010/Reception | Meet F2F with IBM, Intel and VMware for fun, food and "festivities". |
| 8/31 | 6:30– 10:30pm | EMC Customer Appreciation Party + vSpecialist Afterhours Party | Temple, 540 Howard St. | by EMC invite only (find an EMC vSpecialist) | EMC customers, vSpecialists and invited guests |
| 8/31 | 6-9pm | Dell | VMware Customer Party | W Hotel, 181 3rd St. | http://www.equallogic.com/resourcecenter/eventhighlights.aspx?id=9727 | Dell and VMware customers |
| 8/31 | TBD eve | Veeam Party | TBD | Contact Veeam | Veeam customers and guests |
| 9/1 | 8-10am | Zimbra-VMware Advisory Group Meetup | W Hotel | Space is limited and breakfast will be served, please confirm your spot by contacting events@zimbra.com | Whether your an customer or community member, help us to discuss the path 7.0 features should take |
| 9/1 | 9-10 am | Breakfast Bootcamp on the Private Cloud with the HP Cloud Advisors | Westin Hotel | Note: date changed!! now WED AM. A special session for media/social media folks: Developed and conducted by technology experts, participants will gain the knowledge needed to transform their infrastructure, applications and process for the private cloud. | Tweeters, bloggers, SoMe socialites, media, hungry for breakfast... |
| 9/1 | 1-2pm | Infosmack / Virtumania SMACKUP | VMWorld Solutions Exchange Floor @Veeam Booth #413 and @3PAR Booth | If you enjoy listening to the VIRTUMANIA and Infosmack podcasts, come by and meet show personalities Marc Farley, Rick Vanover, and Rich Brambley in person on the VMWorld 2010 Solutions Exchange floor. The Veeam and 3PAR booths are adjacent to each other, so this tweet up will be in the general area at both booths. http://twtvite.com/vmworld2010smackup or http://vmetc.com/2010/08/21/vmworld-2010-virtumania-infosmack-productions-smackup/ | Everybody! |
9/1 | 1:00 - 2:30pm | #SANchat Twitter Chat | This is a monthly Twitter-based chat on storage and virtualization trends. This month, SANchat will cover VMworld event news, trends and end-users. Hosted by @LiemNguyen of @Compellent, but, as always, the discussion is vendor-neutral. Hashtag #SANchat. | All are welcome! | |
| 9/1 | 4-5 pm | Beard Papa's Cream Puff Tweet Up | Beard Papa's Cream Puffs 99 Yerba Buena Ln (Mission between 3rd & 4th) | Beard Papa's, a block away, makes the best cream puffs on earth. We will get Cream Puffs, then adjourn back across the street to Yerba Buena Gardens for more virtualization talk. RSVP: http://twtvite.com/creampuffup | All Cream Puff Lovers! |
| 9-1 | 5-7pm | HDS Tweetup #HDStweetup #storagebeers | B Bar & Restaurant (above Moscone in Yerba Buena Gardens) | Interested in storage? Interested in VMware? Interested in how they fit together? Simply want to get your motor going for the VMworld Party? Great. Meet up with HDS for some pre-party #storagebeers. Space is limited. Register here: http://twtvite.com/HDStweetup | Bloggers, tweeters, storage geeks and Vgurus. |
| 9/1 | 7-10pm | VMworld Party w/ INXS | Moscone Center and Metreon | http://bit.ly/bx3H1s | All attendees ready to eat, drink, relax, network, play, enjoy music and party |
| 9/1 | 7:30-10p | #vWines | Terroir Wine Merchant | http://twtvite.com/vWines2010 | Wine-loving vGeeks |
| 9/2 | 8pm-midnight | v0dgeball Competition | VMware Gym | A best 5 of 9 match to the death between @Beaker – Chris Hoff, aka hohoff from Cisco and his army of vSquirrels vs @sakacc – Chad Sakac, aka “Mr VMware at EMC” and his squad of vSpecialists.
http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2010/08/vmworld-v0dgeball-deathmatch-details.html | those who dare! |
| 8/30-9/4 | Throughout the event | Spouse Activities (Spousetivities) | Various | Spouses/significant others of VMworld attendees (attendees only as long as you aren't skipping sessions!) |
I have created a first draft Google Calendar with all the above info at http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=t0cmo38t7pg42rs4v5acmcbhd0%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles
Let me know if the timezones and info are right. Also let me know if you want me to just embed the individual entries in the respective line.