Aruba Airheads Conference Las Vegas 2012

Red Rock Canyon

The desert beckons again, but I  won't have room to see Red Rock Canyon this time around! I've got a full schedule of events set up for me in Las Vegas next week for the Aruba Airheads Conference. The group of blogger attendees I'll be traveling with are:

• Sam Clements, sc-wifi.com, @samuel_clements
• Daniel Cybulskie, simplywifi.co, @simplywifi
• Stephen Foskett,  blog.fosketts.net , @SFoskett
• Chris Lyttle, wifikiwi.com, @WiFiKiwi
• Sean Rynearson, wifigeeks.com, @SRynearson

I've never been to an Aruba Airheads Conference before, so I'm sure I'll have lots to report. The agenda for the event starts off with the opening speakers:
Aruba Weather Report - Dominic Orr, President & CEO
Microsoft’s Lync Deployment over Wi-Fi – Victoria Poncini, Microsoft
Enabling Wireless Beyond the Hospital – Nico Arcino, Kaiser
Aruba Technology Update & Demos – Keerti Melkote & Friends

Then we move onto the "hands-on" portion of the event:
Tech Playground: See live demonstrations and speak with the experts on Remote Networking, Virtual Controllers, Mobility Controller, ClearPass, AirWave, Outdoor Mesh.

The technical breakout sessions vary from introductory to technical deep dives (click to expand):

Expect to hear lots more from me next week as I report back what I see and hear at the event. We will be recording a special “Tech Field Day Roundtable” video discussion as well.  Full disclosure: this trip is sponsored by Aruba in conjunction with Foskett Services to bring us bloggers together to get our candid opinions and feedback.

Nice, France By HGruber / Flickr.com

You too can win a trip to the next Airheads Conference in Nice, France. I know, nice - right? The details on how to enter to win are found over at Airheads Social. Entering is pretty easy, and the more chicken people are to enter - the better your odds are of winning! The contest runs from now thru Monday, March 26, 2012. Winners will be annouced by Friday, March 30, 2012. So hurry up and get your entry in!

Who wouldn't want to go?