One week to Patterns Day

Greetings!

Patterns Day is one week from today���Friday, June 30th. I���m really looking forward to seeing you in Brighton.

If you���re arriving by train, the venue is a short walk away from the train station. The Duke Of York���s Picture House is at Preston Circus. You���ll recognise the building by its distinctive pair of artificial can-can legs emerging from the roof.

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Registration starts at 9am. Show up with some ID, speak friend, and enter. Patterns Day is going to be a bit different to most conferences. Instead of getting a schwag bag and a name badge on a lanyard, you���re going to get a sticker to slap on yourself. The sticker identifies you as an attendee so please don���t lose it.

Once you���re registered, please help yourself to the free coffee, tea, and pastries. I���ll open up the show shortly before 10am with some introductory remarks, and then we���ll be all set for our first speaker at 10am. Here���s how the schedule is shaping up (but always subject to change):

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There won���t be any conference WiFi. This is by design.

There���ll be a nice long lunch break from 12:30pm to 2pm. You���ll find plenty of tasty options in the neighbourhood. I���ve listed just a few on the Patterns Day website:

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There���ll be more coffee and tea throughout the day, and maybe a nice bag of popcorn in the afternoon.

We���ll finish up before 5pm, at which point we can collectively retire to a nearby pub to continue our discussions. Or we can head to the seafront to douse our melting brains in the English channel. Let���s play it by ear.

I can���t wait to welcome you to Patterns Day, and I���m positively aquiver with anticipation of the talks we���re going to hear from the fantastic line-up of speakers: Laura, Ellen, Sareh, Rachel, Alice, Jina, Paul, and Alla.

See you soon!

���Jeremy