Coming Soon: A Conference Location Decision
We have an offer from Duke in our hands and we should have one from Oxford today or tomorrow.
Look for an announcement on June 1 about where the U2 Conference will be.
Whether at Duke or Oxford, we plan to have the conference October 2 - 4, 2009.
Now you can follow the U2 Conference on Twitter.
Check out the feedback on these two site locations:
Blogs:
Should the U2 Conference Come to Duke?
Should the U2 Conference Come to Oxford?
Facebook groups:
Duke Friends of the U2 Conference
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Should the U2 Conference come to Duke?
Should it? Let us know!
We are still weighing our options and please keep in mind that no decision has been made yet, but now we have another strong contender in Duke University and the Duke Divinity School for hosting the U2 conference this fall.
The dates would be Thursday evening, October 1 - Saturday afternoon, October 3, 2009.
U2 makes a tour stop Saturday evening, October 3, in Raleigh at the Carter Finley Stadium.
We figured we’d put the question to you. Leave a comment here or talk about it on the facebook group Duke Friends of the U2 Conference.
A few items of interest about Duke and the Durham area:
1. It’s serviced by the Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
2. It’s in the “triangle” region of North Carolina, anchored by the cities of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, and Duke University are located in this region.
3. The Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau site has more information on the region.
4. Check out the university websites for more information about Duke and the Duke Divinity School.
Start talking, asking questions and inviting your friends to get in on the discussion
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Should the U2 Conference come to Oxford, Mississippi?
Should it? Let us know!
We are still weighing our options and please keep in mind that no decision has been made yet. But there’s a growing amount of interest from the nice folks in Oxford and at The University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) to bring the conference there this October. We figured we’d put the question to you.
You can leave a comment here or talk about it on the facebook group Oxford Friends of the U2 Conference.
A few items of interest about Oxford:
1. It’s one hour from Memphis, home of Sun Studio, Graceland, the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Beale Street, and civil rights history (”Pride (In the Name of Love)”), and one hour from Clarksdale, home of the legendary Ground Zero Blues Club. If the conference comes to Oxford, doing some pre- or post- conference music and civil rights history excursions would be a nice way to soak up the history of the region, which includes U2 history.
2. It’s the home to Ole Miss, a campus vibrant with a love of inquiry, culture and the arts. Enough said by us, but let’s hear more from those who know Ole Miss.
3. Oxford is a welcoming, hospitable and affordable destination for cultural tourism, with great, independent and locally owned restaurants, live music venues, shops, book stores and southern hospitality. Check out their Convention and Visitors Bureau site, with even more about Oxford here. We made a recent site visit and loved it. (No, we aren’t on the CVB payroll!)
Start talking, asking questions and inviting your friends to get in on the discussion. Do you live in Oxford? Have you ever been there?
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