For those who are unable to attend this week's RootsTech conference in Salt Lake City, here is the "next best thing." The following announcement was written by the RootsTech staff:
SALT LAKE CITY—RootsTech, a leading family history and technology conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 2-4, 2012, announced today that fourteen of its popular sessions will be broadcasted live and complimentary over the Internet. The live broadcasts will give those unable to attend worldwide a sample of this year’s conference content. Interested viewers can watch the live presentations at RootsTech.org. The second-year conference has attracted over 3,000 registered attendees.
The free online sessions include the keynote speakers and a sampling of technology and family history presentations. Following are the fourteen broadcasted sessions and speakers. All times are in Mountain Standard Time (MST):
Thursday, February 2
- 8:30-10:00 am, Inventing the Future, as a Community (Keynote Address) by Jay L. Verkler
- 11:00 am-12:00 pm, Do I Trust the Cloud? by D. Joshua Taylor
- 1:45-2:45 pm, Effective Database Search Tactics by Kory Meyerink
- 3:00-4:00 pm, Twitter – It’s Not Just “What I Had for Breakfast” Anymore by Thomas MacEntee
- 4:15-5:15 pm, Eleven Layers of Online Searches by Barbara Renick
Friday, February 3
- 8:30-9:30 am, Exabyte Social Clouds and Other Monstrosities (Keynote Address) by Josh Coates
- 9:45-10:45 am, Publish Your Genealogy Online by Laura G. Prescott
- 11:00 am-12:00 pm, Optimize Your Site for Search Engines by Robert Gardner
- 1:45-2:45 pm, Genealogists “Go Mobile” by Sandra Crowly
- 3:00-4:00 pm, Google’s Toolbar and Genealogy by Dave Barney
Saturday, February 4
- 8:30-9:30 am, Making the Most of Technology to Further the Family History Industry (Keynote Address) by Tim Sullivan and Ancestry.com Panel
- 9:45-10:45 am Genealogy Podcasts and Blogs 101 by Lisa Louise Cooke
- 11:00 am-12:00 pm, Future of FamilySearch Family Tree by Ron Tanner
- 1:45-2:45 pm, Privacy in a Collaborative Environment by Noah Tatuk
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