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Registration Open for CKANCon and Call for Speakers Closing This Friday

We are less than two months from CKANCon 2016, an official pre-event of this year's International Open Data Conference, taking place in Madrid October 4!
As our community continues to grow rapidly, CKANCon will be a great opportunity to learn more about what others are doing with CKAN, and how you can use it in your organization.
We've had significant interest in speaking opportunities for this year's event which is wonderful to see! Many speaking applications have come in the past few days so we are extending the deadline for speaker requests to this Friday, August 19. If you are interested in speaking, please fill out the CKANCon Speaker Request form before 12:00 a.m. EST this Friday.
Finally, we are happy to announce that registration for the event is now open! You can register today for both in person and online participation!
Looking forward to seeing everyone soon!
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