Registration is now open for the Illinois Institute of Technology Real-Time Communications Conference & Expo, October 14 – 16, 2019 on IIT’s Main Campus in Chicago, IL. Attendees who register by September 1 can take advantage of the attractive early bird full conference registration price of $300. We also have available a block of hotel rooms at the Chicago South Loop Hotel at the discounted price of $179/night. Further details on reserving your room can be found on the Travel/Hotels page of the conference website.
Highlights of the 2019 Conference
TADHack Global
On October 12-13, the Chicago location for the Global Telecom Applications Developers Hackathon ( Global TADHack) will be hosted by the IIT RTC Lab at Kaplan Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship on IIT’s Main Campus. TADHack Global will be the world’s largest telecom-focused hackathon for the 6th year running. The Chicago location will be one of over 30 locations running parallel instances around the world.
You can check out the demo pitches from previous years, including several prize-winning hacks, on the TADHack Global YouTube Playlist. Learn the power of telecom app development while sharing great food and love (prizes)! Participation in TADHack is free of charge, but requires a separate Registration in addition to registering for the Main Conference.
Pre-conference Tutorials
Monday, October 15 there will be two, half-day tutorials covering topics in real-time communications, taught by leading industry experts. A Full-conference registration entitles you to take one or both of these without extra charge.
Tutorials alone may be purchased separately for a fee of $75. Registration for the Tutorials, either in conjunction with a Full Conference Pass, or on a stand-alone basis can be accomplished on the Register page of the conference website. Information on the Tutorial content and instructors will be available shortly.
IIT RTC Conference/TADSummitAmericas/IPTComm Oct. 15 -16
Tuesday morning, October 16 kicks off 2 information-filled days addressing the latest developments in the rapidly changing field of real-time communications. The Conference is internationally recognized as the real-time communications industry’s most objective venue for unbiased educational content presented by leading industry visionaries from around the globe. The inclusion of TADSummit Americas and IPTComm offers our registrants, speakers, and sponsors the opportunity to attend three conferences in one, and builds on our unparalleled reputation for connecting industry thought leaders with academic researchers.
Everyone living at the intersection of voice, video, messaging, mobility, the cloud, and the Web – technical developers, innovators, engineers, academic researchers, product managers, marketers, entrepreneurs – has things to learn, things to teach and people to meet at this conference.
The conference agenda is currently under development in conjunction with a team of domain experts who have generously donated their time to serve as track chairs. Track abstracts describing the content to be discussed in each track can be found on the Program page of the conference website.
An excellent set of presentations is under review, and we anticipate releasing an initial agenda this summer. If you’re interested in a speaking role at this year’s Conference, there is still time to submit your presentation proposal. Details can be found in the Call for Speakers.
Take advantage of this opportunity to learn from and network with leading industry thought-leaders by registering at discounted early bird rates today!
The IIT RTC Conference is a globally recognized collaborative events, where industry and academia connect. Leveraging its unique academic setting, this annual conference brings together technical professionals and business executives from the data and telecommunications industry, standards bodies, policy and regulatory institutions, and academic educators and researchers to promote an open exchange of ideas to lead future development in the rapidly changing field of real-time communications.
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