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To learn more about each of the keynote speakers, [http://rootstech.familysearch.org/keynotes.php visit the Keynote Speakers page] on the Rootstech website.<br> | To learn more about each of the keynote speakers, [http://rootstech.familysearch.org/keynotes.php visit the Keynote Speakers page] on the Rootstech website.<br> | ||
== Lunch Events == | |||
==== Thursday, February 10th ==== | |||
*LE001 Sponsored by Ancestry.com | |||
*LE006 Sponsored by brightSolid | |||
==== Friday, February 11th ==== | |||
*LE003 Sponsored by FSDN & Sharing Time | |||
*LE004 Sponsored by BYU CS Department | |||
*LE002 Sponsored by NEHGS | |||
==== Saturday, February 12th ==== | |||
*LE005 ''High Touch and High Tech: Being a Successful 21st Century Genealogical Society'' presented by Curt Witcher and sponsored by the Federation of Genealogical Societies | |||
:[http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2HQ2nT/www.luxegen.ca/genealogy/rootstech-takeaways-high-tech-high-touch/ Luxegen Genealogy and Family History Blog - Rootstech Takeaways: High Tech High Touch] | |||
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*[http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/16209268016599136195/label/RootsTech Recent Blog Posts about RootsTech 2011] | *[http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/16209268016599136195/label/RootsTech Recent Blog Posts about RootsTech 2011] | ||
*[http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23rootstech Twitter Feed for #rootstech Hashtag] | *[http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23rootstech Twitter Feed for #rootstech Hashtag] | ||
Revision as of 23:49, 24 February 2011
About[edit | edit source]
The first annual RootsTech conference was held February 10-12, 2011 in Salt Lake City. The conference is designed to bring together both genealogists and technologists to shape the future of Family History. RootsTech is sponsored by FamilySearch and several genealogy & technology partners. The official conference page is at http://rootstech.familysearch.org/.
KeyNote Speakers[edit | edit source]
RootsTech 2011 featured 4 keynote speakers. Their presentations were broadcast via live streaming.
- Shane Robison - Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Technology Officer,
Hewlett–Packard Company - Brewster Kahle - Founder of the Internet Archive
- Curt B. Witcher - Historical Genealogy Department Manager at the Allen County Public Library
- Jay Verkler - CEO, FamilySearch International
To learn more about each of the keynote speakers, visit the Keynote Speakers page on the Rootstech website.
Lunch Events[edit | edit source]
Thursday, February 10th[edit | edit source]
- LE001 Sponsored by Ancestry.com
- LE006 Sponsored by brightSolid
Friday, February 11th[edit | edit source]
- LE003 Sponsored by FSDN & Sharing Time
- LE004 Sponsored by BYU CS Department
- LE002 Sponsored by NEHGS
Saturday, February 12th[edit | edit source]
- LE005 High Touch and High Tech: Being a Successful 21st Century Genealogical Society presented by Curt Witcher and sponsored by the Federation of Genealogical Societies
Conference Courses[edit | edit source]
Classes at Rootstech 2011 were organized into two tracks: Tech Users (TU) and Tech Creators (TC). In addition, there were multiple luncheon events and unconference sessions. Courses are listed at http://rootstech.familysearch.org/sessions.php.
More detailed information is available for each of the following courses.
Thursday, February 10th[edit | edit source]
- TC112:360 Degree Virtual Panorama Photos/Photo Imaging for Producing Authentic On-Site Family History Root Experiences with Multimedia - class taught by John Kuzmich, Jr & Ivan Majc.
Friday, February 11th[edit | edit source]
- TU037: Easy Digital Newsletters - class taught by Pat Richley-Ericson (aka DearMyrtle). Read Joan Miller's blog post about her experience as a participant.
Saturday, February 12th[edit | edit source]
- TC091: An Exploration of the Integration of Social Networking Technologies into the Core Activities of Genealogical Societies - presented by Tony Hansen of the Dallas Genealogical Society.
- CL079: Genealogical Data Standards - open discussion moderated by the Ancestry Insider.
- TU229: FamilySearch Community Tools - class taught by Fran Jensen
Guidance for RootsTech Presenters was available online.
Official Conference Bloggers[edit | edit source]
RoosTech invited 16 genealogy bloggers to serve as Official Conference Bloggers.
- Jill Ball - Geniaus
- Lisa Louise Cooke - Genealogy Gems Podcast
- Amy Coffin - We Tree Genealogy Blog
- Schelly Talalay Dardashti - Tracing the Tribe: the Jewish Genealogy Blog
- DearMYRTLE - DearMYRTLE
- Dick Eastman - Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
- AncestryInsider - AncestryInsider
- Thomas MacEntee - Geneabloggers
- Miriam Robbins Midkiff - Ancestories
- Sue Maxwell - Granite Genealogy
- Joan Miller - Luxegen Genealogy
- Kimberly Powell - About.com Genealogy
- Lorine McGinnis Schulze - Olive Tree Genealogy
- Randy Seaver - Genea-Musings
- James Tanner - Genealogy's Star
- Renee Zamora - Renee's Genealogy Blog
Bloggers (official & unofficial) and those on Twitter sure had a lot to report! To view posts and tweets, visit the Geneabloggers RootsTech blogroll.
Exhibitors[edit | edit source]
The following companies exhibited at RootsTech 2011 Expo Hall:
- Ancestry
- BrightSolid
- Federation of Genealogical Societies
- Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner
- GeneTree
- Geni
- National Genealogy Society
- New England Historic Genealogy Society
- Ohana Software
- Open Gen
- Our Familyology
- RF Memorial Technology
- RootsMagic
- Tpstry
- TNG: The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding
- Vintage Aerial - see the Vintage Aerial team answer 3 questions from Tpstry
View the floor plan map at the RootsTech site.
Attendees[edit | edit source]
News Feeds[edit | edit source]
External links[edit | edit source]
- Official site
- RootsTech 2011 social directory - Lanyrd.com