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CMS/DITA North America 2012
April 23-25, 2012
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Best Practices 2012
September 10-12, 2012
Monterey, California

Other Events

Learning Solutions Conference
March 21-23, 2012
Orlando, Florida

Managing Reusing, and Repurposing eLearning Content: Best Practices
April 19-20, 2012
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Past Events

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CMS/DITA Europe Post Conference website
November 7-8, 2011
Prague, Czech Republic

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Best Practices 2011 Post-Conference website
September 12-14, 2011
San Antonio, Texas

Workshops

Advanced DITA Training including DITA 1.2
January 30-31, 2012, Cupertino, CA

Advanced DITA Training including DITA 1.2
January 31-February 1, 2012, Fresh Meadows, NY

Developing Quality Documentation in an Agile Environment
February 1-2, 2012, Norcross, GA

Minimalism: Creating Information People Really Need
February 28-29, 2012, Frankfurt, Germany

Minimalism: Creating Information People Really Need
March 6-7, 2012, Natick, MA

Information Modeling for Topic-based Authoring
March 14-15, 2012, Research Triangle Park, NC

Minimalism: Creating Information People Really Need
March 27-28, 2012, Waterloo, Ontario

Webinars

Implementing a Publishing Solution for the DITA 1.2 Learning and Training Specialization
January 26, 2012, 11am EST

An Introduction to Acrolinx IQ in the Cloud
January 24, 2012, 11am EST

Crossing the Chasm with DITA Part 2: Now Go
February 23, 2012, 1pm EST

Crossing the Chasm with DITA Part 3: Next Grow
March 22, 2012, 1pm EDT

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