The first European OpenStack Operators meetup will be held in Manchester, UK on February 15th/16th 2016. 

Online registration prior to the event is required. Registration will close Wednesday, February 10. 

This event aims to gives people who run OpenStack clouds in Europe a place to congregate, swap best practices, ideas and give feedback. It has mostly a round table/working/discussion session feel, with only a small number of presentations. It has the following goals:

1. Gather feedback on the issues that come up in running OpenStack and work to communicate this throughout the community
2. Create a forum in which to share best practices and architectures between interested parties
3. Increase constructive, proactive involvement from those running clouds

Lunch and refreshments will be provided courtesy of our sponsors: Canonical, Codethink, Datacentred, Midokura. There will also be an evening drinks events thanks to the OpenStack Foundation, with details to follow. 

This is a user driven non-commercial event, so we need your input to the content. Please contribute with ideas for talks and discussion sessions on the etherpad.

***Note***: This event assumes OpenStack ops knowledge and is _not_ appropriate for beginners, or a place to learn about OpenStack. The event contains relatively few 'presentations' and is mostly a discussion-style event. To find other OpenStack events in your area, please visit www.openstack.org/events.

For any additional questions, you can email the OpenStack Ops mailing list.If the ticket price would prevent you from attending, you can email Tom Fifield at tom@openstack.org for assistance.

TRAVEL

Manchester is the second city of the United Kingdom, and is well served by an international airport and excellent travel links. The venue is in the heart of the MediaCityUK campus, the home of two of the UK's national broadcasters, specialist universities and colleges and a wide array of media and digital businesses.  More detailed travel instructions can be found here.

ACCOMMODATION

We have negotiated a limited number of discounted rooms at the Holiday Inn in MediaCity, at a rate of £99 for a double/twin including breakfast and wifi. To get this discount rate, you need to contact the hotel by phone or email and quote code MJO

Other hotels in the vicinity are :

Ibis Salford Quays 

Premier Inn Salford Quays 

There are also serviced apartments on the MediaCity campus. 

Please review the OpenStack Foundation Community Code of Conduct prior to attending.