Sunnyvale, California, USA
Nov 14 - 15, 2019
Values survey
We’d love to understand the values of the BlinkOn developer community. Please complete the survey below to help us gather and share this information. Individual responses will be kept private and visible only to members of the BlinkOn organizing committee, aggregate results will be shared publicly.
Survey link: bit.ly/blinkon-values
Conference schedule, agenda, and map
Please find the conference agenda, the talk schedule, and the Tech Corners map.
Slack sign up link
https://join.slack.com/t/blinkon/signup
Lightning talks
We'll have lightning talk sessions at the end of each day. The talk registration has been closed. If you have any questions, ask haraken@.
If you are hosting a discussion or similar, feel free to not record the session.
If you have any slides, please publish them before or after the session.
There is a Slack workspace for coordinating activities related to BlinkOn at https://blinkon.slack.com and registration is open.
Please send us (anonymous) ad-hoc feedback during BlinkOn via this form.
FAQ Permalink: http://bit.ly/blinkon11-faq
Information for sessions hosts
BlinkOn 11 (Sunnyvale) FAQ TOC
Visas & Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) information to enter the USA
Welcome to BlinkOn 11!
Registration for BlinkOn is now closed. Thanks to our hosting facility we have been able to open enough slots for all attendees. The waitlist is cleared! If you previously received a message that you were on the waitlist, you have automatically been registered.
BlinkOn 12
We’re excited to share that the BlinkOn conference is returning to a bi-annual schedule and BlinkOn 12 planning has already begun. BlinkOn 12 will take place in April 2020 in London.
Event Venue: Google Tech Corners Campus, Sunnivale, California, USA
Venue address & access: Detailed conference access information including building & rooms will be provided prior to the event.
All mainstage sessions will take place in Comic-Con, which is located in SVL-TC6, and be livestreamed to the following rooms:
A video conference link will be auto-generated for all breakout sessions. To find this link, click on "livestream" in the schedule and then locate the last ten digits of the address bar or click on the calendar invite and then locate the last ten digits under "Join Hangouts Meet" (e.g. https://meet.google.com/tzw-ebfg-kyn).
For those of you who are hosting a breakout session, please use the last 10 digits to present to the video conference unit and to record your session. Please feel free to ask Googlers present in your session for assistance on how to do this.
This means attendees will have the opportunity to shape BlinkOn 11's agenda like never before. Here's how this will work:
Complete visa information for business visitors to the US can be found on the US travel site of the Dept. of State: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/business.html
Please note that visa-exempt business visitors to the United States, except Canadian citizens, require an ESTA even if your country is part of the US visa waiver program. Please see the linked websites for details.
Non-Google employees - If you need an invitation letter, please fill out this form to collect information for a Visa letter.
Google employees - Please use go/gscribe to generate your Visa letters.
There are a large number of hotels in the area. We’ll update this space closer to the date of the event if we’re able to secure special event rates from any hotels.
The closest airport is San Jose International (SJC). The second closest airport, and the larger of the two, is San Francisco International airport (SFO).
Parking is limited at this event space. We encourage you to take public transportation or the MTV shuttle bus. All uncovered parking slots are free and open for use to all visitors. Googlers are asked to park within the parking structure or underground parking which require a Google badge for access. Thanks for your cooperation!
All attendees, speakers, sponsors and volunteers at our conference are required to agree with the following code of conduct. Organizers will enforce this code throughout the event. We expect cooperation from all participants to help ensure a safe environment for everybody.
As developers and community organizers, we all pledge to respect everyone who attends BlinkOn.
We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks, workshops, parties, Twitter and other online media.
Communication must be constructive and never resort to personal attacks, harassment, insults, or other unprofessional conduct.
We promise to extend courtesy and respect to all attendees regardless of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, race, ethnicity, religion, or level of experience. We expect all attendees to do the same.
If any member of the community violates this code of conduct, they may be sanctioned or expelled from the summit.
If you are subject to or witness unacceptable behavior, or have any other concerns, please contact an organizer immediately.
You must wear your event badge at all times to gain access to the event center space. There will be security guards on-site checking for them. Please check-in at the main lobby of the event center to get your event badge.
If you see or hear anything that concerns you, or witness any violation of the conference Code of Conduct, please contact an organizer as quickly as possible. See below for contact information.
In line with Chrome’s updated swag policy, swag will not be distributed at this conference.
Average November weather in Sunnyvale
High: 19 C, 66 F
Low: 9 C, 48 F
For non-emergencies, please use Slack or email.