Hydra/Samvera Connect meetings, past, present and future

UCSD, San Diego, 21-24 January 2014

The first Hydra Connect was held in January of the academic year rather than in the fall because of events and commitments put in place before the invention of the "Connect" idea.

• Root web page:  Hydra Connect January 2014

• Attendance: 93 (capped at 100)

• Fee:  $40

Case Western Reserve University, 30 September - 3 October 2014

• Root web page:  Hydra Connect 2 - Fall 2014

• Organizers' web pages:   Organisers' pages for Connect v2

• Attendance: 169 (initially capped at 150)

• Fee:  $55

University of St Thomas, Minneapolis, 21-24 September 2015

• Root web page:  Hydra Connect 2015

• Organizers' web pages:   Organizers' pages for Connect 2015

• Attendance: 198 (sold out at 200 cap but two no-shows) from 60 institutions

• Fee:  $100 + optional $55 dinner

Boston Public Library, 3-6 October 2016

• Root web page:  Hydra Connect 2016

• Organizers' web pages:  Organizers' pages for Connect 2016 

• Attendance: 260 (we are told that conferences in Boston always attract 25% more people than in other parts of the US)

• Fee:  $135

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL,  6-9 November 2017

• Root web page:  Samvera Connect 2017

• Organizers' web pages:   Organizers' pages for Connect 2017

• Attendance: 190

• Fee:  $275

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 9-12 October 2018

• Root web page:  Samvera Connect 2018

• Organizers' web pages:   Organizers' pages for Connect 2018

• Attendance: 170

• Fee:  $250 (earlybird) $275

Washington University in St Louis, MO, 22-25 October 2019

• Root web page:  Samvera Connect 2019

• Organizers' web pages:   Organizers' pages for Connect 2019

• Attendance: 150

• Fee:  $285 (earlybird $265)

On-line: main conference 22-23 and 26-29 October 2020

• Root web page:  Samvera Connect 2020

• Organizers' web pages:  Organizers' pages for Connect 2020

• Attendance:  350

• Fee:  none.