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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.