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March 24, 2022

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We are very excited that the Into The Box conference is coming back to the Houston area in September of 2022. Registration is now officially open and call for papers is now open as well.

  • Full 2-day conference with over 30 different technology topics
  • An additional full day of hands-on training available for a veritable 3 days of awesomeness
  • A warm and sunny city of The Woodlands, Texas
  • When: First Weeks of September 2022
  • Modernize Your Skillz

We're looking for speakers to come present cutting edge topics for ITB that focus on developer productivity, micro-services, containerization, CI, tooling, and process management related to Java, CFML, UI or any Ortus Product in general.  If you have some ideas and are willing to come be a part of this event, please fill out the form. Being a speaker will get you a free conference pass and hotel so you'll just have to get yourself there!

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