Sunday, 5 May through Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Hyatt Regency Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia

Conference Headquarters: Hyatt Regency Atlanta (12 miles from the airport)
265 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30303-1294
Phone: 404-577-1234
Fax: 404-588-3740
Toll Free: 800-233-1234

http://atlantaregency.hyatt.com/ [link leaves this site]

Host Chapter: Atlanta [link leaves this site].

Attendees: STC Members and others interested in the arts and sciences of technical communication

Anticipated attendance: 1100

WDC members who will attend the conference:
Muniza Arifin,
David Dick,
Viqui Dill,
Charles Fisher,
Carolyn Kelley Klinger,
Cynthia Lockley,
Ginny Redish,
Annette Reilly,
Allen Rotz,
Leda Farbstein,
and others.

60th STC Annual Conference [link leaves this site]

• Over 80 technical sessions covering topics such as education and training, online documentation, usability, Internet, World Wide Web, SGML, multimedia communication, management, professional development, theory and research, tools and technology, writing and editing
• Conference Proceedings
• Society annual business meeting
• Exposition (vendors of technical communication products and services, STC booths, display of STC Technical Communication Competition winners, vendor showcase sessions, and more).
• Pre-conference seminars and workshops
• Tours of area sites of technical and general interest
• Parties that only technical communicators would want to attend!

• Leadership Day: 5 May 2013
• Hotel Costs (Hyatt Regency Atlanta): $169.00 Single or Double; $179.00 triple or quad. Guest room tax is 16%
• Technical Communication Summit Registration
• Really Early Bird – $825
• Early Bird – $950
• Advance – $1,050
• Walk-in – $1325

The Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Attend This Year's STC Annual Conference

10. You'll get lots of exercise touring the hotel and walking to and from Conference sessions.

9. You can easily complain to next year's Annual Conference committee about everything you don't like about this year's conference.

8. You will finally have a reason to hand out your business cards.

7. Where else are you going to meet the people on the TECHWR-L mailing list?

6. You'll develop professionally and expand your network of contacts.

5. Two words: tote bag!

4. Winners of the International Summit Technical Communication Competition are on display

3. Exposition Hall and Vendor showcase sessions of the hottest tools

2. 11th Annual STC Open Jam (Monday, 8 p.m.)

1. Sightseeing & Souvenirs: Atlanta. See Inside CNN Studio Tours, the Georgia Aquarium, World of Coca-Cola, Martin Luther King, Jr. Center, Underground Atlanta shopping, Centennial Olympic Park, Atlantic Station, High Museum of Art, Philips Arena, Atlanta Botanical Garden, the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Zoo Atlanta, and the Atlanta History Center.