Frequently Asked Questions

Yep, but we have a lot of information. If you still don't see what you're looking for, email us.

Of course! This is a blog conference! Expect everything to be blogged, podcasted and videoblogged! The only thing we ask is to check with parents before photographing or videoblogging their children.

Unfortunately we don't know of any good cheap hotels near the UBC campus. Please let us know if you find any and we'll add them to the where to stay page.

We love sponsors! We welcome your participation. Email us at info AT northernvoice.ca for adoration and more information.

The early-bird price (before April 2) is $50 for one day, or $90 for both days, including the party and a t-shirt. On and after April 2, tickets are the same price, but you don't get the party or the t-shirt with the two-day package. This includes lunch, and a reasonable amount of coffee and tea.

Northern Voice is a community-based, non-profit event that can't cover speaker expenses or offer speakers an honorarium, but we will have coffee available whenever you need it.

No, only a small portion of our program is technical, with much of the focus on social and cultural aspects of blogging. There are plenty of sessions suitable for non technical people.

We sold out in advance in 2006 - 2010 and nearly sold out in advance in 2005 so... yeah.

Refund Policy: providing refunds creates headaches and overhead, so we've backed off a bit. If you can't attend, please find someone else to take your ticket. Email us the details before May 2, 2011 to change the name on the badge. No, we won't split up a two-day ticket into two one-day tickets - we did that in 2009 and it was a confusing nightmare. If you figure out after May 1st you can't attend, but you can find someone to take your tickets, we'll give them a pen in the morning to scratch out your name on your ticket and put in their own.

We removed it.  

Northern Voice 2011 takes place May 13-14, 2011 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. It is being held at the Life Sciences building on the UBC main campus.

Bloggers (including text bloggers, videobloggers, podcasters, and photobloggers and of course people on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc.) people interested in becoming bloggers and those keen to learn more about personal publishing, social media, the read/write web and Web 2.0.

We're not out to make money, and we're community-minded. The feedback from previous years is that attendees got far more value out of Northern Voice than the price reflects. That's our goal, and that's why we do it.

It's a community-based and non-profit event, and, in an ideal world, the conference would be free. However, there are some basic costs that we need to cover. These include venue rental, audio/video, food and refreshments, printing of schedules and signs, etc. We made a budget and set the price as low as we could while still covering our anticipated costs.

Is the Pope German :-) ? Yes! UBC has a very high quality campus wide WiFi network that you will be able to use for no charge during the conference.

As with previous years, we will be providing a room for kids and their parents and caregivers to use, both on Friday and on Saturday. The same rules as other years apply: we can't provide child-minding or babysitting services - we just provide the room and leave it to you to entertain your kids (and maybe someone else's).

We suggest you bring appropriate toys/books/other entertainment. Kids under the age of 12 are free as long as you're not bringing a whole horde.