Thank you & what's next

November 1, 2009

Friends, Thank you all so much for a fantastic BIL:PIL 2009. We came together and brought a new event to the world. We stretched minds and inspired new collaborations. We introduced many people to a type of event that they had never seen before. More broadly, we laid the groundwork for a fuller and more [...]

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BIL:PIL Roundup

October 31, 2009
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Thanks for attending (or watching) BIL:PIL 2009! If you have any feedback for next year, please let us know in this form. And if you would like to donate for next year’s BIL:PIL, please do so here. Thanks, and see you next year!

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Friday: Meet at Gordon Biersch tonight, 7pm

October 30, 2009

Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant 5010 Mission Center Rd San Diego, CA 92108 (619) 688-1120 Google Maps Everyone meet there and scout out tables. We’ll take over. Drinking, merriment and general healthcare mayhem. Great job by everyone today. And just think — we have a whole new day of talks to go!!!

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URGENT PARKING UPDATE

October 30, 2009
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We were wrong – it is LOT 6 that is for visitor parking. You will be able to park in LOT 1 but you’ll have to find a way to get a parking pass which are available in LOT 6. The map has been updated to reflect this: http://www.bilpil.com/index.php/about/directions-parking-and-coffee/ Follow the Chalk Path from the [...]

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A few more last-minute words on parking…

October 30, 2009

When you come in the morning, park in Lot 1 (as indicated by the parking page), which is on the left as you drive down College Ave from the highway. Do not park on Level 6. Then take the elevator to Level 6, walk across the footbridge towards campus and look for all the sidewalk [...]

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The Plan for Friday and Saturday

October 27, 2009

Hey everyone! We’re so excited to see such a groundswell of interest in BIL:PIL. We’re looking forward to a fantastic conversation unfolding in San Diego this week. If you haven’t registered (for free) on EventBrite yet, it’s not too late. Talks will run from 9am to 5pm on Friday the 30th and from 10am to [...]

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BIL:PIL hotels

September 25, 2009

We’ve partnered with two local hotels to arrange for room blocks and rate discounts for BIL:PIL attendees. Both are within a few miles of San Diego State University. San Diego Marriott Mission Valley 8757 Rio San Diego Drive San Diego, California 92108 USA Phone: 619-692-3800 Toll-free: 800-842-5329 BIL:PIL Rate: $99/night not including tax. Direct reservation [...]

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What's your favorite healthcare blog?

September 21, 2009

As we begin the final few weeks, we’re trying to get the word out about BIL:PIL in full force. We’d appreciate it if you’d contact your favorite healthcare blog and ask them to become a media partner of BIL:PIL. As a strictly volunteer-run conference with no revenues and no expenses, advance blog coverage helps us [...]

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Help us find the future of healthcare!

August 13, 2009

Like the speakers you see so far? Well, you can increase the power of BIL:PIL with these two steps: Add your suggestions to the publicly accessible Google Spreadsheet of suggested speakers. We’re trying to come up with lots of great people. But we don’t know everyone out there with a great healthcare idea. Can you [...]

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Guidelines and deadlines for speakers

July 24, 2009

Wow! We are already receiving lots of great abstracts and inquiries. Keep sending them in! For those who are speaking at their first BIL event, the original BIL site has speaker guidelines that may be useful in planning the content of your talk. BIL speakers (like TED speakers) typically get just 15-20 minutes to make [...]

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