PASS is on the ball this year!  They’ve got the web site and spiffy logo up and running for the 2009 Summit in Seattle.

Looking through the site, one change jumps out at me: the schedule this year will be Tuesday through Thursday, with pre-conferences running on Monday and Friday.  In the past, the summit has run Wednesday through Friday, with extra-cost, day-long pre-conference sessions on Monday and Tuesday.

I love this change.  If you only want to attend one pre-conference session, now you don’t have to worry about possibly spending an extra day sitting around.  Last year I had a pre-con on Monday, but not on Tuesday.

Plus, it seems that a lot of people want to fly out on Friday afternoon to make it home to their families.  Now, you can do that without missing any of the good conference sessions.

It’s a tough economy, and I’m curious to know how many people were originally planning on going to the summit but are thinking about bailing due to the costs.  Last year, I wrote a post about justifying the costs of the PASS Summit, and I’m just as convinced today as I was back then.  If I hadn’t gone to the PASS Summit, I wouldn’t have met Jimmy May, who got me involved in my book deal.  I’m not saying you’ll get a book deal if you go to PASS, obviously, but good things happen when you put yourself out there.

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