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That's right, Canada on Rails is back at it and we are heading back east to Toronto, Ontario. Canada's largest city, and soon to be home of Canada on Rails 07'.

We have been scouting out various venues and will be announcing the date as soon as we have locked down the location. What we can say, is that it will be in October on either the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of the first, third or fourth week.

Check back soon as we unveil the new site as well as a few keynote speakers we have invited to present.

If you are interested in presenting at the event and can't wait for us to publish the standardized speaker proposal form, send an email to us at speaker.proposal(at)canadaonrails.com with the usual info.

InfoQ recently published an interview of Tim Bray who is the Director of Web Technologies for Sun Microsystems.

With the excellent flash player featuring the ability to jump from one question to the next, this is a great way to gain some insight of Sun Microsystems interest in the Ruby phenomenon.

On September 8th, 2006 - Nathaniel Brown will be guiding you through Ruby on Rails an intense introduction.

This is a full day course, with an industry leading price of $195 has a limited seating of 26 people, so you be quite sure this is going to be a very tight and focused group.

For full details of this workshop and many others, head on over to the Rails Workshops.

On Saturday and Sunday, May 27th to 28th, Alex Bunardzic will be instructing a two day workshop guiding you through understanding the Ruby on Rails framework, and getting you on track with your first Rails application.

The workshop is an intensive two day course for those eager to get rapidly up to speed with the in's and out's of Rails. There is limited seating, so be sure to book your ticket soon before all the tickets are sold.

For more information about this workshop, view the full details here.

On Friday, the last day of the conference there will be an afterparty at Vibes Lounge, 555 Davie Street, sponsored by Raincity Studios

There are only 145 tickets available, and will made available based on a first come first serve basis. Ticket cost is by donation, with 100% of the proceeds going to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Tickets will only be sold to those who present their conference badge, or ID to cross reference against the registration list. Only conference attendees are eligable to attend the after party between 6:30pm and 8:00pm.

For those that don't get a ticket, doors will open to the public at 8:00pm, and will be let in based on capacity.

This will be one of the best networking opportunities you can hope for during this event, so be sure to show your appreciation by donating generously to the Cancer Society.