# Conference and Website **URL:** \ **Category:** GNU Radio\ **Created:** [September 22, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conference-and-website/212122 "2011-09-22T17:01:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conference-and-website/212122/1 "2011-09-22T17:01:21Z")
Hi everyone, As you should be aware by now, we had our first GNU Radio Conference last week at the University of Pennsylvania. We had a great turnout, and a lot of fantastic interaction and participation by everyone there. A big THANK YOU to everyone who came and participated! It was a huge success! And thanks to the sponsors for helping put it together: [http://gnuradio.squarespace.com/gnu-radio-conference-2011/](http://gnuradio.squarespace.com/gnu-radio-conference-2011/) We definitely plan on doing this annually, although due to some personal circumstances, I will likely not be able to organize it like I did this year. But I know others are stepping up. And while we held it in September of this year, if we hear back from enough people with issues, we can think about moving it. At least for Philadelphia, though, I think most people would agree that we had great weather for the conference, which was one main reason it happened when it did. It also just about marked the end of my first year leading the project. Shortly, I will be putting up a survey for those who attended for feedback on the conference and what we can do next time. Last night, I posted all of the presentations that I have on the conference website: [http://gnuradio.squarespace.com/grc2011-dates/](http://gnuradio.squarespace.com/grc2011-dates/) These are actually being hosted from [gnuradio.org](http://gnuradio.org): [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/GRConf2011](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/GRConf2011) We also recorded audio from each presenter. Once I’ve properly formatted and edited them, I will put these online, too. So thank you all again! Next year’s should be bigger and better, and I hope the great conversations we started this year continue on the mailing list and lead to amazing things for the next conference. Regards, Tom ---
**Author:** ![tomrobinson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/d78d45/32.png) [@tomrobinson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tomrobinson)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conference-and-website/212122/2 "2011-09-22T17:13:05Z")
Thank you, Tom, for organizing the conference. I certainly feel it was successful, and look forward to next year’s. Beyond the presentations – which it’s great to see up already – would it be possible to post demos, or links to some repository containing the demos, that used GNU Radio / GRC? I’m thinking specifically of Matt’s that allowed the user to play with the channel for various encoder / decoder types – those were really awesome & IMHO useful for anyone dealing with real-world wireless communications. - MLD ---
**Author:** ![tomrobinson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/d78d45/32.png) [@tomrobinson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tomrobinson)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conference-and-website/212122/3 "2011-09-22T17:41:31Z")
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Michael D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thank you, Tom, for organizing the conference. I certainly feel it was > successful, and look forward to next year’s. Beyond the presentations – > which it’s great to see up already – would it be possible to post demos, or > links to some repository containing the demos, that used GNU Radio / GRC? > I’m thinking specifically of Matt’s that allowed the user to play with the > channel for various encoder / decoder types – those were really awesome & > IMHO useful for anyone dealing with real-world wireless communications. - > MLD Thanks for the reminder. Forgot about this last night. They are now available as a tarball. My plan is to make these into hierarchical blocks that will be put into the GNU Radio source code so that it’s easy for people to add a “radio impairments” block to their simulations to compliment a channel simulation. Tom ---
**Author:** ![tomrobinson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/d78d45/32.png) [@tomrobinson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tomrobinson)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conference-and-website/212122/4 "2011-09-22T17:58:50Z")
On Sep 22, 2011, at 11:40 AM, Tom R. wrote: > Thanks for the reminder. Forgot about this last night. They are now available as > a tarball. Awesome; thanks. > My plan is to make these into hierarchical blocks that will be put into the GNU > Radio source code so that it’s easy for people to add a “radio impairments” block > to their simulations to compliment a channel simulation. Great idea! - MLD