VMworld is held in Las Vegas this year from August 29^th –September 1^st. One of the best ways to connect with other IT professionals is through the parties/tweetups that will be occurring during the conference. Most of these events fill up very fast so you want to make sure you sign up for them as soon as possible because you might miss out.

This is a working list of all of the parties and events I have seen thus far. I will be updating this list over the next couple of weeks to get the most recent information.

Sunday August 28^th

• V0dgeball
  • What: A rules-based dodgeball tournament with a M.C. and referee
  • When: 7PM – Whenever its over
    
  • Where: Sports Center of Las Vegas - 121 East Sunset Road, Las Vegas, NV
    
  • Teams:
    
    • EMC vSpecialists vSales
      
    • Juniper
      
    • NetApp
      
    • VMware
      
    • VCE
      
    • Dell
      
    • HP
      
    • Cisco
      
    • Tech Ladies
      
  • Contact: @vcemonk
    
  • Cost:  5$ donation at least 100% of the proceeds to go to the wounded warriors project
• Vmunderground (WuPaaS.Next)
  • What: drinks, socializing, networking and good fun before the event starts
  • When: 7PM -10PM
  • Where: The Nine Fine Irishmen
  • Contact: @vSeanClark
  • Spots: tickets are sold out already but if you go after 10PM you can get in for free just have to pay for your drinks.
• In-N-Out #Tweetup
  • What: Stuff your face with good food and socializing
    
  • When: 10PM -?
    
  • Where: In-N-Out:  4888 Dean Martin Dr, Las Vegas
    
  • Contact: Tim Oudin, Paul Valentino
    
  • Spots: free for all to come
    

Monday August 29^th

• Fun Run

  • When: 5AM – 8:30 PM  a shuttle will take you from the Venetian and back.
  • Where: Red Rock Canyon
  • Route: 23 mile ride or a run
  • Cost:  $110 for the run and $150 for the bike ride
  CXIParty Combined with the MN/WI/IL #Tweetup
  • What: networking, socializing, drinks
  • When: 8:30PM -4:30AM after the welcome reception
  • Where: Cosmopolitan Hotel, room number to be determined. West tower of the hotel.
  • Contact: Christopher.kusek@pkguild.com, 630-362-1320
  • Spots: still some left
• In-N-Out 2vcps
  • What: another eat and socialize event
  • When: Following the VMworld reception around 8:30
  • Where: In-N-Out:  4888 Dean Martin Dr, Las Vegas
    
  • Contact: Jon Owings à
    http://www.2vcps.com/
  • Spots: all free to come
• Alliance Technologies
  • What: networking in one of the suites at the Venetian with other experts. This event is only for attendees not vendors.
  • When:
    • Monday 8 -10PM
    • Tuesday 7:30 -11:30 PM
    • Wednesday 5-6:30 PM;  11:30PM – 1:30AM
    • Thursday 5-7PM
  • Where: Venetian Suite, To be Determined
  • Contact: Sarah Swedberg; SwedbergS@alliancetechnologies.net
  • Sports: still some left

Tuesday August 30^th

• Dell TechCenter Event
  • What: TBA
  • When: 5:30- 6:45PM
  • Where: TBA
  • Contact: enterprisetechcenter@dell.com
    
  • Spots: get your email on the waiting list
• Dell Customer Party
  • When: 7PM-9PM
  • Where: Lavo at the Palazzo
  • Contact: your dell rep
• SHI Cloud Launch Party
  • What: open bar, and d’oeuvres to commemorate the official launch of SHI’s Infrastructure as a service. Also one winner will get a Panasonic 65 inch 3D LCD TV
  • When: 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
  • Where:
    House of Blues in Mandalay Bay
  • Contact:
    SHI
  • Spots: still some left
• EMC Customer Party
  • TBA
• Veeam Customer Party
  • TBA

Wednesday September 1^st

• Official VMworld Party
  • What: food, drinks, music by the killers
  • Where: TBA
  • When: 7PM -11PM
  • Spots: all attendees are welcome to come
• vStogies
  • What: smoking some cigars
  • Where: Rhumbar
  • When: 11PM – 1AM after the VMworld Party
  • Contact: Tim Oudin, Paul Valentino
  • Spots: still some free

Other

• Spousetivities
  • What: activities for your spouses to do while you are at the conference during the day.
  • Where: lots of different activities to do check the site
  • When: different times
  • Contact: Scott Lowe, http://spousetivities.com
• Zenoss Party
  • To be Determined enter your email address on their website.

It’s also a good idea to follow the other VMworld twitter users/bloggers for details.

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Written by Paul Slager
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Last revised by: Paul Slager on August 9, 2011.