Hello Everyone! In case you haven't heard, Compose :: Melbourne (the new sister-conference of Compose) has now announced its program of presentations for the first day: http://www.composeconference.org/2016-melbourne/day-one-program/ Compose is a conference for functional programmers, focused on technologies such as Haskell, Scala, Clojure, OCaml, F#, SML and others. Compose :: Melbourne will run on the 29th and 30th of August (this month!) We're excited to have a wide range of talks on a diverse selection of topics including an opening keynote by Manuel M.T. Chakravarty (the author of Haskell for Mac). There will be a single track of 10 speakers from Melbourne, Australia, and around the world! ## Unconference and Workshops The second day of the conference will take the form of an unconference. The day will also feature a collection of organised, as well as spontaneous workshops including introductions to Haskell and Purescript: http://www.composeconference.org/2016-melbourne/unconference/ ## Financial Assistance If you need help attending Compose :: Melbourne, then contact us. We have put in place a financial-assistance plan: http://www.composeconference.org/2016-melbourne/assistance/ ## Volunteering As Compose :: Melbourne will be running in just a few short weeks, we're currently looking for volunteers to help assist with running the workshops on day-two. If you feel like lending a hand, then don't hesitate to get in touch! ## Sponsorship If you, or your organisation wishes to lend assistance to Compose :: Melbourne, we are accepting sponsorship. If you want to learn more, then please view our sponsorship-prospectus: https://github.com/composeconference/Compose-Melbourne/wiki/Sponsorship-Tier... ## Getting in Touch To get in touch with the organisers of Compose :: Melbourne, then email the committee at <composemel-admin@googlegroups.com>. For more information, see the home-page of Compose Conference: http://www.composeconference.org/