report-2012.html

---
title: 2012 Report
layout: page
meta-description: Report back for 2012
---
<div class='container'>
    <h1>Report back for <span style='letter-spacing:-4px;;'>2012</span></h1>
    <br/>
    <p class='herotext'>
        In January of 2012, the very first conference focusing on scalability <br/>
        in South Africa started.
    </p>
    <p class='herotext'>
    <b>The idea was simple.</b> Bring in some of the finest international speakers and engineers to
        share their experience, complemented by our own speakers that could give insight into
        problems that are being solved in Africa. It took just three months for Jonathan Hitchcock and
        Duncan Phillips to pull the conference together, with the expert and invaluable assistance of
        <a href="http://lessfuss.co.za/">Lessfuss</a>. Here is a breakdown of how it all happened.
    </p>

    <div class='report'>
        <p class='report'> There were <b>256</b> attendees from <b>94</b> companies.</p>
        <p class='report'> Attendees scored the conference <b>8.3/10</b> in their feedback.</p>
        <p class='report'> The most tickets were sold on <b>December 21<sup>st</sup></b>.</p>
        <p class='report'> There were <b>163</b> attendees from <b>Cape Town</b> and <b>22</b> from <b>Johannesburg</b> (and <b>1</b> from <b>Pennsylvania</b>).</p>
        <p class='report'> <b>62%</b> of the tickets were bought at early-bird prices.</p>
        <p class='report'> <b>Three students</b> helped enormously in return for free tickets.</p>
        <p class='report'> The highest-rated talk was by <b>Zach Holman from Github</b>.</p>
        <p class='report'> R7000 was donated to <a href='http://seri.org.za'>SERI</a> who do an awesome job helping young South Africans follow their dreams.</p>
        <p class='report'> The most requested change for next year was <b>better coffee</b>.</p>
        <p class='report'> The most positive feedback was about <b>the venue</b> and <b>the food</b>.</p>
        <p class='report'> Last year's speakers:
            <b>Ashley Peter</b> (2go),
            <b>Bryn Divey</b> (Nimbula),
            <b>Craig Raw</b> (Quirk),
            <b>Deon Erasmus</b> (Breakpoint Solutions),
            <b>Jonathan Hitchcock</b> (Yola),
            <b>Mark Phillips</b> (Basho),
            <b>Miles Ward</b> (Amazon),
            <b>Simon de Haan</b> (Praekelt),
            <b>Wesley Lynch</b> (RealmDigital),
            <b>Zach Holman</b> (Github),
            <b>Coda Hale</b> (Yammer),
            and our noble MC, <b>Jonathan Endersby</b>.
        </p>
    </div>
</div>