# About the Conferences category

**URL:** <https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/about-the-conferences-category/639>\
**Category:** Conferences\
**Created:** [April 29, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/about-the-conferences-category/639 "2018-04-29T12:47:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![jdittrich](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/jdittrich/32/42_2.png) [@jdittrich](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jdittrich)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/about-the-conferences-category/639/1 "2018-04-29T12:47:22Z")

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