A lot of companies in Central Oregon use Microsoft’s SharePoint for web applications and portals, and on Saturday, October 1st (right after Ignite Bend and the WebCAM conference) COCC is hosting SharePoint Saturday, a free conference day of sessions covering many aspects of the technology. It’s being hosted by the Bend SharePoint User Group and will also feature door prizes and includes lunch.

Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with Microsoft SharePoint for this ‘SharePoint Saturday’ event.  SharePoint Saturday Bend is an educational, informative & lively day filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals & MVPs, covering a wide variety of SharePoint-orientated topics.  SharePoint Saturday Bend is FREE, open to the public and is your local chance to immerse yourself in SharePoint!

This looks to be a really good event (and you can’t beat the price) and whether you’re new to the technology or have been using it for years, if you have an interest in SharePoint or Microsoft technologies you’re not going to want to miss this.

And of course, after the conference there will be the “SharePint” event at a local pub to network and meet other folks from the conference. (Which any tech conference-goer will tell you can be the best part!)

You can register on their EventBrite page, or follow their twitter stream to stay on top of things.