(particularly if you're in the Pacific Northwest / British Columbia region)

Because cool people are doing cool things. Mike Aubrey, a very smart and very motivated guy, is playing around with automated morphological tagging using some of SIL's existing tools. And he's giving a paper on it. (Go here for more info, then go here to register for BibleTech:2009)

If this sort of thing floats your boat, not only will you be able to hear the paper—you'll be able to sit down at a meal with Mike and talk with him more about it.

And that's what I like about BibleTech. Sure, there is learning new stuff from folks doing cool things. But there is also a sense of community where you can actually talk further (outside of a formal Q&A session) about stuff and get to know someone.

So consider attending, and please do register!