Startup Weekend Vancouver is the same weekend and I'm going. You should combine. Hootsuite is sponsoring a big dinner. And the Startup Weekend network is pretty sweet... access to a group that runs startup events across the world. It's a pretty cool grassroots event. You can go to Startup Weekend for around $50 total (Startup Digest discount) which includes food + everything. Just curious, why did you plan an event the same time as they did--just to save $50 so you can buy your own food? Why not work together?