The conference will be held on October 21st-22nd, 2026. This is the only event we are planning for 2026.

We’ll issue the Call for Speakers for Virtual Fox Fest later in the Spring. If you are interested in presenting, please watch your emails and our public posts for the submission deadlines.

White Light Computing will be a Platinum Sponsor, and CleverFox Backup will be a Gold Sponsor of the conference.

Only 216 days until we gather virtually on the Internet.

• Introducing SideKick (Tore Bleken)
• The VFP Developer’s Guide to Git and Sourcetree (Rick Borup)
• It’s time to RESTful with XSharp (Fabrice Foray)
• Lessons in buffering and transactions (Tamar E. Granor)
• Document and Email Management in VFP Applications (Doug Hennig)
• SQL Server Mash-Up (Jody L. Meyer)
• J, J, J… SON, SON, SON… – Using SQL Server’s Killer Built-in JSON Functionality (Kevin Ragsdale)
• VFP C++ Compiler: options and settings for modern, secure applications (John Ryan)
• Using Google Calendar in VFP (Tuvia Vinitsky)
• Git Advanced Techniques (Christof Wollenhaupt)

Registration is US$239 before October 1st, so save yourself US$40 by registering today. This cost includes admission to all live sessions, all session materials (white papers and samples), immediate access to all recorded videos of the presentations, and access to online social events.

Register here: https://geekgatherings.com/Registration.

The Geek Gatherings YouTube Channel has more than 70 videos with session content from Virtual Fox Fest and Southwest Fox conferences over the last five years. That is nearly 90 hours of viewing. Those who subscribe to the channel may already know this, but we recently released all the Virtual Fox Fest 2025 (May) videos for your viewing pleasure.

Only 48 days until we virtually gather on RingCentral Events!

Registration is open! Details, deadlines and cost are available on our Web site. You register for the conference here: https://geekgatherings.com/Registration. Don’t procrastinate, get this done today!

White Light Computing is once again proud to be a Platinum sponsor of this event. CleverFox Backup is a Gold sponsor of the conference too.

Only 77 days until we gather virtually via the Internet.

Today (April 22nd) is the last day you can save $20, so please go register now. If you wait until tomorrow, the price goes up to $139.

Only 15 days until we gather on the Internet!

* Hidden Treasures: The FoxPro Foundation Classes (Borup, Rick)
* Can’t This Application Go Any Faster? (Granor, Tamar E.)
* Practical Version Control: Using Git and GitHub in Your Daily Work (Hennig, Doug)
* 64-bit VFP Development (Ryan, John)
* The Security Cookbook (Wollenhaupt, Christof)

https://virtualfoxfest.com/sessions.aspx

The Geek Gatherings YouTube Channel has over 65 videos with session content from past Virtual Fox Fest and Southwest Fox conferences over the last five years. That is over 80 hours of viewing.

https://www.youtube.com/@geekgatherings

Registration is US$119 before April 23rd, so save yourself US$20 by registering today. This cost includes admission to all live sessions, all session materials (white papers and samples), immediate access to all recorded videos of the presentations, and access to online social events.

Register here: https://geekgatherings.com/Registration.

Only 35 days until we gather on the Internet!

Registration is open! Details, deadlines and cost are available on our Web site. You register for the conference here: https://geekgatherings.com/Registration. Don’t procrastinate, get this done today!

Only 44 days until we gather on the Internet!

Plus, if you register now, you get the early-bird discount, which expires on August 1.

For those signed up for the in-person conference, do not make plane reservations until we announce the decision for the in-person conference, which we expect to make this Friday, July 26th.

The conference takes place September 26-29, 2024 in Scottsdale, Arizona and we really hope you can be there. Head over to the registration Web site now: https://geekgatherings.com/Registration

Contact Us:

• Interested in being a sponsor? Contact our sponsor representative: sponsors@geekgatherings.com
• If you have ideas or suggestions for this year’s Southwest Fox, please email them to: info@geekgatherings.com
• If you have a friend who wants to be on our mailing list, please tell them to go to the conference home page and sign up https://swfox.net.
• Call: 586.254.2530

Only 64 days until we hope to gather in Scottsdale.

Only 79 days until we hope to gather in Scottsdale…

That’s the countdown clock at Geek Gatherings getting closer to the Super-saver deadline for Southwest Fox! June 30th is this Sunday and we thought we would pass along one more reminder just in case you forgot to add it your reminder list or put a yellow sticky note on your monitor. We still need people to register to make the in-person side of the conference happen.

Urgent: do not make plane reservations until we announce the decision for the in-person conference, which we expect to make in the coming weeks.

The conference takes place September 26-29, 2024 in Scottsdale, Arizona and we really hope you can be there. If you really want to attend in-person, we would hate to see you miss out on a seat in the room (the in-person limit is 40 registrations). Whether you plan to attend in-person or virtually, surely you don’t to lose out on the Super-saver discount ($200 for in-person or $100 for virtual).

Head over to the registration Web site today: https://geekgatherings.com/Registration

If you’ve already registered, we thank you. Please help us remind fellow developers who have been procrastinating about the looming deadline by sharing this email, spreading it on social media, or posting on a forum how great a previous Southwest Fox or Virtual Fox Fest conference was for you? You can also spread the word by telling others you’re going on our Facebook event.

Nitty-Gritty Details

Check out our list of amazing speakers and dig into our sessions. Follow the news about the conference and our blog.

Southwest Fox 2023 Videos

We plan to release the videos for the following sessions in early July on our YouTube channel:

• Advanced Reporting with Microsoft Excel
• ParallelFox 2.0
• Logging: Clear Cut Solutions for Your Apps

As an added incentive, if the Early-Bird registrations are good (meaning we are not chewing our fingernails), we will also release these sessions at the same time:

• Optimize Your IDE: Take Full Advantage of Thor Tools Part 1
• Team Git: Collaboration Made Easy
• Modern Authentication with VFP

Contact Us

• Interested in being a sponsor? Contact our sponsor representative: sponsors@geekgatherings.com
• If you have ideas or suggestions for this year’s Southwest Fox, please email them to: info@geekgatherings.com
• If you have a friend who wants to be on our mailing list, please tell them to go to the conference home page and sign up https://swfox.net.
• Call: 586.254.2530

Please beat the rush so we still have some fingernails left when July begins!

We appreciate all the support people have shown for the in-person conference with early registrations. We look forward to getting many more this week as we get closer to make the “in-person go” decision; otherwise, we will be all virtual. If you’re planning to attend the virtual conference, please register now as it helps in our decision-making process.

Important hotel details

Flights

Here is what you can expect from Southwest Fox:

Contact Us

Ready to sign up? Just click https://geekgatherings.com/Registration.

Speaking of getting close, the Geek Gatherings YouTube Channel is closing in on 1000 subscribers and we would love to leap far over this milestone. Please subscribe and check the notification bell so you can be one of the first to learn when we release the videos from last year’s Southwest Fox. The channel has over 60 videos with session content from all the Virtual Fox Fest conferences over the last four years. That is over 75 hours of viewing. Here is a link to a session from 2022:

DevOps with Visual FoxPro (Joel Leach)

Only 19 days until we gather via the Internet.

The conference will take place September 26-29, 2024.

Call for Speakers
We’ve issued the Call for Speakers for Southwest Fox. If you are interested in presenting, please read the document referenced on that page to learn about submitting sessions.

Only 212 days until we gather in Scottsdale and virtually on Hopin.

Our one-day Virtual Fox Fest 2024 will be Wednesday, May 8, 2024. It still has the same great features everyone loves about VFF: great speakers delivering great sessions, live chatting during presentations, and getting to hang out virtually with new and old friends. This event will feature classic sessions from previous conferences, updated for 2024.

We’re excited to offer you Southwest Fox 2024, a hybrid conference, September 26-29, 2024. You decide whether to come in person or watch online! The in-person event will be held at the Hampton Inn & Suites Phoenix-Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona. The virtual event will use the Ring Central Hopin platform (the same platform we use for Virtual Fox Fest).

Web sites will be updated in the new year. Call for speakers will be announced later in February so get your ideas prepared.

White Light Computing will be a Platinum sponsor for both conferences. CleverFox Backup will be a Gold sponsor for both conferences.

Only 139 days until we gather virtually for Virtual Fox Fest
Only 280 days until we gather in-person and virtually for Southwest Fox in Scottsdale

We really appreciate all the support people have shown for the conference with registrations! That said, the decision comes with a calculated risk because we are still many registrations short of covering all the conference expenses. Please continue to spread the word to your colleagues, clients, user groups and anywhere else Visual FoxPro is spoken.

If you haven’t yet registered, there’s still room for you: https://geekgatherings.com/Registration.

If you’ve already registered for the in-person conference, you’ll receive a confirmation email soon that includes a link for our discounted hotel rate.

We are pleased to announce Geekwear by Geek Gatherings. Order your Southwest Fox gear from https://geekgatherings.logosoftwear.com/. Choose from the options shown or create your own unique SWFox-wear.

Only 43 days until we gather in Scottsdale and online via Hopin.

WILL SOUTHWEST FOX 2023 TAKE PLACE? THAT DEPENDS ON YOU.

We have to decide by August 31 whether to hold Southwest Fox 2023 or not. So far, registration for both the in-person and virtual conferences has been slow. We have three options: a hybrid conference as planned, a virtual conference only, or no conference. If you want us to decide to hold the conference, register (for either the in-person or virtual event) before August 30. Credit cards will not be charged until September. If you are registering for the in-person conference, DO NOT book travel until you hear our decision.

Please head over to the registration Web site today: https://geekgatherings.com/Registration

Don’t miss this chance to learn from the best and mix with your peers.

XSharp Free Post-Conference Session
The XSharp Team is planning a Sunday afternoon (10/22) vendor session called “Migrating Your VFP App to .NET with X#.” Check out our Workshops page for all the up-to-date details.

If you’ve already registered for the conference and want to attend this session, email register@geekgatherings.com and we’ll add you to the post-conference list.

Only 64 days until we hope to gather in Scottsdale!

That’s the countdown clock here at Geek Gatherings getting closer to the Super-saver deadline for Southwest Fox!  July 31st is next Monday and we thought we would pass along one more reminder just in case you forgot to add it your reminder list or put a yellow sticky note on your monitor. We still need people to register to make the in-person side of the conference happen.

Urgent: do not make plane reservations until we announce the decision for the in-person conference, which we expect to make in the coming weeks.

The conference takes place October 19-22, 2023 in Scottsdale, Arizona and we really hope you can be there. We would hate to see you lose out on the $100 discount and for those who really want to attend in-person, miss out on a spot in the first 50 registrations (the room limit we have for the conference space).

Head over to the registration Web site today: https://geekgatherings.com/Registration

If you’ve already registered, we thank you. Can you help us remind fellow developers who have been procrastinating about the looming deadline by sharing this email, sharing about it on social media, or posting on a forum how great a previous Southwest Fox or Virtual Fox Fest conference was for you? You can also spread the word by telling others you’re going on our Facebook event.

Nitty-Gritty Details
Check out our list of amazing speakers and dig into our sessions. Follow the news about the conference and our blog.

Contact Us:

• If you want to be a sponsor: vendors@geekgatherings.com
• If you have suggestions or ideas: info@geekgatherings.com
• If you have a friend who wants to be on our mailing list please send them to https://swfox.net where they can sign up to get future mailings.
• Call: 586.254.2530

Please beat the rush so we still have some fingernails left when August begins!

We appreciate all the support people have shown for the in-person conference with early registrations. We look forward to getting many more this week as we need them to make the “in-person go” decision; otherwise, we will be all virtual. If you’re planning to attend the virtual conference, please register now as it helps in our decision-making process.

Only 83 days until we gather in Scottsdale.

Only 100 days until we gather in-person in Scottsdale and virtually via Hopin via the Internet.

Registration is open! Details, deadlines and cost are available on our Web site. You register for the conference here: https://geekgatherings.com/Registration. Don’t procrastinate, get this done today!

We’re planning Southwest Fox in Arizona this October. We expect to announce our plans for a hybrid (in-person and virtual) fall conference some time in April.

White Light Computing is a Platinum sponsor of Virtual Fox Fest and Southwest Fox.

Only 60 days until we gather virtually via the Internet.

- Videos for all presentations are now available on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsLb2rL3ALQW9g5r-qqf_jA/videos) for free to everyone, as our contribution to the VFP community. Be sure to subscribe to our channel.

- If you didn’t attend Virtual Fox Fest and want materials (white papers and sample code) for the presentations, go to https://geekgatherings.com/Registration and “register” for the conference. You’re not really registering since it’s over, but in the Registration Fees section of the registration page, you’ll see “Virtual Fox Fest Session Materials” for previous events. There’s also an opportunity to sponsor Virtual Fox Fest, which means your name will be listed on our Sponsors page (https://virtualfoxfest.com/sponsors.aspx).

- Check out our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/events/769548681104749/) and see what was going on at the conference, then plan to attend a future one so you can join in the fun.

- If you are on Twitter, you can check out more by searching for #VirtualFoxFest

Virtual Fox Fest: https://virtualfoxfest.com/

One day since we met virtually on the Internet.

We’re really excited about this year’s Virtual Fox Fest line-up and we know you will be, too. You can find all the details:

• Sessions
• Speakers
• Sponsors
• Registration Details
• Registration Web site
• Who’s Coming

You can order your Virtual Fox Fest gear anytime. If you don’t like the items or colors we’ve chosen, click on any item as a starting point and then click “Customize This Product” to choose the product and color you really want.

Virtual Fox Fest is October 13th, 19th, and 25th, 2022.

Only 30 days until we gather virtually via the Internet.

The Early-Bird discount ends midnight (North American Eastern time) on Wednesday, which is just a couple of days away. Here is the direct link to get registered! (https://geekgatherings.com/Registration)

Virtual Fox Fest is October 13, 19, and 25, 2022!

Only 45 days until we gather virtually via the Internet!

Please register for Virtual Fox Fest before September 1st, our Early-Bird deadline. We know you are interested in saving $50, and we would appreciate processing the bulk of the registrations in August. Perfect synergy! As a bonus, we won’t process your payment until September.

It takes just a few minutes to register. Virtual Fox Fest is October 13, 19, and 25, 2022.

Only 53 days until we virtually gather via the Internet

Virtual Fox Fest is October 13, 19, and 25, 2022!

Only 71 days until we gather virtually via the Internet!

The conference is going to be on October 13th, 19th, and 25th, 2022.

We’ve issued the Call for Speakers for Virtual Fox Fest. If you are interested in presenting, please read the document referenced at https://virtualfoxfest.com/CallForSpeakers.aspx and consider submitting sessions.

As usual, White Light Computing is a Platinum sponsor, and CleverFox Backup will be a Gold sponsor.

156 days until we virtually gather via the Internet!

Our friends at DBI want to help incentivize you to register in the next 24 hours and have provided us licenses to their awesome products to give away.

1) Two (2) Studio Controls COM 64 Full Developer Licenses (each a USD $699 value, https://www.dbi-tech.com/ProductPage_studiocontrolscom64.aspx). What’s included:

• 25 Modern Unicode, 64 bit and 32 bit UX Design ActiveX Controls
• Multiple Access Demos for each component high lighting key industry tested features
• Detailed, individual component help files
• Tutorial style ‘Developing With’ per component help
• 32 – bit design and Deployment controls
• 64 – bit Design and Deployment controls

2) One (1) Solutions Schedule COM 64 Version 4.0 (not yet released to the public, USD $1499 value, https://www.dbi-tech.com/ProductPage_SolutionsScheduleCOM64.aspx) Full Developer License. What’s currently included:

• Royalty-Free distribution
• Source Code Samples written in VFP
• Compiled (.exe) Samples
• Annual Product Upgrade Service
• Direct Access to the Product’s Technical Support Group
• Online license management
• Online Software Activations

3) Two (2) $100 Microsoft Store Gift Cards.

So here is the deal. Everyone who is registered before 3:00pm (North American Eastern Time, GMT -4) on April 27, 2022 has a chance to win one of the five give-aways, including those who registered earlier. We know this is important so here is the link to the registration site to make things easy: http://geekgatherings.com/Registration

Only 9 days until we virtually gather on the Internet.

Emails to registered attendees begin next week with all the details about the conference.

You can order your Virtual Fox Fest gear from https://geekgatherings.logosoftwear.com/.

Virtual Fox Fest is May 5, 2022! Only 14 days until we gather virtually via the Internet!

Only 30 days before we gather on the Internet!

Doug, Tamar and I are still discussing whether to hold Southwest Fox in Arizona this fall. We expect to announce our plans for a fall conference some time in April. If you have feedback in this regard, do not hesitate to reach out to us with your thoughts.

More details here: https://virtualfoxfest.com

White Light Computing is once again going to be a Platinum sponsor. Jody Meyer and I are both presenting at the conference.

Only 43 days until with gather via the Internet!

That said, we know there are procrastinators who have not registered and have good intentions to do so before the conference starts. Please, please, please do so sooner than later. Our hard working registration staff of one is also a presenter who is practicing and refining his session, and has more than a full-time job working on customer projects.

In case you are procrastinating, please register for Virtual Fox Fest before October 1st. Three good reasons:

1. Save yourself $50!
2. Our registration staff has a super busy October and would appreciate you saving $50. Not joking.
3. If you wait until the week of the conference to register, you might not get your credentials until just before the first session on October 14th. You’ll miss all the details about the conference we’ll be sharing over the next few weeks, as well as chance to read white papers and download the examples before the conference starts.

It literally takes just a few minutes to register. We’d hate to see you miss the opportunity to get a head start on all the goodies. Go get registered! Now, really, don’t waste another minute. Here is the link: http://geekgatherings.com/registration.

Virtual Fox Fest is October 14, 20, and 26, 2021!

Only 22 days until we gather via the Internet. I look forward to seeing everyone again.

Virtual Fox Fest is October 14, 20, and 26, 2021!

Only 134 days until we gather virtually via the Internet (provided we get session proposals ) !