Sample Memo
To: Your manager
From: You
Re: Balisage: The Markup Conference
I would like authorization and funding to attend “Balisage 2021: The Markup Conference” which will be held on August 2 - August 6, 2021. It will be a completely virtual live event with world-wide participation.
In today's recovering economy, industries/companies/government agencies are increasingly turning to and relying on markup-based applications to become more efficient and effective.
Balisage: The Markup Conference is the conference where (insert company name) can talk to the leading theorists and practitioners of markup about the technologies used in our (insert project name or short description). The opportunity to exchange and share cutting edge theory and practical methods and applications will reap long term benefits to this organization.
Individuals with the following expertise will be attending and speaking at Balisage, providing numerous learning and networking opportunities:
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Interaction between XML and non-XML data formats and environments
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XSLT (transformation from one format to another)
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Markup vocabularies
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CSS: for both web and print formatting
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Case studies describing XML use in government, academia, and industry
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Query languages and techniques.
I have reviewed the conference agenda and think the following presentations are of particular interest:
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The conference registration fee is $200.
I believe attending this conference will have immediate benefits for (project name) and enable me to advance the interests of (company name) in the use of markup.
I appreciate your consideration of this request.
Sincerely,
Your name