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-# Symposion
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-A conference management solution from Eldarion.
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-Built with the generous support of the Python Software Foundation.
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-See http://eldarion.com/symposion/ for commercial support, customization and hosting
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-## Quickstart
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-If you're interested in running symposion locally, we have built a [basic
-Django startproject template that includes Symposion][1].
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-[1]: https://github.com/pinax/pinax-project-symposion