The Joomla! Event Travel Programme (JET) is pleased to announce that we will be taking applications from the worldwide Joomla! Community for the upcoming Joomla! World Conference, to be held between 11th and 13th of November, 2016 Vancouver, Canada.  Applications are now closed.  All applicants will be informed by the 6th of October with an announcement to follow shortly afterwards.

The Community Leadership Team have reviewed their budget lines and have been able to free up funds to produce a reduced budget for use by the JET team to run the programme for JWC 2016 (https://conference.joomla.org).

Please take into account our financial limitations before applying for the programme, therefore we have included the option for you to elect to pay for your ticket, accommodation and/or flight, the selection criteria will not take these items into account, but if you are able to contribute something towards your attendance, it will free up more funds for those that are less able to.

Please also check that you will not be already be covered for the trip by your project team (if any).

The deadline for applications is the 3rd of October 2016 and the recipients will be announced by the 5th of October 2016.

Application Criteria: Please note, these criteria and conditions must be met. Please read the guidelines carefully. Good luck!

The criteria to be followed by the JET Team for the election of candidates is as follows:

• Applications of the candidates will be arranged in accordance with the contributions made to The Joomla! Project (especially during the last year) based on the information enclosed in the application and duly proven with recommendations from team or working group leaders.

• Subsequently, all applicants will be accepted in order of appearance in the final list until the estimated budget for this edition of the JET Programme is reached.

• This is an opportunity for the entire Joomla! Community, however, priority will be given to those participants who have not yet received a JET recognition.

• The JET Team will give special consideration to well written applications that include details and timeframes of their participation in The Joomla! Project.

• You must have a valid passport and be eligible for any necessary travel visas. Please check the following website - http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/#  to find out if a travel visa is required and that you can apply for and receive it in time. Expenses to acquire any travel documents are not included with the JET recognition.