The 2015 Rootstech conference starts Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Geni is one of the exhibitors.
You don't have to attend the conference in person to benefit from the information as much of the content is available in the form of class syllabuses that can be viewed free of charge
You can browse through and read the rootstech syllabus for most of the sessions here: https://rootstech.org/About/syllabus?lang=eng
They plan on streaming a selection of some of the sessions live as indicated in the posted FAQ:
"..Yes. Similar to past years, we will stream several sessions of the conference live on our website. Once the conference is over, recordings of these sessions will be posted on our website for a limited time (generally until the next RootsTech conference)..."
A. J. Jacobs will be a keynote speaker on Saturday at 8:30AM a full list of the keynote speakers can be found here:
https://rootstech.org/agenda/keynotes?lang=eng
The keynote talks are typically among the sessions that are streamed. So check back tomorrow (Wednesday @ 9AM MST) to see if if the first two keynotes are streamed live.
--Randy Stebbing
Here is the live streaming session lineup of the free sessions that you can view from home:
Day Time Class Title Speaker
Thursday: 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Thursday General Session
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. 30 Pieces of Tech I Can't Live Without D. Joshua Taylor
1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m. You've Mastered the Census and Basic Search, What Next? Karen Auman
3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. What's New at FamilySearch Devin Ashby
4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Getting Started in Genetic Genealogy Diahan Southard
Friday: 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Innovator Summit Challenge Event
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Building a Genealogy Research Toolbox Thomas MacEntee
2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Bring Your Ancestor Back to the Future Anne Leishman
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. The Write Stuff. Leaving a Recorded Legacy: Personal Histories, Journals, Diaries, and Letters Valerie Elkins
Saturday: 8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Saturday General Session
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Finding the Living among the Dead: Using the Internet to Find Your Living Cousins Amy Archibald
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Family History on the Go Using Phones and Tablet Apps Crystal Beutler
2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Personal History Triage: How to Tell the Best Ten Stories of Your Life Alison Taylor
4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. Finding Your Family on Newspapers.com Peter Drinkwater
Here is a link to the archive of the 2015 sessions:
https://rootstech.org/video/4046597103001
31 free videos on family history research are available.