The Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is the definitive developer event focused on the technical strategy of the Microsoft developer platform. Attendees come from around the world to learn about the future of Microsoft developer technology directly from the people who make it happen.

There's never been a more exciting time to build mobile applications for the BlackBerry platform. Or a better time to be a part of the BlackBerry Developer Conference. With over 1,000 participants convening from around the world, this is the place you'll want to be!

You don't have to be an expert yourself - you just have to be an enthusiast. So pack your ideas, your know-how and your passion for developing and come build with us in San Francisco, California.

TechCrunch50 is the global competition conference for start-ups. TechCrunch50 is a conference held at the Design Center Concourse in San Francisco, California on September 14-15, 2009, hosted by TechCrunch and Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo.com and Mahalo Answers. Its aim is to find the best Web 3.0 start-ups and launch them in front of the industry's most influential venture capitalists, companies and press. One company will win $50,000 from the TechCrunch50 organizers.

The annual Analytical Research Forum (ARF) is the premier Analytical Science meeting of the RSC and will be held this year at the University of Kent and at Pfizer in Sandwich. The meeting is primarily for early-stage analytical science researchers (industrial scientists, PhD students and postdoctoral fellows) to present their latest results in the context of the wider analytical science community.The programme, which features both poster sessions and lectures, will include oral presentations fro