Well, it looks like my conference schedule is shaping up for the next year.
The rumored XmlDevCon V has been announced and will be at the end of September. Chris is looking for presenters, so if you have some cool XML based application or technique that you would like to discuss, this is the place to do it. And this isn’t a Microsoft only event, so definitely drop Chris an email if your discussion isn’t MS based. I really don’t have something that I think is cool and interesting, so I don’t think I’ll submit a proposal (plus, I’d like to just relax and absorb it all this time). This is probably the best conference out there, since it is by developers for developers (marketing types need not attend), plus Chris keeps the costs way down.
PDC 2005 – Scoble mentioned on .Net Rocks that the next PDC is scheduled for April 2005. He didn’t mention the location, but I have heard rumors of LA again (ugh!).
TechEd 2005 – Orlando, June 5-10. I’m not sure why they didn’t bump the data a couple months, since the PDC is about 2 months prior (I’m sure these things are scheduled years in advance, so that might be it), but odds are good that I’ll be at next year's TechEd (I’m pretty sure I will not be moving any time soon). I was at the last TechEd in Orlando, and hopefully the wife will be able to go too.