Ordinarily I wouldn't post this announcement here, but I'm going to break tradition and do so because I'm one of the conference co-chairs. As such, I have to help find speakers, so I want this call for papers to go out far and wide.

Windows IT Pro is now accepting session proposals for the Oct-Nov. 2005 Windows Connections conference. We're heading to San Diego October 30 to November 2, 2005, for the premier Windows technical conference, and we'd like to hear from you!

If you're interested in speaking on Exchange-related topics at the show, send your abstracts to paul@robichaux.net by February 18. We want proposals for regular 75-minute sessions, as well as 1/2 day and full day pre-conference and post-conference sessions.

Note that we have a limited number of speaking slots, and all participants must be able to present a minimum of three 75-minute sessions. There are three basic requirements:

• Send a minimum of 3 session proposals (4 or 5 is ideal for discussion purposes)
• Include a biographical statement with your session proposals
• Include any additional pre- or post-con session proposals, if applicable

Please adhere to the February 18 deadline as we need to make speaker and session selections right away. (We plan to have a conference brochure ready to distribute at TechEd in June.)