Flashbelt: The midwest's Flash conference is back for 2005 and it's bigger and better. Flashbelt 2005 takes place over 3 days, and delivers 14 presentations and 8 workshops led by North America's leading Flash developers. So head up to the North Star State to get all the Flash you can handle.
Speakers include: Matthew David, Carla Diana, Loc Dao, Matthew Zoern, Ze Frank, Jeremy Thorp, Joey Lott, Erik Falat, Andreas Heim, Robert Reinhardt, Snow Dowd, John Lenker, Nate Hunsaker, Ryan Moore, Nachi Katti, Chris Wiggins.
Also, new this year to Flashbelt is KeyWorks; a juried Flash contest. Enter you work online to win accolades a plenty. See the website for details.
The mission of FlashBelt is to bring together Flash developers and enthusiasts in the Midwest to share knowledge, inspiration and build community.
FLASHBELT 2005
June 14,15,16, 2005
Minneapolis, MN
http://www.flashbelt.com
I was asked to speak this year, but had to turn it down due to my wedding coming up in June. As Keith pointed out, it's a great deal.. I hope to be there next year!

Hi!
Here's a weird comment for ya - I've seen some of your posts and script on the web and just stumbled across FlashBelt today. I'm very new to Flash, but have some experience with programming... sooo, I guess I just wanted the opinion of someone who has been to FlashBelt - do you think it would be worthwhile for a beginner to attend, or maybe to wait for next year?
Anyways, any insight you have would be greatly appreciated! Oh, and congrats!
Anna
annaanderson25@comcast.net