The next few weeks are getting pretty full again but I wouldn’t want it any other way! I have some really amazing conferences/events on my calendar and wanted to share with you where I’ll be the next coming weeks.

• Flex Camp Amsterdam – September 22nd – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  I’ll be talking about AIR for Android. I’ll be showing a bunch of cool demos and will obviously also show you how you can build applications.
   
• Sneak Preview – September 24th – Genk, Belgium
  I’ll be talking about Flash and HTML5. I’ll talk about both technologies’ strengths and weaknesses and hope to debunk some of the myths surrounding them.
   
• AppsMarathon – September 27th – Brussels, Belgium
  The future is mobile! At AppsMarathon I’ll be talking about Flash Player 10.1 and AIR on Android and how you build apps for mobile using the Flash Platform (and maybe/probably some other stuff as well ;-))
   
• Flash On The Beach – September 27th-29th – Brighton, UK
  Flash On The Beach is one of my favorite conferences. Due to unforeseen circumstances I had to miss it last year but I’ll make sure that never happens again! FOTB is due to sell out today so hurry up if you still need to get your tickets! I’ll be doing a session on AIR 2 and will also do a “beyond the basics” hands on session on Tuesday and Wednesday on Flash Catalyst.
   
• AUG Belgium – September 30th – Genk, Belgium
  The Belgian Adobe Usergroup is doing a special “After Summer” event. I’ll be talking about something I can’t talk about yet. ;-) More on that later.
   
• Adobe MAX – October 23rd-27th, Los Angeles, USA
  I know I probably say this every year but… MAX is going to be fantastic this year. Don’t have your tickets yet? Early bird pricing ends in 5 days!
   

I hope to see you at (at least) one of these events!

At Flash On The Beach in Brighton this week my colleague Andrew Shorten talked to a number of Flash designers and developers, asking their thoughts on how Flash Catalyst might impact their workflow for producing rich Internet applications. Here’s the video from those conversations.

I have two full conference tickets for Flash On The Beach in Brighton (worth £359 each), one copy of Flex Builder 3 Professional, a bunch of Flex books, t-shirts and other goodies and I’m giving it all away!

How do you win? Easy! Take out your crystal ball and take a look in to the future of the Flash Platform. Where do you see the Flash Platform 5, 10 or 20 years from now? What would you add or change to the Flash Platform?

Be creative! You can use both the power of words and the power of pixels. If you want to create mockup of Flash CS10 or Flash Builder 10, then please do so. If you are better with words, feel free to type away. Leave a comment with a link to your image or just post your thoughts. Please enter your real name and email address.

Winners will be picked based on creativity, originality and/or interesting ideas. Winners will be announced on Monday, August 17th 2009 on this blog. Deadline: Sunday, August 16th, 2009 00:00GMT

Looking forward to hear your thoughts and ideas!

Although Flash On The Beach is only 4 years old this year, it has already become a highlight in the Flash community. There something about FOTB that makes this one of the “must-go” conferences of the year. And it seems to be growing year after year!

This is going to be the first year that I’m actually doing a session at FOTB. “I’d better come up with an appealing session”, was my first thought when I got accepted as a speaker. After all, I am sharing the billboard with Flash rock stars like Keith Peters, Mario Klingemann, Mike Jones, Grant Skinner, Joa Ebert, Colin Moock and many more.

But… I think I have an interesting session lined up. With multi-screen development becoming increasingly important, I thought it was a good idea to do a session about that. Even more so because we have some interesting announcements lined up around the MAX timeframe which coincidentally happens to be just 2 weeks after FOTB… So… I’ll show you how to build an application that runs on multiple screens sharing the same code-base and using the capabilities available in the different runtimes.

Can you read between the lines…? “Same code-base across the different runtimes…” Anyone? ;-)

Early bird pricing for FOTB ends on July 24th and FOTB did sell out the last 2 years… So… What are you waiting for? See you in Brighton!

More info and tickets on http://www.flashonthebeach.com/

I always thought Flash On The Beach’s John Davey was a certified nut job and today he finally confirms it ;-)

The next 48 hours, you can get a full three day conference pass for Flash On The Beach Miami for only $99 (instead of $359)! This has to be the craziest conference promotion to date. Just use promocode RSKNUTS1 when you purchase your tickets. But remember, this promotion only lasts 48 hours so it’s ending at midnight PST on Wednesday 14th January!

See you in Miami! Vemos en Miami!