Proposals for the 2006 MySQL Users Conference Now Being Accepted

For Immediate Release
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Suzanne Axtell (707) 827-7114 or suzanne@oreilly.com

Proposals for the 2006 MySQL Users Conference Now Being Accepted

The 2006 Conference Theme Is "Discover. Connect. Succeed. Scale Your
Business with MySQL."

Sebastopol, CA--The Call for Participation for the 2006 MySQL Users
Conference has just opened: an invitation for database experts and
enthusiasts to share their knowledge of employing MySQL in the real world.
The theme for the 2006 conference is "Discover. Connect. Succeed. Scale
Your Business with MySQL." This annual event brings over 1,000 MySQL
developers, DBAs, users, and partners together in Santa Clara, California.
The call for participation ends November 7, 2005; the conference takes
place April 24-27, 2006.

Building on the success of the 2005 MySQL Users Conference, MySQL AB is
once again teaming up with O'Reilly Media to co-present next year's event.
Like the 2005 edition, the 2006 MySQL Users Conference will feature a wide
range of tutorials and sessions, giving attendees new perspectives of the
MySQL universe: from an overview of the latest business and product
developments, to an in-depth examination of cost-effective database
scale-out, performance optimization, high-availability and other advanced
uses of MySQL.

Two types of proposals will be considered: 45-minute session presentations
and 3-hour pre-conference tutorials. Proposals should focus on helping
attendees:

- Harness the full power of MySQL, including best practices
- Learn and use the new features in MySQL 5.0 and MySQL Cluster
- Build high-volume, transactional web and Data Warehouse applications
- Master MySQL administration and security
- Understand how to use MySQL in various real-world application
  architectures
- Migrate from proprietary databases to MySQL
- Employ scale-out through Replication, Clustering, and other tools and
  techniques
- Become acquainted with the many excellent MySQL community projects

Topics include:

- Database Administration (DBA) and Security
- Architecture and Technology
- Business and Case Studies
- Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
- LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python)
- Java
- .NET/Mono
- MaxDB
- Migration
- Performance Tuning and Benchmarks
- Cluster, Replication, and other Scale-out/High Availability solutions
- Embedded MySQL: libmysqld and embedded OS environments
- Community Projects that use MySQL
- General Topics

In addition to informative and inspiring presentations, the conference
will feature an expanded exhibit hall to showcase the latest MySQL-related
technologies from vendors as well as open source projects. Special evening
events for attendees and speakers are also planned to foster networking
and fun.

The 2006 MySQL Users Conference celebrates people, projects, and products
that comprise the extensive MySQL ecosystem. The conference illustrates
the product's wide-ranging appeal and capabilities, encouraging community
members to help create the best database software, gain knowledge, develop
tools, and build applications that help grow businesses and nurture
individual skills.

Additional Resources:

For complete conference details, including the Call for Participation,
visit: http://www.mysqluc.com

To submit a proposal, go to:
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/mysqluc2006/create/e...

To stay abreast of conference news and to receive email notification when
registration opens, please sign up at:
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/45/form.html

For information on exhibition and sponsorship opportunities at O'Reilly
conferences, contact Andrew Calvo at (707) 827-7176, or
andrewc@oreilly.com

To become a media sponsor, contact Margi Levin at (707) 827-7184, or
margi@oreilly.com

For more information about the previous MySQL Users Conferences, go to
http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/users-conference/

For more information about O'Reilly conferences, visit:
http://conferences.oreilly.com/

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organizations, including Yahoo!, Sabre Holdings, The Associated Press,
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