Register for the 2009 BlackBerry® Developer Conference before September 18, and you can take advantage of the Early Bird Discount.

You’ll save $200 off the regular rate – and you get to attend what many consider to be the best event for today’s application developers making their mark with the BlackBerry solution.

Don’t miss out on other savings opportunities; learn more about special offers such as the Group Discount Program and the Alumni Discount.

An Abundance of Targeted Sessions – You Can’t Beat the Value

Take a look at the Session Catalog – technical, demonstration-packed sessions are geared to every interest level. This is the place to see how the tools have advanced again, making it easy, fun and profitable to develop applications for the BlackBerry platform.

Where else can you find out how to:

• Leverage familiar web technologies to create rich, tightly-integrated applications for BlackBerry smartphones
• Create fresh UI for your BlackBerry application
• Push information to consumers and also ensure reliability and relevance for your BlackBerry application

Attend BlackBerry Developer Day – A Developer Community Event

With your conference pass, you can also be a part of the NEW BlackBerry Developer Day on Thursday, November 12. This is a day when the developer community gets together to network and enjoy some great activities, including:

• Breakout sessions with Research In Motion (RIM) developers where you have the chance to offer feedback on today’s development tools
• The Developer Soapbox, where you can share your expertise and experiences developing for the BlackBerry platform
• BlackBerry Developer Certification where you solidify your credentials

What are you waiting for? Register today!

I am very pleased to announce that the session catalog for the BlackBerry® Developer Conference 2009 has now gone live listing over 40 sessions from BlackBerry development experts from Research In Motion (RIM). This year we decided not to use the concept of tracks for organizing the sessions, instead opting for a mechanism that allows you to find the most applicable sessions for your interests with the click of a mouse. We have organized the sessions using “tags” into the following areas:

Audience

• Sessions are broken down based on the type of developer that may be most interested in attending this session including Commercial Enterprise Developers, Consumer Developers, Corporate Developers, Business (CIOs), and Application Architects/Designers.

Technology

• Sessions are broken down based on the core technology they would discuss or leverage including Java®, Web, BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, BlackBerry® Internet Service, and BlackBerry® Developer Tools.

Specialization

• Sessions are further categorized based on a specialization of the topic including Multimedia, Location Based Services, User Interface, and Security.

Technical Level

• Sessions are rated according to the expected knowledge level of attendees – introductory, intermediate and advanced.

Session Format and Attributes

• We also give you the ability to filter sessions based on the format of the session (eg. RIM-lead Sessions vs. Community sessions) or by attributes of the session itself (eg. does the presenter provide a demo or sample code).

With this system, you will have the ability to quickly and easily find great sessions that apply to your area of interest across the large scope of sessions. I would love to hear your thoughts on our new approach, so post a comment below!