Ideas and feedback make BlackBerry® products better, especially when they come from the developer community that uses the BlackBerry platform and technologies every day. If you have something to say, or an idea for a way to improve the BlackBerry platform, there’s a way to contribute at BlackBerry® DevCon Americas 2011.

BlackBerry DevCon Americas 2011 is featuring a new series of “Collaboration Roundtables”. Simply put, these Roundtable sessions are interactive discussions with fellow BlackBerry developers and the technology experts who make BlackBerry products. You’ll be able to help shape the direction of the platform by providing feature requests and feedback on these subjects:

• Making Highly Addictive BlackBerry® 7 OS Apps
• Building Better Web Apps
• Porting Android Apps to BlackBerry Tablet OS
• Where Can You Take Adobe® Flash® and Adobe® AIR® Apps?
• Native App Development for BlackBerry® Tablet OS
• Platform Services for BlackBerry® smartphone OS and BlackBerry Tablet OS

All you need to do is register for BlackBerry DevCon Americas – which takes place in San Francisco from October 18–20, 2011 – and sign up for any (or all) of the GRP 01-06 sessions. Plus, when you register you will also receive a BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet to help you get a jump start on development.

Additionally, Research In Motion® (RIM®) and its partners would like to help you do more with your apps through two interactive Birds of a Feather sessions on Consumer Apps and Business Apps, where you will learn more about the BlackBerry user and mobile marketplace. Members of RIM’s Business Development team will be on hand to discuss your apps and partnership opportunities with RIM.

Check out all sessions planned at BlackBerry DevCon Americas in the public catalog!