I really like the DesignCon show here in Silicon Valley. The next one is Feb 2-5 2009 at the Santa Clara Convention center, a place with plenty of free parking, unlike any show in San Francisco. It is at DesignCon that I meet many of my analog pals, it is a show for system design engineers as well as IC designers. They just sent out a call for speaking proposals. Deadline is November 15^th so get right on it. You can see the session abstracts here. You can create a username and submit a proposal here. From the press release:

Speaking proposals may also be submitted directly from a session on our Web site. All speaker proposals need to be submitted using the speaker’s e-mail address in the registration proposal process. An e-mail is sent directly to the speaker confirming receipt of his proposal. Please do not submit using anyone else’s e-mail address other than that of the speaker. Contacts for a speaker may add their information later in the process, but not at registration of a speaker.

As with all IEC conferences, the session chairs make the final decision regarding who will speak on their panels for that particular session. If your proposal is selected, an automatic e-mail is sent from the submission system, followed by direct contact from the chairperson further confirming your participation.

Speaking proposals received early on in the process have a better chance of being selected (please note this is a supplemental tool for the chairs). If selected as a speaker on a panel, you will receive complimentary admittance to the conference. There is no sponsorship fee required to speak.