The SharePoint Conference 2009 in Las Vegas was
announced back in February and the "Early Bird Discount" (for the first 500 attendees) sold out within 2 weeks. Given the fact that most companies (like IBM) have drastically cut their travel and education budgets, this is an encouraging result, endorsing the value customers and solution providers see in the SharePoint platform.
I am looking forward to going to this event quite a bit. There will be a lot of new information and many great peple to network with.
If you're going too feel free to drop me a line and maybe we can get together in Vegas.