Though not strictly PHP related, this new note from MySQL.com has been posted today, so I thought I'd share.

Share your knowledge and experience of employing MySQL in the real world. The Call for Participation is now open, and you're invited to submit a proposal to speak at the next MySQL Users Conference, April 24-27, 2006, in Santa Clara, California.

To submit a proposal, click here.

Building upon the great 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. Bringing together MySQL developers, partners and other users, the 2006 MySQL Users Conference will feature a wide range of tutorials and sessions, giving attendees new views of the MySQL Universe — everything from an overview of the latest business and product developments — to an in-depth look at scaling, optimization and MySQL's inner-workings.

Topics that they're looking for include:

• Database Administration (DBA) and Security
• LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python)
• Performance Tuning and Benchmarks
• Community Projects that use MySQL

It's not just for MySQL developers - with the LAMP and "community projects" topics, authors of PHP software can get in on the action too!