Welcome to Flash on the Beach blog. We will be adding news here about the conference. Whenever new speakers are confirmed, sessions are released or schedules are posted. Anything to do with the venue, Brighton, food, drink, hotels or travel.

Please feel free to add, ask or comment here.

One of FOTB’s favourite speakers has had some fun adding his speaker badge to his site. Check out his header at his blog. We think it is fantastic and fits exactly with the spirit of the conference. Tink - Genius! Love it!

We have been contacted by an agency in London who have told us about someone calling them and saying she represented Flash on the Beach. She told them that FOTB was giving free tickets to London Agencies and that she needed the names and details of all the staff that wanted to go. She then provided false contact details.

THIS IS A SCAM! We do not ‘cold call’ agencies, we ARE NOT offering free tickets.

We can only assume that it is a headhunter or someone trying to build a database, but certainly it is someone fishing for information. If you get a call similar to this one, DO NOT fall for it!

Get your tickets while they are hot!

Anyone wanting to come to Flash on the Beach better be quick! Ticket sales end Tues 20th October. This is because we are pretty much sold out. If you want to come but haven’t got your ticket yet, get it now!

Looking through our stats, we found a very interesting blog post by JonnyMac. In his blog post he makes a comparison between Flash Conference prices, flight costs and hotels. Even with the very strong pound to dollar rate, his post makes very interesting reading! Check it out here.

Many of you know that our backnetwork picks up your blog posts. Make sure you have entered you blog url in your profile and voila, all FOTB related blog posts appear there! A one stop shop to find out the buzz!

This year we will be giving a full conference pass for FOTB08 to the blogger who appears the most! Make sure your blog posts are tagged FOTB, FOTB07 or flashonthebeach, and you should be picked up.

Official Speaker HotelFlash on the Beach has chosen The Old Ship again as our speaker hotel this year. Last year it became the focus of many an after evening party! Right on the sea front, it dates back to 1559.

In it’s time it has welcomed a multitude of aristocracy and royalty - making it perfect for the royalty of Flash design and development!

FOTB Discount:
We have organised a special discount with the Old Ship for any attendees wanting to stay in the ’speaker hotel’. A limited allocation has been set aside on a first come first served basis, so we recommend booking early if you want to stay in The Old Ship. Follow this link and use the promo code: FLASH to get your discount.

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Other AccommodationWe are delighted to have VisitBrighton organise accommodation again this year. They have negotiated specially discounted rates for our attendees. The variety of accommodation ranges from simple B&B right through to the top hotels in Brighton.To get your room discounts, book your accommodation, using this link: https://www.conferencebookings.co.uk/delegate/BTNFLASH2007

VistBrighton will be adding more accommodation regularly.

Flash on the Beach Backnetwork is up and running!

If you have bought a ticket to FOTB07 you will automatically be invited into Backnetwork. Backnetwork is a fantastic way of sharing, organising meetings, getting the buzz, picking up blog feeds, sharing flickr photos and more.

this year’s Backnetwork is here. If you haven’t registered, get onto it now!

If you are on Facebook and you want your friends to know you are coming to Flash on the Beach, let them know by adding the event to your profile here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=12341305612&ref=nf