Gulf Developers Conference 2009 (GDC '09) is the largest Microsoft developer event in the Gulf region. This is a 3-days conference that is expected to attract more than 2,500 attendees from Saudi Arabia and near-by Gulf countries starting from December 13 to December 15, 2009. The conference will be held at Al-Yamamah University, on the same premise of the new Microsoft Innovation Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. With the current release of latest new Microsoft technologies (e.g. Win7, Expression3, SL3), and the intense anticipation for upcoming Microsoft technologies (e.g. Office 2010, sharepoint 2010 & VS2010), GDC’09 is expected to attract the attention of many developers in the region. Attending GDC'09 will provide you with early access to key developer platform technologies. Moreover, GDC’09 will offer IT & Development Managers with a unique experience to learn about new technology directions from Microsoft and how such technologies can be used to maximiz