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As of right now I have three big conferences on my 2006 calendar.

One is the Word of Mouth Basic Training Event in Walt Disney World in Orlando in January. Another is the RSS Summit in Boston in February. The third one is the Council of Foundations Conference in Pittsburgh in May.

What other cool conferences should I go to? Candidates that are high on my list include Les Blogs, Web 2.0, Gnomedex, South by Southwest and Northern Voice. I'd love to go to D4 or Davos, but I doubt I could snag a free invite. Ideally, I am interested in events that: 1) get my intellectual wheels turning, 2) take me to new cities, and 3) enable me to meet cool thinkers/bloggers.

Steve Rubel is a PR strategist with nearly 16 years of public relations, marketing, journalism and communications experience. He currently serves as a Senior Vice President with Edelman, the largest independent global PR firm.He authors the Micro Persuasion weblog, which tracks how blogs and participatory journalism are changing the public relations practice.