Baron Schwartz, the lead author of High Performance MySQL 2nd Edition, has just announced OpenSQL Camp 2008 over at his blog.

Despite the name, this will be different from other Camp conferences you’ve been to. This is a combination of a planned event (with great speakers and sessions), semi-planned spontaneity (sessions to be decided by attendees the night before), and a hackfest. It’s the best elements cherry-picked from all the conferences (and un-conferences) you’ve been to.

The event is in Charlottesville, Virginia on Nov 14 to 16 which is Friday to Sunday. Travel and other important information is over at the event’s site.

I don’t know if I’ll be able to make this one since I already have a few trips planned, but it sounds awesome.

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