2009 Conference Agenda

The year's conference kicks off with a reception at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, and continues with sessions throughout the day Saturday and Sunday. (Read full agenda for 2009)

Highlights from the first
Authors' Unconference

Participants from the first Author's Unconference

(Author names link to their Web sites where available)

Dr. Wendy Abraham, Chinese For Dummies

Alison Acerra, Diabetes CookBook, 2nd edition

Walter M. Bortz, II M.D., Living Longer For Dummies

Danny Briere, Internet Telephony, Smart Homes, Windows XP Media Center, Home Wireless Networking, Wireless Hacks and Mods, and Home Theater HDTV For Dummies

Marty Brounstein,Coaching and Mentoring, Communicating Effectively, and Managing Teams For Dummies

Barry Burd, Java 2, Beginning Programming with Java, Eclipse, Java & XML, Jbuilder, Ruby on Rails For Dummies

N. Brian Caverly, Esquire, Estate Planning For Dummies

John D. Cox, Weather For Dummies

Joe Duarte, M.D., Futures & Options For Dummies

Lita Epstein, Trading, Reading Financial Reports, Bookkeeping, and Working After Retirement For Dummies

Lynn Fischer, Lowfat Cooking, Quick & Healthy Cooking, and Healthy Eating-on-the -Go For Dummies

Sue Fox, Etiquette For Dummies and Business Etiquette For Dummies

Karen Fredricks, ACT! 2006, ACT! 2007, Outlook 2007, Business Contact Manager, and Microsoft Office Live 2007 For Dummies

Susannah Gardner, Blogs For Dummies, Buzz Marketing With Blogs, Bittorrent, and DreamWeaver MX 2004 For Dummies

Herbert P. Goodheart, M.D., Acne For Dummies

Peter Gregory, SIP Communications, VoIP Security, Blocking Spam and Spyware, Computer Viruses, Security+ Certification, and CISSP for Dummies

Richard Harroch, Poker, Gambling, Small Business Kit, and Business Contracts For Dummies

Bjoern-Erik Hartsfvang, GURPS For Dummies

Jack Hungelmann, Insurance For Dummies

Patrick Hurley, Internet Telephony, Smart Homes, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Home Wireless Networking, Wireless Hacks and Mods, Home Theater, and HDTV For Dummies

Lou Krieger, Poker For Dummies and Gambling For Dummies

Stephen P. Maran, Astronomy For Dummies

Jan Saunders Maresh, Sewing For Dummies

J. David Markham, Napoleon For Dummies

Marty Nemko, Ph.D., Cool Careers For Dummies

Barbara Obermeier, Photoshop CS2 All-In-One, Photoshop Elements 4, Photoshop Elements 4 Just the Steps, and Microsoft PowerPoint Just the Steps

Erica Olsen, Strategic Planning For Dummies

Lon Orenstein, Microsoft Business Contact Manager 2007 For Dummies

Nina L. Paul, PhD.,Living with Hepatitis C and Reiki For Dummies.

Andy Rathbone, Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows 98, Upgrading and Fixing PCs, and TiVo For Dummies

Tara Rodden Robinson, Ph.D., Genetics For Dummies

Alan L. Rubin, MD, Diabetes, Diabetes Cookbook, High Blood Pressure, and Thyroid For Dummies

Mark Ryan, Calculus, Calculus Workbook, and Geometry Workbook For Dummies

Jim Schell, Small Business For Dummies

Barbara Findlay Schenck, Small Business Marketing, Business Plans Kit, and Branding For Dummies

Deanna Sclar, Auto Repair and Buying a Car For Dummies

Alan Simon, Data Warehousing, Stock Options, and Estate Planning For Dummies

Michael S. Sinel, M.D., Back Pain Remedies For Dummies

Mary Jane Sterling, Algebra, Trigonometry, Algebra II, Algebra Workbook, and Trigonometry Workbook For Dummies

Judi Strada, Sushi For Dummies

John A. Tracy, Accounting, 3rd edition and Accounting Workbook For Dummies

Illustrator Rich Tennant, creator of the cartoons that are featured in the For Dummies series.

Dr. Kate Wachs, Relationships For Dummies

Janine Warner, Web Sites Do It Yourself, Dreamweaver (all 8 editions) Creating Family Web Sites, Contribute, and Managing Web Projects For Dummies

Jeff Word, SAP Netweaver For Dummies

Dirk Zeller, Success as a Real Estate Agent For Dummies


ACT! For Dummies Diabetes Cookbook For DummiesBuzz Marketing with Blogs For DummiesCool Careers For DummiesEstate Planning For Dummies Economics For Dummies Etiquette For Dummies Geometry For Dummies