I have been blessed; my employer GWI Software is sending me and a coworker Jordan to PDC 05. With registration now open I started looking around for information. The official PDC 05 site on MSDN still has limited details but with a little looking around I found that Channel 9 has an area of their site dedicated to PDC 05.

They have dedicated discussion forums, videos, Podcasts by Michael Lehman, and PDC 05 Flair. The site also has a link to another MSDN site for PDC 05, www.developerpowered.com, which has a little more info and notes that Microsoft has rented out Universal Studios Hollywood for the PDC Party and will provide free rides, food, and drinks for attendees (must be 21).

If you boss has not already offered to sent you to PDC 05 you need the Convince The Boss Kit and if that doesn't work you can try your hand a the "PDC 2005 4 'Free'" contest where you can blog or code your way to PDC 05. The grand prizes are 3 free trips and tickets for PDC including the pre-conference events.