A 'local' conference, CodeMash, is coming up in Sandusky, Ohio, about 3 hours south of me, January 18-19. There aren't many Midwest conferences (actually, not many non-San Francisco conferences), so get it while the goings good.

I just saw this today from a pointer by Pat Eyler, and Call for Speakers is due tomorrow. It's looks very .NET focused, which means that you should go and push the underdogs!