The theme for this year's Conference is "Bright Spots in the Recession."

Even in bad times, someone gets funded, and someone becomes successful. This year, there's more activity in social media, e-patient groups, green building, and cloud computing than ever before. And as the mainstream media suffers, the online sites attract the traffic.

Many great companies have been started during recessions -- by laid off employees, by young people with guts, and by people who just want to pursue their dreams.

Here at the Fourth Annual Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference (AZEC09) we've got your back. If you need help, it will be here.

Conference is a full day, featuring Howard Lindzon (Knightsbridge Capital and Stocktwits) Kevin Surace, CEO of Serious Materials, Michelle Robson, founder of EmpowHer.com, Merlin Mann (43 Folders) Tara Hunt (The Whuffie Factor), and an update on the state of cloud computing, green building, local funding, digital media entrepreneurship, and health IT.

Reigstration: http://azentrepreneurship.eventbrite.com full details at http://www.azec09.com