Imagine seeing who is going to a conference before you turn up, finding new people to link up with and being able to network before and after the event online, leaving you time to get the really important face to face stuff done on the day.

Well that's what Crowdvine does.

All you have to do is register your email address and answer a couple of questions to help other people see who you are where you're coming from, upload a picture (honestly it makes a huge difference to 'see' who is coming) and within a couple of minutes you can be connecting with other people going (or thinking about going) to ruralnet|2008.

You can arrange to meet up with people you already know, or pick out people you'd like to meet for the first time at the event. You can share comments and posts about the event and we'll be planning some of the sessions using Crowdvine, more on that soon.

If you like what you see and you've not yet booked to come to ruralnet|2008, then book now, spaces are limited.

You can see how Crowdvine worked brilliantly at a recent event called 2gether08.