Check this out, three SQL conferences within 1 month of each other.

- SQL2TheMax:Orlando. September 23-24 in Orlando.
http://www.sql2themax.com/2000/orlando/sessions/

- SQL Connections 2000. October 4-7 in Scottsdale, AZ.
http://www.sqlconnections.com.

- PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server) 2000
North America conference. October 25-28 in San Francisco.
http://www.sqlpass.org/events/sanfrancisco/