Research In Motion has announced details of the first BlackBerry Developer Conference to be held in Santa Clara, California, from the 20th to the 22nd of October 2008.

Mike Lazaridis, Research In Motion founder, president and co-CEO will give the opening keynote address along with five tracks and over 75 session, and there is also the chance to hear about the BlackBerry Partners Fund Developer Challenge winners.

Mike Lazaridis, had this to say: “With over 40 million BlackBerry smartphones sold today, the BlackBerry platform provides developers with a proven and growing opportunity to add value in the mobile marketplace through the creation of mobile-savvy applications for businesses and consumers.”

Source — slashphone