The 109th California Library Association Annual Conference will be held in Long Beach, from October 26-29, 2007. As the premiere library continuing education event of the year, the conference will offer dozens of workshops. Notable speakers at the conference include actress and children's author, Jamie Lee Curtis, "Made to Stick" author Chip Heath, NPR's Sarah Vowell, Craig's List Founder Craig Newmark, Shawn Gold, head of marketing and content development for MySpace,  Shel Israel, co-author of "Naked Conversations, How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk With Customers" and futurist Bob Treadway.