This document summarizes the 2008 MySQL Conference. It provides information on the dates, location, speakers, and over 2000 attendees. It outlines several new features discussed at the conference, including MySQL 5.1, Workbench, hot backups, memcached integration, and testing tools. It also covers topics like Amazon EC2 storage, Gearman, query caching, backups, InnoDB improvements, and scaling strategies used by companies like Facebook, Flickr, and Wikipedia.