Thomas Burg's BlogTalk 2.0 conference begins in Vienna on Monday, with a line-up including Ben and Mena Trott, developers of the widely used Movable Type blogging platform and a variety of other speakers who are interested in practical uses of weblogs and related issues.

I will be speaking on Tuesday about our work within the UK NHS Modernisation Agency, using connected weblogs and social software to stimulate social networks around health service improvement.

Before we talk, we walk. BlogWalk 3 takes place tomorrow before the main conference begins and many interesting people will be meeting up to see if they can walk, talk and blog at the same time (moblogging doesn't count!).

The Vienna Museum Quarter has some wonderful events and exhibitions going on, plus open-air WiFi for us connectivity addicts.