Paul Reinheimer has a new post to his blog today talking about a special event happening at this year's php|works conference - Pecha Kucha.

The format is a little bit different than a talk (thank god) and hopefully a lot more fun. Basically the presenter gets up there with twenty slides, each are going to be shown for exactly 20 seconds, for a total of six minutes forty seconds. No take backs, no do-overs, no boring slides full of code.

He tosses in a few FAQs for those interested (who can do it, what can it cover, etc) and who to contact to get yourself signed up - drop Elizabeth Naramore an email and let her know you're interested.

The folks at php|architect have announced something new happening at this year's php|works/PyWorks conference - a Pecha Kucha event (with prizes!)

Pecha Kucha will be the center of the php|works/PyWorks evening cocktail event. Compete against others to win an XBox 360! [...] With this fun and fast-paced presentation style that limits the talk to 20 slides, 20 seconds each, this year's evening event and cocktail hour will prove to be educational and a great time! The best part is that you could go home with a brand new XBox 360!

Slots for your chance in one of these presentations are limited, so if you're attending the conference about would like to give a talk, send an email over to Elizabeth Naramore at elizabeth [at] phparch.com with your topic.