AI-2009 is the Twenty-ninth SGAI International Conference on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence.

The scope of the conference comprises the whole range of AI technologies and application areas. AI-2009 reviews recent technical advances in AI technologies and shows how these advances have been applied to solve business problems. Key features of AI-2009 are:

- Papers will be published in book form by Springer.

- The Technical Stream presents the best of recent developments in AI, covering a wide range of technical areas.

- The Application Stream is the largest annual showcase in Europe of real applications using AI technology.

- The best papers will be reprinted in a special issue of the international journal 'Knowledge Based Systems'.

- The Poster Session is a forum for disseminating new developments and latest work in progress, especially suited to MSc and PhD students.

- Prizes for Best Paper in each stream and Best Poster.

- The programme also includes tutorials and workshops to provide greater depth in selected topics. (These are free to delegates of the main conference, but separate registration is also available.)

- The Machine Intelligence (MI) competition exhibits working systems that are a significant step towards machine intelligence.

- UKCBR-09, the 14th UK CBR Workshop, will be co-located with AI- 2009.

- FAIRS-2009, the third annual forum for AI research students will immediately precede the AI-2009 conference at Peterhouse College on December 14th, 2009. The aim of FAIRS is to support student members of the AI community providing advice and feedback on their research plans and work. This event is free of charge for research students and no conference registration is required.

- The conference qualifies for the IEE and BCS CPD schemes.

- In addition to the formal sessions, the conference programme includes a welcome reception and a Gala Dinner.

AI-2009 offers a valuable opportunity to keep up to date with developments in AI and to share experiences in the practical issues of developing AI systems.