It is time for us to start planning the detailed content of the 2012 Wine Bloggers Conference, to be held August 17-19 in Portland, Oregon. And the first step is to get input from the blogging community.

Take a look at our outline Agenda on this site. Many of the components are already set but we do need your input on these three sections:

Keynote Speakers: Who would you like to see speak at the 2012 Wine Bloggers Conference? We have had a great lineup of past speakers including famous wine writers, bloggers-made-good, tech experts, and wine industry celebrities.

Breakout Sessions: Hour-long breakout sessions are the chance for you to hear from experts in the field, be it blogging, writing, technology, or wine. Do you have suggestions for breakout session topics and speakers?

Blogger Discussions: We will have one time period where we’ll break into three groups for community discussions about topics of interest to wine bloggers. Last year we discussed The Present and Future of Wine Blogging; Wine Blogging and the Wine Industry; and Reaching Outside the Wine World. If you could sit down and talk with your fellow wine bloggers, what would you like to discuss?

To provide suggestions, please either comment on this blog post or email conference organizer Allan Wright at allan@ZephyrAdventures.com. Please be specific as to the topic and whether you are recommending a keynote speaker, breakout session, or blogger discussion. Please also provide us with names and, if you are suggesting someone else to present, whether you know the person!

We will take suggestions over the next week and then conduct a public vote to determine which potential topics are most popular. Thanks for your input!