Technology magazine The Smart Techie is organizing an event called Startup City, a potpourri of conference, unconference and industrial exhibition style startup showcase booths on 24th May 2008 in Bangalore.

The formalized conference is a day-long event and would feature industry leaders and VCs including Ajit Balakrishnan, founder and CEO, Rediff.com; Sharad Sharma, CEO, Yahoo India; Jinesh Varia, evangelist, Amazon Web Services; and Ashish Gupta, managing director, Helion Venture Partners.

Alongside the conference and the startup exhibition, there will be a closed door CEO conclave, to be attended by CEOs and managing directors of over 150 startups. This is to facilitate an informal discussion amongst the senior management about best practices. [Source: WebYantra]