E27 Singapore will be organizing their 5th Unconference on the 12th of July 2008

You can get all the details at their unconference site.

“What’s this got to do with Australia?”, I hear you ask.

Well past conferences have featured startups with Aussie ties including travel search site wego and Internet TV site active channel.

On top of that, a focus of all previous E27 unconferences has been how to expand out of Singapore and into other Asia-Pac countries, including Australia!

So - you’ve got an unconference full of tech startups, from an Asian country with English as one of their official languages, where, from all accounts, Government support both directly (funding) and indirectly (through better tax incentives for early-stage investment etc.)  is much better and the early-stage tech investment industry is more active and advanced, all sitting around for a few days planning on crushing Aussie startups in Australia and abroad.

OK - maybe that’s a little dramatic - but nothing like stirring up a bit of friendly rivalry

Seriously though, Singapore is a major tech hub and a gateway to Asia (along with HK) for English speaking startups. Definitely worth keeping an eye on this conference (or attending if you’re in Singapore), if only to keep up to date with what’s happening there.