Back for its second year comes the self-styled Show Me The Money conference - AppNation.

Held in the Moscone Center South, San Francisco on April 27 and 28, the event will be kicked off with an keynote from Digital Chocolate CEO Trip Hawkins.

Other speakers from games industry include the likes of Bolt Creative's Dave Castelnuovo, (Pocket God), The Playforge's Thomas Chung (Zombie Farm), and Distinct Dev's Berkeley Malagon (Moron Test).

Glu Mobile's Mike Breslin, Playhaven's Roderick Alemani, W3i's Robert Weber and Papaya Mobile's Paul Chen will also be talking at the show.

Sponsors include big hitters such as Intel, RIM, AT&T, Qualcomm, Flurry and Greystripe, amongst others.

This is your marketplace

"We're going to be talking about discovery, monetisation and business development; how developers can build great businesses," explained event chairman Drew Ianni.

"I like to get the establishment and the disrupters in the same room and see what happens."

As well as the conference, there will be an expo show floor, and developers can submit their app and have a chance to pitch at the AppCircus@Appnation on April 27. Visit AppCircus for full details, rules and submission information. Deadline for entry is April 17.

You can see the full AppNation line up here. The early bird registration rate is available until April 15.