The 2009 iteration of the World Poker Congress is all set to run from June 24 to 25 in Porto, Portugal at the The Sheraton Porto Hotel & Spa venue.

Amongst the guest speakers are David Carrion of Cirsa Spain, Paul Davis of Chexx IOM, Dawn Kirkwood of Clarion of Gaming and Steven Lipscomb of WPT Enterprises.

The lead sponsor for the event is chilipoker.com and according to organizers, the event will provide some networking opportunities among other things.

"Among the unique benefits of this conference are the numerous opportunities to meet high-level executives representing prominent companies which service the fast-growing poker industry," said the World Poker Congress website.

"In addition break out sessions into live poker and online poker tracks offer the most current information and trends in the industry."

Attendees will have the chance to:

- Highlight your solutions to a global audience,
- maintain competitiveness in a changing landscape,
- solidify your organization as an industry leader,
- plan face-to-face meetings with potential and current clients and
- network with peers and clients.

Lipscomb, who will give the congress' closing keynote speech, says that the event is beneficial.

"Online sites find casino partners in emerging territories and everyone is remarkably open to sharing industry perspective," Lipscomb said.

More information here.