Jennifer Lopez - The Women's Conference at the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach

The Women’s Conference 2008 is held at Long Beach on October 21 and 22, with an all-star line-up of speakers that includes Maria Shriver, Jennifer Lopez, Rachael Ray, Gloria Steinem, Bono, Heidi Klum, Sally Field and, of course, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The conference has sold out, $20 tickets are still available for the first ever preconference event dubbed "The Night at the Village."

The event featured exhibitor booths, stage presentations, book signings by Shriver, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dr. Mehmet Oz and TV figure Rachael Ray as well as entertainment from 5 to 9 p.m.
Last year, conference organizers help build a new playground at the New School

Here's Jennifer Lopez,speaking at The Women's Conference at the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, October 22