Since there’s such an interest in the iPad, here’s an upcoming conference for developing spoftware applications for the iPhone and iPad: http://iphonedevcon.com/
“DevCon” is nerdy developer-speak for “Developer’s Conference” so it’s definitely not a conference to attend if you’re merely interested in using the iPad in your lab.
I wanted to point-out that one of the speakers is from a place called “Big Nerd Ranch” and, as someone that does program, I particularly thought that sounded intriguing. 
The main developer conference for all things Apple is WWDC (World Wide Developer Conference) which is *huge* and of course has the Keynote… which is where the iPhone 4 was released last week.
If you want to get into iPhone/iPad development the iPhone Dev Center is the place to start, plus there are lots and lots of books.
If you are interested in the iPad in the lab, the main thing is to get one and play with it. This is a whole new concept in Computing and everyone is still figuring out how it will all pan out, so early adopters will find it interesting right now, and it’ll get interesting for everyone in the lab in about 6 months…
More on the iPad in the lab here http://elnblog.com/2010/05/some-brief-thoughts-on-the-ipad-and-eln/
Simon
http://elnblog.com