At the Adobe MAX conference, thousands of designers, developers and business leaders converge to discover the next wave of opportunities fueled by the explosion of rich content and applications across multiple screens, the merging of digital content and commerce, and workflows that bring design and development together.

Adobe's Director of Evangelism Ben Forta has spent countless hours preparing keynotes and sessions for Adobe MAX 2009. In this interview, Ben takes a break from planning to provide the inside scoop on this year's premier community event.

To promote healthy relationships among youth, Replay: Finding Zoe/ReJouer: Où es Zoé guides players on an online journey to equality and an understanding of gender-based violence. Players search with friends to find Zoe, who is rumored to be in an abusive relationship. As they navigate their neighborhood, they play games that encourage them to be respectful, confident communicators who can challenge misconceptions about relationships and abuse. They also learn some warning signs of abuse and how to find community resources.

We Choose the Moon delivers more than 110 hours of streaming audio and animations to recreate Apollo 11's historic journey to the moon in realtime. The interactive experience was concepted by The Martin Agency and designed and developed by Domani Studios using Adobe AIR, After Effects CS4, Dreamweaver CS4, Fireworks CS4, Flash CS4 Professional, Photoshop CS4, and Adobe Premiere Pro CS4.

TeamTool enables mobile users to connect with friends and share details about their favorite landmarks using a range of rich features from text and audio to video and GPS information. TeamTool was created using Adobe Flash Lite, Dreamweaver CS4, Flash CS4 Professional, and Photoshop CS4 Extended.

Synchronous Objects reveals the interlocking systems of organization in the choreography of William Forsythe's dance, One Flat Thing, reproduced. Users can explore choreographic structures, discover patterns and re-imagine what they might look like through streaming video, animation, information graphics and interactive creative tools. Concept, analysis, tools and visual representations are created by The Ohio State University's Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design, Department of Dance and William Forsythe. Website interface and application architecture designed and developed by tracermedia.

In State of the Sockeye, Periscopic takes visitors on an online exploration of threatened salmon populations in the North Pacific. Visitors can click on regions for detailed views of waterways, examining where sockeye salmon populations are threatened or extinct. Interactive charts and graphs highlight changes over time to provide users with immediate insight into areas facing the greatest threats. The easy-to-use site appeals to conservationists, as well as to people with a more general interest in preservation.

More than two million teenage girls have explored the virtual world of Spark City--shopping in its malls, interacting with other members, and participating in a futuristic economy. The game was created using Adobe Flash CS4 Professional, Dreamweaver CS4, Illustrator CS4, Photoshop CS4 Extended, and Adobe Premiere Pro CS4.

This popular mobile device-based video game provides an enhanced user experience, with greater interactivity and access through a variety of platforms. The game was created with Adobe Device Central CS4, Dreamweaver CS3, Flash CS4 Professional, Flash Lite, and Photoshop CS3 Extended.

SmallWorlds.com combines the best of online gaming, social networking, and digital media to deliver an engaging, 3D online social community. The application was developed using Adobe Flex 3, Acrobat Connect Pro, Flash CS4 Professional, and Photoshop CS4.