New York - Producers of The Webby Awards, the eleven-years-running event that recognizes the best websites in dozens of categories, announced on Monday plans to host its first industry conference, WebbyConnect, in Laguna Beach, Calif. on Oct. 3-5. The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences said the three-day event will allow attendees to interact with more than 30 Webby Award winners, Academy members and other Internet innovators. Speakers at the inaugural event will include Internet co-inventor Vinton Cerf; Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington; MySpace co-founder Josh Berman; Twitter co-founder Biz Stone; BoingBoing co-editor David Pescovitz; and AKQA Global Creative Director Rei Inamoto.