diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 9261543..4b870d9 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-l
 RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
 RewriteRule ^web/(.*)$ cms.php?f=$1 [L]
+RewriteRule ^api/(.*)$ api.php?request=$1 [L]
 
diff --git a/api.php b/api.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e4ded7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api.php
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?
+/* 
+   This file is part of the 'Science Fair In A Box' project
+   SFIAB Website: http://www.sfiab.ca
+
+   Copyright (C) 2010 Youth Science Ontario <info@youthscienceontario.ca>
+   Copyright (C) 2010 James Grant <james@lightbox.org>
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+    General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+   the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+*/
+?>
+<?
+include "common.inc.php";
+
+$request=explode("/",$_GET['request']);
+
+switch($request[0]) {
+	case "conferences":
+		$ret['status']="ok";
+		$ret['conferences']=array();
+
+		$response=array();
+		$q=mysql_query("SELECT id,name,type FROM conferences WHERE status='running' ORDER BY id");
+		while($r=mysql_fetch_assoc($q)) {
+			$response[]=$r;
+		}
+		$ret['conferences']=$response;
+		break;
+
+	case "dates":
+		if($request[1]) {
+			$ret['status']="ok";
+			$ret['dates']=array();
+			$q=mysql_query("SELECT date,name,description FROM dates WHERE conferences_id='{$request[1]}' ORDER BY date");
+			$dates=array();
+			while($r=mysql_fetch_assoc($q)) {
+				$dates[]=$r;
+			}
+			$ret['dates']=$dates;
+		}
+		else {
+			$ret['status']="error";
+			$ret['error']="Conference ID is required";
+		}
+	break;
+
+	default:
+		$ret['status']="error";
+		$ret['error']="Invalid API command ({$request[0]})";
+
+}
+echo json_encode($ret);
+
+?>