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Conference Agenda

Pre-Conference Workshops - Sunday, September 7
	WORKSHOP
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m	VP1VSTS 2008 for the Busy Developer	VP2Order from Chaos: Leveraging .NET 2.0 to 3.5	VP3Windows Workflow: A Gentle Introduction

Conference Day 1 - Monday, September 8

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.	KEYNOTE: NYC and the Software Industry
9:45 - 11:00 a.m.	VM1An Introduction to Windows Communication Foundation	VM2Build a WPF Application in an Hour	VM3Best Practices in ASP.NET 2.0/3.5: Defending Yourself From Worst Practices	VM4Architect Applications End-to-End with LINQ to SQL
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	VM5Using Windows Workflow Foundation to Build an Order Processing System	VM6WPF Development with Microsoft Expression Blend	VM7CSS, Skins and Themes for the ASP.NET Developer	VM8The ADO.NET Entity Framework and Entity Data Model
12:30 - 1:45	Birds-of-a-Feather Lunch
1:45 - 3:00 p.m.	VM9RESTful Services with Windows Communication Foundation	VM10 WPF Meets the iPhone Interface	VM11Controlling AJAX when You’re Out of Control	VM12LINQ Under-the-Hood: the Whys and Whens of rolling-your-own LINQ Query Provider
3:15 - 4:30 p.m.	VM13Navigating the Software Plus Services Landscape	VM14Creating a Custom WPF DataProvider Control	VM15ASP.NET Ajax Application Design	VM16XML LINQing in the Real World
4:45 - 6:00 p.m.	VM17Software + Services Using WCF and WWF	VM18Building Effective Data Bound Applications with WPF and Silverlight	VM19Data-Driven ASP.NET Ajax	VM20Programming the Office 2007 Open XML File Formats using LINQ to XML

Conference Day 2 - Tuesday, September 9

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.	KEYNOTE: Microsoft 2.0 - Mary Jo Foley Answers Your Questions and Helps You Set Your Prioritieso
9:45 - 11:00 a.m.	VT1Scaling ASP.NET With Cloud-Based Content Delivery	VT2Silverlight 2 with Expression Studio: A developer's point of view	VT3ASP.NET Data Binding	VT4Programming the New T-SQL Enhancements in SQL Server 2008
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	VT5Kill Your Database: Working With Amazon SimpleDB	VT6LOB 2.0 with Silverlight and AJAX	VT7New features of ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008	VT8Programming the New “Beyond Relational” Features in SQL Server 2008
12:30 - 1:45	Lunch
1:45 - 3:00 p.m.	VT9SQL Server Data Services: An Introduction and Overview of Microsoft's Cloud Storage Service	VT10ASP.NET/ AJAX/ Silverlight – Which one to Use, and When?	VT11The Zen of ASP.NET and MVC	VT12Using SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition
3:15 - 4:30 p.m.	VT13Creating Facebook Apps Using .NET	VT14Building Controls in Silverlight 2	VT15Demystifying URL Rewriting	VT16Building Data Synchronization Clients
4:45 - 6:00 p.m.	VT17Introduction to BizTalk Services	VT18Silverlight, SOA and Objects	VT19Server communication with Silverlight and ASP.NET Ajax	VT20SQL Server 2008 Reporting and Dashboards

Conference Day3 - Wednesday, September 10

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.	VW1Fall in Love with Visual Basic All Over Again - Visual Basic 9	VW2Team Foundation Server Work Item Tracking Use and Customization	VW3Reserve for late-breaking topic	VW4Understanding the Framework Design Guidelines
9:45 - 11:00 a.m.	VW5Microsoft’s Patterns and Practices – More Than Just Good Advice	VW6Managing Software Releases with Visual Studio Team System	VW7Reserve for late-breaking topic	VW8Reserve for late-breaking topic
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Panel Discussion
12:30 - 1:45	Lunch
1:45 - 3:00 p.m.	VW9Tricks, Traps, and Techniques in Migrating VB6 Applications to .NET	VW10Programming Team Foundation Server	VW11Extending IIS 7 with HttpModules and HttpHandlers	VW12Leverage Data Binding Against Objects
3:15 - 4:30 p.m.	VW13Creating a Simple 2D Game Using XNA Game Studio to Run on a PC, Xbox 360 or Microsoft Zune	VW14Beyond VSTS 2008: Rosario	VW15Fun with HTTP Handlers & Security	VW16A Tour of Powershell for the .NET Developer
4:45 - 6:00 p.m.	VW17Interfacing External Hardware Using Managed Code	VW18Database Change Management Using Team System 2008	VW19Internet Explorer 8 and its Impact on Your ASP.NET Web Sites	VW20Oracle for SQL Server Developers