NYT Marriott | Sep 7-10, 2008

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 VM7 CSS, 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.		 VM17Tools and Tricks for Pimping Your Site with the Live Platform 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
 
VSLive! Community Nights
6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
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 Priorities
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
 
VSLive! Community Nights
6:30 - 8:00 p.m. ASP.Net MVC - Peter Laudati Moving from WPF to Winforms - Ravindra Okade Advanced Topic of BizTalk Mapping - Alex Star Developer Tools: Visual Studio and Beyond - Dmitry Lyalin
Conference Day3 - Wednesday, September 10
 
8:15 -
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 VW3WCF and Windows Mobile; The Perfect Match 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 VW7 Software + Services Using WCF and WWF
VW8Geocoding, RSS, and Mapping, Oh My!
11:15  a.m. -
12:30 p.m.		 Panel Discussion: The VSLive! Wise Guys Sound Off (on SP1, Silverlight, Oslo and More ...)
Andrew Brust, Richard Hale Shaw, Rockford Lhotka & Brian Randell
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