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  • Conference Chairmen

    Brian Randell joins Andrew Brust and Rockford Lhotka to bring you meaningful content, leading speakers and a winning Visual Studio Live! agenda.

  • eBrochure Available

    Check out every session, abstract, speaker bio, networking event, and more in the 2016 Boston eBrochure. Download it today!

  • What Matters Most?

    Get better at what's available, and get ready for what's coming. We delve deep into the topics that matter most in your world today, covering practical knowledge, fundamentals, new technologies, and futures.

  • Better Code for YOU

    At Visual Studio Live!, we have a 22 year (and counting!) history of being THE trusted source for premier developer training. Focused content on what you care about the most is what we do best.

  • Our Patriots; Your Experts

    Our speakers are experts in their field. Visual Studio Live! gives you the opportunity to not only learn from them in-session, but to also have unparalleled access to them during the week.

  • Our Headquarters

    The Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, MA will host all Visual Studio Live! sessions in Boston. Located on the historic Charles River, the Hyatt offers the best in accommodations and views of downtown Boston.

Agenda-at-a-Glance

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Monday
June 13, 2016

Pre-Conference Workshops

9:00 am – 1:00 pm


Lunch

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm


Pre-Conference Workshops Continue

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm


Dine-A-Round Dinner

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Tuesday
June 14, 2016

Opening Keynote

8:00 am – 9:00 am


Breakout Sessions

9:15 am – 10:30 am

10:45 am – 12:00 pm


Lunch

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm


Breakout Sessions

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

3:00 pm – 4:15 pm


Welcome Reception

4:15 pm – 5:30 pm

Wednesday
June 15, 2016

Breakout Sessions

8:00 am – 9:15 am

9:30 am – 10:45 am


General Session

11:00 am – 12:00 pm


Birds of a Feather Lunch

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm


Breakout Sessions

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

3:00 pm – 4:15 pm

4:30 pm – 5:45 pm


By Land and Sea Tour

6:15 pm – 8:30 pm

Thursday
June 16, 2016

Breakout Sessions

8:00 am – 9:15 am

9:30 am – 10:45 am

11:00 am – 12:15 pm


Lunch

12:15 pm – 1:30 pm


Breakout Sessions

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

3:00 pm – 4:15 pm

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    As the leader in software quality tools for the connected world, SmartBear supports more than four million software professionals and over 25,000 organizations in 194 countries that use its products to build and deliver the world’s greatest applications. With today’s applications deploying on mobile, Web, desktop, Internet of Things (IoT) or even embedded computing platforms, the connected nature of these applications through public and private APIs presents a unique set of challenges for developers, testers and operations teams. SmartBear's software quality tools assist with code review, functional and load testing, API readiness as well as performance monitoring of these modern applications.

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    Since 2002, Atalasoft has provided imaging libraries to help software developers build applications that require document capture, viewing, and processing for any variety of business requirements. Our flagship product, Atalasoft DotImage, integrates with Visual Studio and has helped developers power over 2,000 document management, ECM, and EMR applications – deployed to millions of end-users worldwide.   This core .NET product along with mobile iOS and Android offerings and PDF technologies are all provided with free trials and a full developer support team to back you up if you need help. Atalasoft is headquartered in Easthampton, Massachusetts, USA.

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    Artifex Technology Consulting of Lincoln, Rhode Island, is a full-service development / design firm and Microsoft Certified Partner, with WBENC/WBE/DBE certifications. Although we hail from the smallest state, we bring the biggest ideas and talent to each project. From websites and mobile apps to database architecture and application development, there is no challenge too large for our dedicated team of expert designers, Microsoft certified developers, information architects, and UI specialists. Visit http://www.artifextech.com/ to learn more.

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    Are you a coder who works with Microsoft development technologies? You know...stuff like Visual Studio, SQL Server, ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core, Team Foundation Server, DevOps, and Windows Azure. This is the group for you. (BTW, you might remember us from when we were called Beantown .NET)

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    The .NET Developers Association is an Eastside community oriented group aimed at furthering the education of .NET developers.

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  • Alliance Media Partner
    The Windows Developer User Group has been established to nurture knowledge base and collaboration among Windows Phone & Windows 8 application developers & enthusiasts. While we are primarily based in Columbus OH, developers from all around Ohio, neighboring states and just about anybody who has interest in the Microsoft ecosystem, is most welcome.

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    We will meet regularly to explore the use of .NET for building mobile to web applications or just for fun of coding. Our goal is to create a great social group in the London and surrounding area where everyone can share and learn from each other. We will be learning and coding with a focus on web and multi-platform mobile development, including MonoTouch, Mono for Android, Windows Phone, Windows 8 and ASP.NET.