Tracks


Keynotes
WHEN EVENT
Monday
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Keynote Visual Studio 2010 The Best Path from Ideas to Solutions

Dave Mendlen, Senior Director, Developer Platform and Tools, Microsoft Corporation

Tuesday
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Keynote: The Next Generation of Software: Leveraging Natural User Interface Technology to Deliver Improved User Experience

Tim Huckaby, Microsoft Global RD & MVP-Emerging Experiences , Founder / Exec Chairman, InterKnowlogy, Actus, VSBLTY

Cloud Computing
WHEN EVENT
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 9:15 am
W2

Azure Platform Overview

Vishwas Lele, Chief Technology Officer , AIS

Wednesday
9:30 am - 10:45 am
W6

Architecting for Azure

Vishwas Lele, Chief Technology Officer , AIS

Wednesday
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
W10

Developing an Azure Based Monte Carlo Simulator

Vishwas Lele, Chief Technology Officer , AIS

Wednesday
1:45 pm - 3:00 pm
W14

What is Microsoft Dallas?

Michael Stiefel, President, Reliable Software, Inc.

Wednesday
3:15 pm - 4:30
W18

How Do You Decide Between Relational Database or Table Storage in the Cloud?

Michael Stiefel, President, Reliable Software, Inc.

Data Management
WHEN EVENT
Sunday
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
WKS2

SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 for Developers

Andrew Brust, Senior Director, Market Strategy and Intelligence, Datameer

Leonard Lobel, MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

Monday
9:15 am - 10:30 am
M3

So Many Choices, So Little Time: Understanding Your .NET 4.0 Data Access Options

Leonard Lobel, MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

Tuesday
10:45 am - 12:00 pm
T7

Windows Server AppFabric Caching

Jon Flanders, iOS Developer, Ticketmaster

Tuesday
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
T11

Building RESTful Services Using Windows Communication Foundation

Jon Flanders, iOS Developer, Ticketmaster

Tuesday
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
T15

Building RESTful Applications with the Open Data Protocol

Todd Anglin, EVP Cross-Platform Tools & Services, Telerik

SharePoint
WHEN EVENT
Wednesday
8:00 am - 9:15 am
W4

Introduction to SharePoint Development with Visual Studio 2010

Paul Yuknewicz, Senior Program Manager Lead, Microsoft

Wednesday
9:30 am - 10:45 am
W8

Creating Extensions for the Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Tools

Jon Flanders, iOS Developer, Ticketmaster

Wednesday
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
W12

PowerPivot and Excel Services

Andrew Brust, Senior Director, Market Strategy and Intelligence, Datameer

Wednesday
1:45 pm - 3:00 pm
W16

Application Lifecycle Management for Developers in SharePoint 2010

Paul Yuknewicz, Senior Program Manager Lead, Microsoft

Wednesday
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm
W20

SharePoint 2010 for ASP.NET Developers

Jon Flanders, iOS Developer, Ticketmaster

Silverlight / WPF
WHEN EVENT
Sunday
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
WKS1

Making Effective Use of Silverlight and WPF

Billy Hollis, XAML Slinger

Rockford Lhotka, CTO, Magenic

Monday
9:15 am - 10:30 am
M1

Getting Started in Silverlight A Jumpstart to Productivity

Tim Huckaby, Microsoft Global RD & MVP-Emerging Experiences , Founder / Exec Chairman, InterKnowlogy, Actus, VSBLTY

Monday
10:45 am - 12:00 pm
M5

Transitioning from Windows Forms to WPF

Miguel Castro, MRD, President, Melvicorp LLC

Monday
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
M9

WPF & Silverlight: Data Visualization, NUI, and Next Generation of User Experience

Tim Huckaby, Microsoft Global RD & MVP-Emerging Experiences , Founder / Exec Chairman, InterKnowlogy, Actus, VSBLTY

Monday
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm
M13

Easing into Windows Phone 7 Development

Walt Ritscher, Staff Author, Lynda.com at LinkedIn

Tuesday
9:15 am - 10:30 am
T1

CSLA 4, Silverlight and WPF

Rockford Lhotka, CTO, Magenic

Tuesday
10:45 am - 12:00 pm
T5

Silverlight, WCF RIA Services, and Your Business Objects

Deborah Kurata, Microsoft MVP and Google Developer Expert

Tuesday
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
T8

Designing and Developing for the Rich Mobile Web

Joe Marini, Principal Program Manager, Windows Phone, Microsoft Corporation

Tuesday
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
T9

Digging Deeper into Windows Phone 7

Walt Ritscher, Staff Author, Lynda.com at LinkedIn

Tuesday
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
T13

Bind Anything to Anything in Silverlight and WPF

Ken Getz, Senior Consultant, MCW Technologies, LLC

Tuesday
2:30 pm - 3:45 PM
T16

Windows Phone 7 and Azure: Enhancing the User Experience with the Cloud

Danilo Diaz, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft

Tuesday
4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
T17

Gentle Introduction to 2D Animation in SL/WPF

Ken Getz, Senior Consultant, MCW Technologies, LLC

Tuesday
4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
T20

Sensors, Locations, Notifications Oh My; Advance Topic in Windows Phone 7

Danilo Diaz, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft

Wednesday
8:00 am - 9:15 am
W1

Generating Dynamic UI in WPF 4 and Silverlight 4

Billy Hollis, XAML Slinger

Wednesday
9:30 am - 10:45 am
W5

Design, Don't Decorate

Billy Hollis, XAML Slinger

Wednesday
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
W9

Using Microsoft Prism Loose - Coupling for Application Development

David S. Platt

Wednesday
1:45 pm - 3:00 pm
W13

Multi-touch Madness!

Brian Peek, Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft

Wednesday
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm
W17

Using WPF for Good and Not Evil

David S. Platt

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4
WHEN EVENT
Sunday
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
WKS3

Better Process and Tools with TFS 2010

Brian Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

Monday
9:15 AM - 10:30 AM
M4

Building Business Applications with Visual Studio LightSwitch

Orville McDonald, Product Manager, Developer Platform and Tools, Microsoft Corporation

Monday
10:45 am - 12:00 pm
M7

Best Kept Secrets in Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0

Deborah Kurata, Microsoft MVP and Google Developer Expert

Monday
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
M8

An Overview of the .NET Framework 4

Rabi Satter, Microsoft

Monday
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
M11

What's New in the .NET 4.0 BCL

Jason Bock, MVP (C#), Practice Lead, Magenic

Monday
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
M12

Deep Dive into C# 4.0 Language Features

Alex Turner, Program Manager, Microsoft

Monday
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm
M15

What's New in Visual Studio 2010 Debugging

Brian Peek, Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft

Monday
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
M16

Tips & Tricks: Visual Studio 2010 IDE & Extensions

Chris Granger, Microsoft

Tuesday
9:15 am - 10:30 am
T3

New IDE and Languages Features in VS 2010 using VB and C#

Ken Getz, Senior Consultant, MCW Technologies, LLC

Tuesday
9:15 AM - 10:30 AM
T4

Deep Dive into Visual Basic 10 Language Features

Alex Turner, Program Manager, Microsoft

Tuesday
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
T12

Pragmatic .NET Development with CodeFluent Entities

Omid Bayani, Chief Business Officer, cofounder, CodeFluent Entities

Tuesday
4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
T19

Can you use MEF too much? Hint - NO!

Jon Flanders, iOS Developer, Ticketmaster

Wednesday
8:00 am - 9:15 am
W3

Why Software Sucks

David S. Platt

Wednesday
9:30 am - 10:45 am
W7

Building a Testable Data Access Layer

Todd Anglin, EVP Cross-Platform Tools & Services, Telerik

Wednesday
11:00 am - 12:15 pm

What's New in VS 2010 for TFS?

Brian Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

Wednesday
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm
W19

Visual Studio 2010 ALM Features

Brian Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

Web
WHEN EVENT
Monday
9:15 am - 10:30 am
M2

What's new in ASP.NET 4 WebForms

Wallace McClure, Partner, Scalable Development, Inc

Monday
10:45 am - 12:00 pm
M6

ASP.NET MVC Quick Primer

Gus Emery, Principal, Tech-Pro

Monday
1:00 PM - 2:15 pm
M10

What's this WebMatrix anyway?

Gus Emery, Principal, Tech-Pro

Monday
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm
M14

Introduction to Razor

Miguel Castro, MRD, President, Melvicorp LLC

Tuesday
9:15 am - 10:30 am
T2

AJAX with the UpdatePanel, WebForms, and the AJAX Control Toolkit

Wallace McClure, Partner, Scalable Development, Inc

Tuesday
10:45 am - 12:00 pm
T6

Leveraging Client Capabilities with jQuery in Visual Studio and ASP.NET

Robert Boedigheimer, Principal Systems Developer, Schwans Shared Services, LLC

Tuesday
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
T10

JQuery for ASP.NET Developers - Part 1

Jeffrey McManus, CEO, Platform Associates

Tuesday
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
T14

JQuery for ASP.NET Developers - Part 2

Jeffrey McManus, CEO, Platform Associates

Tuesday
4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
T18

ASP.NET Request Processing

Robert Boedigheimer, Principal Systems Developer, Schwans Shared Services, LLC

Full Day Workshops
WHEN EVENT
Sunday
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
WKS1

Making Effective Use of Silverlight and WPF

Billy Hollis, XAML Slinger

Rockford Lhotka, CTO, Magenic

Sunday
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
WKS2

SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 for Developers

Andrew Brust, Senior Director, Market Strategy and Intelligence, Datameer

Leonard Lobel, MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

Sunday
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
WKS3

Better Process and Tools with TFS 2010

Brian Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies