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  • Scott Hanselman General Session

    Join us for a very special general session Tuesday, May 16 with Scott Hanselman as he discusses JavaScript and the Rise of the New Virtual Machine

  • eBrochure Available

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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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Visual Studio Live! gives you countless opportunities to network with your fellow attendees at meals, evening events, and special networking sessions

Agenda-at-a-Glance

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Monday
May 16, 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
May 17, 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


General Session

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm


Breakout Sessions

2:45 pm – 4:00 pm

4:15 pm – 5:30 pm


Welcome Reception

5:30 pm – 6:45 pm

Wednesday
May 18, 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


Rollin' On the River Bat Cruise

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Thursday
May 19, 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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  • Gold Sponsor
    Octopus Deploy is a friendly deployment automation tool for .NET developers. With over 6,000 organizations across the world using Octopus, we’re quickly becoming the deployment automation tool of choice. Come visit the Octopus Deploy booth at VSLive! and meet some of the developers behind the product. We promise awesome demos and some lively and opinionated conversations about DevOps practices! www.octopus.com

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    More than 10,000 customers and 60% of the Fortune 100 rely on Sencha solutions to deliver innovative applications that drive their businesses. Sencha dramatically reduces the cost and complexity of developing and delivering enterprise applications across multiple device types. The Sencha Web Application Lifecycle Management Platform enables enterprises to seamlessly build, test, deploy, and manage web applications, ensuring the right experience on the right screen at the right time. The Sencha platform provides developers, IT, and line-of-business managers with a suite of tools to collaborate on providing feature-rich, modern web applications that drive long-term competitive advantage and business results.

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

  • Premier Media Partner
    Watch technical User Group presentations online for FREE

  • 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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  • Media Partner
    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.