click here.
TRACK 1: .NET for C++ Programmers
TRACK 2: Transitioning to Visual Basic.NET and ADO.NET
TRACK 3: ASP.NET/Web Services
Build the next-generation Internet. Developers can employ XML and built-in Microsoft ADO.NET tools to build high-performance, data driven applications that target a variety of platforms.
Develop powerful applications quickly. With an integrated development environment (IDE) for all languages, developers can take advantage of a common toolbox, debugger, and task window, greatly reducing the developer learning curve.
Interact with local experts and Microsoft Specialists. Join our all-star presenters Bill Vaughn, Chris Kinsman, Chris Sells, Scott Hanselman and Microsoft's own Jim Blizzard. Ask questions, get answers and network with your professional peers.
SPEAKERS
Bill Vaughn is President of Beta V Corporation. He's developed for, taught, and written about mainframe and personal computers since '72 including 14 years at Microsoft. He's the author of a number of best-selling books on data access, best practices and DBMS architecture.
Chris Kinsman is one of the founders of Guided Design and formerly the VP of Technology for DevX.com, a web site that provides information for developers. He has extensive experience with ASP, Web Farms, Clustering, Data Access, and Scalability. He just finished writing 'Visual Basic.NET Developer's Guide to ASP.NET, ADO.NET and XML' and 'C# Developer's Guide to ASP.NET, ADO.NET and XML'. Chris has spoken at a variety of conference including VSLive and Microsoft TechEd, and is the track chairman for ASPLive.
Jim Blizzard is currently the Developer Evangelist for the Microsoft PacWest District. Jim has over 17 years of application development experience including the last 3 years in Microsoft Consulting Services where he helped customers across the Northwest develop and implement solutions most recently with ASP.NET, Web Services and VB.NET.
Chris Sells is an independent consultant specializing in distributed applications in .NET and COM, as well as an instructor for DevelopMentor. He's written several books and is currently working on Essential Windows Forms for Addison-Wesley and Mastering Visual Studio .NET for O'Reilly. More information about Chris, and his various projects, is available at http://www.sellsbrothers.com.
Scott Hanselman is currently the Technology Evangelist and .NET Architect at eFinance enabler Corillian Corporation. He has a decade of experience developing software in C, C++, VB, COM, and recently C# and .NET. Scott is a Microsoft Developer Network Regional Director for Portland, OR. In 2002, he was the highest rated speaker at TechEd South Asia, giving 3 sessions, including one on the .NET Framework. Scott is also on a number of a Working Groups with the Web Service Interoperability Organization (WS-I).
