{"id":862,"date":"2008-10-17T08:32:28","date_gmt":"2008-10-17T07:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/?p=862"},"modified":"2008-10-17T14:07:07","modified_gmt":"2008-10-17T13:07:07","slug":"lots-of-bright-folks-are-speaking-in-the-uk-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/?p=862","title":{"rendered":"Lots of bright folks are speaking in the UK next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UK &#8211; VBUG Annual Conference 2008 (the 11th!)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong><br \/>\n4th and 5th November 2008<\/p>\n<p><strong>What:<\/strong><br \/>\n2 days and 21 session tracks with presenters from across the UK and global community<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Note:<\/strong><br \/>\nRoy Osherove, founder of the <a href=\"http:\/\/agileisrael.org\/\">Agile Israel<\/a> community. <\/p>\n<p><strong>From overseas:<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom the US the legendary Ken Getz and Jeffrey McManus. <\/p>\n<p><strong>UK community speakers:<\/strong><br \/>\nAndr\u00e1s Belokosztolszki, Santosh Benjamin, Harry Brignul, Barry Dorrans, Richard Fennell, Sebastien Lambla, Ben Lamb, Mike Ormond, David Ringsell, Gary Short, Oliver Sturm, Dave Sussman, Mike Taulty, Tony Whitter and Phil Winstanley.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00a3299 Members \/ \u00a3399 Non Member (ex VAT)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location: <\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft Reading, Microsoft Campus &#8211; Building 3, Thames Valley Park, Reading, RG6 1WG, GB<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to expect:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.asp.net\/ROsherove\/\">Roy Osherove<\/a> &#8211; Tips and Tricks for Successful Software Teams,  Unit Testing Best Practices<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mcwtech.com\/CS\/blogs\/keng\/\">Ken Getz<\/a> -Investigating LINQ to XML, Create Managed Code for Office 2007 in Visual Studio 2008, Create Custom Workflow Activities<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.jeffreymcmanus.com\/\">Jeffrey McManus<\/a> &#8211; Data-Driven ASP.Net AJAX, Distributed Caching for ASP.Net Applications<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whittertechnology.com\/\">Tony Whitter<\/a> &#8211; Silverlight for Mobile<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sturmnet.org\/\">Oliver Sturm<\/a> &#8211; Functional Programming in C# (devExpress <a href=\"http:\/\/community.devexpress.com\/blogs\/eaf\/default.aspx\">blog <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/community.devexpress.com\/blogs\/xpo\/default.aspx\">here<\/a> too)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/mikeormond\/\">Mike Ormond<\/a> &#8211; Overview of Silverlight 2<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.garyshort.org\">Gary Short<\/a> &#8211; Red, Green, then what? (devExpress <a href=\"http:\/\/community.devexpress.com\/blogs\/garyshort\/\">blog<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benlamb.com\/\">Ben Lamb<\/a> &#8211; Go With the Flow &#8211; an Introduction to Windows Workflow<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pc-talk.co.uk\/\">David Ringsell<\/a> &#8211; Improve Your Own Learning<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mtaulty.com\/\">Mike Taulty<\/a> &#8211; Beyond Silverlight with Windows Presentation Foundation<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/idunno.org\/\">Barry Dorrans<\/a> &#8211; WCF 101<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/serialseb.blogspot.com\/\">Seb Lambla<\/a> &#8211; ASP.Net MVC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/santoshbenjamin.wordpress.com\/\">Santosh Benjamin<\/a> &#8211; The Integration Landscape: Biztalk Server, WF and WCF<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belo.web.elte.hu\/\">Andras Belokosztolszki <\/a>&#8211; Advanced T-SQL 2005\/2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.asp.net\/Plip\/\">Phil Winstanley<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipona.com\/\">Dave Sussman <\/a>&#8211; ASP.Net 4.0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.blackmarble.co.uk\/blogs\/rfennell\/\">Richard Fennell<\/a> &#8211; Team Foundation Server &#8211; The Answer to All Project Management Problems?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.90percentofeverything.com\/\">Harry Brignull<\/a> &#8211; Making the User Experience Shift in a .NET Development House<\/p>\n<p>More information can be found here: <a href=\"http:\/\/url.ie\/svg\">http:\/\/url.ie\/svg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Roy+Osherove\" rel=\"tag\">Roy Osherove<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Ken+Getz\" rel=\"tag\">Ken Getz<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Jeffrey+McManus\" rel=\"tag\">Jeffrey McManus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Andr%C3%A1s+Belokosztolszki\" rel=\"tag\">Andr\u00e1s Belokosztolszki<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Santosh+Benjamin\" rel=\"tag\">Santosh Benjamin<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Harry+Brignul\" rel=\"tag\">Harry Brignul<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Barry+Dorrans\" rel=\"tag\">Barry Dorrans<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Richard+Fennell\" rel=\"tag\">Richard Fennell<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Sebastien+Lambla\" rel=\"tag\">Sebastien Lambla<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Ben+Lamb\" rel=\"tag\">Ben Lamb<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Mike+Ormond\" rel=\"tag\">Mike Ormond<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/David+Ringsell\" rel=\"tag\">David Ringsell<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Gary+Short\" rel=\"tag\">Gary Short<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Oliver+Sturm\" rel=\"tag\">Oliver Sturm<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Dave+Sussman\" rel=\"tag\">Dave Sussman<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Mike+Taulty\" rel=\"tag\">Mike Taulty<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Tony+Whitter\" rel=\"tag\">Tony Whitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Phil+Winstanley\" rel=\"tag\">Phil Winstanley<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Agile+Israel\" rel=\"tag\">Agile Israel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK &#8211; VBUG Annual Conference 2008 (the 11th!) When: 4th and 5th November 2008 What: 2 days and 21 session tracks with presenters from across the UK and global community Key Note: Roy Osherove, founder of the Agile Israel community. From overseas: From the US the legendary Ken Getz and Jeffrey McManus. 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