Continuing a long association with VSLive (been doing this since 1999), I'll be again speaking at VSLive in San Francisco, March 30 through April 3. It's a busy few days, for me--I'm co-presenting a workshop (Gentle Introduction to Windows Workflow Foundation) along with Robert Green, and then four sessions as well:
* What's New in Visual Studio 2008 for ASP.NET Developers?
* Build a WPF Application in an Hour
* Investigating LINQ to XML
* Programming the Office 2007 Open XML File Formats
The folks running VSLive have created a special promotion code, SPGET, that you can use when registering to receive $695 off the standard Gold Passport price (that is, rather than paying the standard $2795 for the Gold Passport admission, using this access code, you can get the Gold Passport admission for $2100). Please join me at VSLive San Francisco, learn a ton about Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio Team System, and much more! I hope you'll browse to http://www.vslive.com/sf and sign up now, and please stop by a session and say hello if you do!
General Conference Information:
VSLive! San Francisco – Moscone Center West, San Francisco March 30 – April 3, 2008
Register online (http://www.vslive.com/sf) or call 800-280-6218 using Priority Code SPGET and receive the Gold Passport for just $2,100.
2008 marks the 15th Anniversary of VSLive!, and we’re kicking the year off with our biggest conference of the year – VSLive! San Francisco. Meet industry gurus; network with other professional developers, Microsoft product teams and executives at San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center West on March 30 – April 3, 2008. VSLive! San Francisco offers 160 hours of hard-hitting technical content over five action-packed days. VSLive! San Francisco will provide a depth of resources and perspectives to help you be productive now and prepare for the near future. Learn cutting-edge techniques for today and tomorrow in sessions on VSTS, ALM, Silverlight, AJAX, .NET Framework 3.0 & 3.5, SharePoint 2007, Windows WF, Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008, and much more. Our speakers have years of experience mastering the tools you need to get your job done. www.vslive.com/sf
I recently presented a session at the Microsoft Office Developer's Conference, focusing on the Office 2007 Open XML File Formats, using the new Open XML SDK from Microsoft, and using LINQ to XML to interact with the parts within the document.
If you're interested in downloading the content from the session, please visit http://www.mcwtech.com/2008/ODC.
The conference was a big success, as far as I can tell, and I look forward to seeing how it evolves over time.