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|  MS TechEd 2007
| | Silverlight challenge | | Speakers Bureau | | Volunteers needed | | Speaker idol | | Upcoming events | | | |
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| | "We bring the community face to TechEd!" | Meet INETA at TechEd Developers Europe 2007 in Barcelona (November 5-9). You can find us in the Community Lounge. Situated in the Exhibition Hall. The Community Lounge offers you the perfect opportunity to relax and network with some of your most influential community members who represent Microsoft MVPs, INETA and other community groups.
 We have a number of great activities for you focusing on connecting like-minded developers together. We plan to record a variety of speakers; staff; experts and delegates for podcasts - which will then be edited and published on the site on a regular basis. Stay tuned for more detailed info.
There are different ways you can get involved and help make our activities a success at TechEd. Here they are. 1. Get the word out. Blog about the INETA, post about them in forums, tell all your friends, shout it to the world. 2. Volunteer. You can lend a hand. We have some general assistance positions to help keep everything running smoothly. Contact our volunteer coordinator, Tomislav Bronzin ([email protected]), to sign up today. 3. Participate. If you've never managed to visit INETA community lounge in past years, this year you should! And when you get to the lounge, join in the conversation. It's amazing what happens when someone asks an interesting question. ;-) 4. Feedback. Past feedback has gone a long way to shape this year's activities, so make your voice heard this time around. We are eager to hear what you think of the innovations, the sessions, the moderators, the facilities, whatever is on your mind. Let us know what was good, what was not, and how it can be better. We're all ears. 5. Take your challenge with Speaker Idol - demonstrate your exceptional presentation skills and become the rock star presenter of the future! Find more about this amazing opportunity below. See you in Barcelona! Damir Tomicic
President INETA Europe | |
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| | European Silverlight Developers Challenge | | | Believe in your talent and join the "European Silverlight Challenge" Competition – Dare to participate on the European Silverlight Developers Competition and win fabulous prizes, and of course the recognition if you win one of the first three places. At INETA EUROPE (http://europe.ineta.org), we have prepared in collaboration with Microsoft a developers competition with the name "European Silverlight Developers Challenge", starting last week, on the 12th of September and ending at the end of October. This competition is based on the development of a .NET Component or Application that is using Silverlight technology with the condition that developed solution should be utility that INETA User Groups or other Developer or Designer Community can use on their web sites and online technical communities. In short we will publish more information about the competition on INETA EUROPE web site, so keep visiting. Well, we just have to say that you should participate on this competition because if you don't try you will not know what you are able to do! Maybe you will get one of the prizes or even you will put yourself at the top of Europe Developers, which better prize? ;)
Jose Luis Latorre Millas
Vice President Marketing INETA Europe | |
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| | Meet INETA at Microsoft® Tech•Ed: Developers 2007 | | | 
Confront the challenges of today and learn how Microsoft’s developer tools can help you build applications for your business success.
Get training, information and community resources focusing on current and soon to launch Microsoft products. Immerse yourself in five days of learning new techniques for building a scalable and secure architecture and designing applications for easier and more effective deployment.
See the Web site for registration information. Register before 28 September 2007 and save €300.
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| | News from the INETA Eaurope Speakers Bureau | |
| | Last couple of months INETA Europe welcomed two new INETA speakers! Last added are Udi Dahan and Guy Smith-Ferrier. We are more than happy to provide them, or one of our other great speakers, to your local event.
Udi Dahan
Udi is The Software Simplist, a Microsoft Solutions Architect MVP, recognized .Net expert, and a member of both the Microsoft Architects and Technologists Councils. Udi provides clients all over the world with training, mentoring and high-end architecture consulting services, specializing in Service-Oriented, scalable and secure .NET architecture design, and Web services. He is a member of the International Association of Software Architects (IASA), a frequent conference presenter, Dr. Dobb's sponsored expert on Web Services, SOA, & XML, and a regularly published author. Udi's latest work includes the release of NServiceBus - an open source Enterprise Service Bus for .NET. If you are interested in inviting one of our speakers to your user group event, please feel free to contact me.
Guy Smith-Ferrier
Guy is an MVP in ASP.NET. He is the author of ".NET Internationalization" published by Addison-Wesley. He is a Microsoft Certified Professional developer, author, trainer and speaker, has spoken at many European and US conferences, is the winner of the NxtGen Best Presentation 2006/2007 and has been voted best speaker three times. He runs The .NET Developer Network, a free .NET user group in the South West of England. He is the author of C#/.NET courseware and much of the official Borland courseware including courses on COM and ADO. He has written over 50 articles for numerous magazines, has co-authored an application development book and is the author of the ADO chapter of "Mastering Delphi 6". You can read his blog at http://www.guysmithferrier.com.
André Obelink
Vice President Speakers Bureau INETA Europe | | |
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| | Volunteers needed | |
| | INETA Europe Volunteers Needed: We are looking for several volunteers to assist in the Marketing, Sponsorship, and Technology/Web Site areas. If you have time and are interested please contact Tomislav Bronzin at[email protected]. | | |
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| | Speaker Idol @ Tech•Ed Developers 2007 | |
| | 05 - 09 November, Barcelona, Spain
Have you got what it takes to rock the stage? Jumpstart your career on the technical Speaker circuit by entering Speaker Idol at TechEd Developers 2007! Demonstrate your exceptional presentation skills and become next year’s rock star presenter.
The top Speaker Idol presenter will win a Speaker ticket for TechEd Developers 2008, with the opportunity of presenting a technical breakout session to an audience of developers attending the conference. The first runner-up will win a delegate ticket for TechEd Developers 2008.
Take your first steps on the road to success. Deadline is 05 October.
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| | DevReach 2006, Bulgaria
Sofia, Bulgaria; 1- 2 October 2007
 We have the pleasure to announce the upcoming premier event for Microsoft developers on the Balkans – the DevReach Conference! The event will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct 1-2 2007. For a second year in a row DevReach brings together the development community and acclaimed international speakers for practical lectures and discussions on the latest Microsoft technologies.
The event is organized by Telerik (vendor of RadControls for .NET) and Kulov.net (Training and Consulting Agency) and is supported by Microsoft, aspnetPRO and MSDN Magazine. The DevReach conference follows the model of the well-recognized Microsoft conferences in the United States such as TechEd and PDC. Among the presenters this year will be Tim Huckaby (Microsoft Regional Director), Carl Franklin (producer of DotNetRocks!), Dino Esposito (author of the Cutting Edge Column in MSDN magazine), Miguel Castro (consultant and trainer with SteelBlue Solutions), Richard Campbell, Stephen Forte, Brian Noyes and many other distinguished presenters. This year’s sessions will be focused on ASP.NET, AJAX, SQL 2008, Visual Studio Team System and emerging Microsoft technologies such as WPF, Silverlight and Rosario. Full details about the session schedule are available at: http://www.devreach.com/sessions.aspx
You are also welcome to visit the official website of the event: www.devreach.com. The registration is already open and if you register by September 15, you will take advantage of the 20% Early Bird Discount. I would be thankful if you could distribute this announcement to your User Group members. Thank you in advance for your assistance. Your involvement will help us take this announcement to a broader audience!
http://www.devreach.com
October Conference 2007, Spain
Malaga, Spain; 15-16 October 2007
Welcome to the first ever Multi-lingual Conference for .NET developers in Málaga. The conference covers a wide range of topics and sessions are available in both English and Spanish. Top notch industry experts from all over the world will be in Málaga for two days bringing you a wide range of quality sessions. It will be your chance to interact with colleagues and chat to the speakers.
The best part of it all is that it's completely free! Space is limited so please make sure you register soon.
http://www.octoberconference.net
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