Schedule

Time Chicago 1 Chicago 2 Memphis
08:45 - 09:20 Registration
09:25 - 09:30 Housekeeping
09:30 - 10:30
End to End Web Sites - Part 1
Scott Guthrie
In part one of this double header talk, Scott will...
Expression Web
Jon Harris
A new name, a new product, a new focus. Expression...
Microformats - HTML to API
Glenn Jones
Over the last year microformats have become the ne...
10:30 - 10:40 Break
10:40 - 11:40
End to End Web Sites - Part 2
Scott Guthrie
In the second part of this double header talk, Sco...
Web Accessibility: What, Why, How, and Who Cares?
Bruce Lawson
A whistlestop tour around how to use Web Standards...
Doing it in style: creating beautiful sites, the web standards way
Patrick Lauke
Who said that accessible, standards-compliant, sem...
11:40 - 12:00 Break
12:00 - 13:00
Sneak Peek at "Orcas"
Scott Guthrie
The next version of Visual Studio is codenamed "Or...
Quick and dirty Usability tests - one week, no budget, and no usability facility
Zhivko Dimitrov
Usability tests are controlled studies that measur...
Expression Blend and Design
Jon Harris
Expression Blend, the tool formally known as Inter...
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch and Grok Talks
14:30 - 15:30
Developing ASP.NET AJAX Components
Hristo Deshev
Are you ready to bring your JavaScript code to the...
Ruby On Rails for .NET Developers
Dave Verwer
This session gives a first look at Ruby on Rails f...
Connecting Design to Real Business Value
Brandon Schauer
Design is an activity where one recombines element...
15:30 - 15:40 Break
15:40 - 16:40
WPF/e
Scott Guthrie
“WPF/E” is the Microsoft solution for delivering r...
Windows CardSpace
Barry Dorrans
Windows CardSpace is a framework developed by Micr...
Unobtrusive Javascript with Rails
Dave Verwer
With the rise of Ajax and web sites that rely heav...
16:40 - 17:00 Closing