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Irish Microsoft Technology Conference April 3rd/4th

We are happy to recommend two excellent community events coming up in April and May where you can hear expert speakers on the three launch products and many more Microsoft technologies:

• The Irish Microsoft Technology Conference 2008 (April 3rd,4th - Dublin) - Now in its third year, the multi-day, multi-track IMTC 2008 features over 40 technology-packed sessions for developers and IT Pros. Register online now to experience a host of technical experts including world-renowned speakers from Microsoft developer groups, MVPs and certified partners. The IMTC is one of the largest tech conferences in Ireland and this year each delegate will receive a free DVD containing all the sessions - one not to miss! Fee: 189 euros.

• Developer Developer Developer Ireland (May 3rd - Galway) (FREE) - for the first time, the UK's popular day-long DDD event is coming to Ireland. DDD is  focused on .NET development, with many TechEd and DevWeek regulars included in the speaker line-up. This is your chance to get hands-on with the technologies in Galway! This is a free event.

Agenda for the IMTC

IMTC - April 3rd

Track 1
10:00 - Silverlight 2.0 (Richard Costall)
11:30 - LINQ: Change the way you code (Oliver Sturm)
13:45 - Live Meeting (Chris Dalby)
15:15 - Securing Communications using WCF (Chris Seary)
16:45 - Online Experiments For Optimizing Customer Experience (Randy Henne)

Track 2
10:00 - A Lap Around Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 (Doug Seven)
11:30 - Test-Driven Development and Code Coverage using Visual Studio 2008 Pro (Craig Murphy)
13:45 - VSTS (Martin Woodward)
15:15 - Improving Team Development with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 (Doug Seven)
16:45 - Functional Programming in C# 3 (Oliver Sturm)

Track 3
10:00 - Sharepoint (Stephen Cummins)
11:30 - SBS (Nick Whittome)
13:45 - System Centre (Duncan McAlynn)
15:15 - Systems Centre Mobile Device Manager (Mark Mulvany)
16:45 - Sponsor Session (Speaker TBC)

Track 4
10:00 - The 64-bit question: Which platform? (Richard Heiges)
11:30 - What is new in SQL Server 2008 (Niall Flanagan)
13:45 - BI in SQL 08 (Richard Fennell)
15:15 - LINQ to SQL - An Introduction (Ronan Geraghty)
16:45 - Express Yourself (Richard Heiges)

IMTC - April 4th

Track 1
10:00 - Web 2.0 (Ben Sykes)
11:30 - Mix 08 (Phil Winstanley)
13:45 - Using the Web Client Software Factory (Gary Short)
15:15 - Reach End Users With Next Generation Web Applications (Doug Seven)
16:45 - Silverlight 2 Deepdive (Martha Rotter)

Track 2
10:00 - What's New in VSTO and Visual Studio 2008 (Michelle Clarke)
11:30 - Breakthrough Software Development Challenges with Visual Studio 2008 (Doug Seven)
13:45 - XNA Ireland: The Challenge (Phil Bourke)
15:15 - Top 10 SQL Keywords (Dave McMahon)
16:45 - Sponsor Session

Track 3
10:00 - Biztalk and ESB (Robert Hogg)
11:30 - Microsoft IO/Exchange (Paddy Baxter)
13:45 - Using XML Web Services to manage external SQL data interfaces (Alan Crowley)
15:15 - Information Card - Beyond the HTML Page (Barry Dorrans)
16:45 - OCS - An Architectural Overview (Thomas Lee)

Track 4
10:00 - Microsoft's Virtualisation Strategy (Dave Northey)
11:30 - Internet Information Services 7.0 for ASP.Net Developers (Andrew Westgarth)
13:45 - PowerShell and WMI (Thomas Lee)
15:15 - Windows Server 2008 and Branch Office Infratructure (Aidan Finn)
16:45 - Hyper-V (Dave Northey)