HDC08 - Heartland Developers Conference - OMAHA

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Latest HDC News:

New Sessions/Presenters Announced - 05/27/2008
After reviewing more than 220 submissions, we've posted several sessions and presenters. More to come after Tech-Ed. Suprises in store!

Call For Presenters Online - 03/26/2008
We are now accepting session submissions online at http://www.heartlanddc.com/hdchq. If you are interested in presenting at HDC this year, please visit the HDC Headquaters to fill out your session submission. Deadline is June 1st, 2008.

Few Sponsorships Still Left! - 05/26/2008
A few Silver sponsorships are still available for our 2008 event. They will sell out fast. Contact Anne Olsen for more information.

Companies attending HDC08 include:

Principal Global Investors |

USD231 |

TRANSCANADA |

paypal |

Principal Financial Group |

Martin Group |

FrogPond Technologies |

Precision Development |

Central States of Omaha |

Highway Equipment Company |

BCBSNE |

NGPC |

Innovative Systems |

NPPD |

Country Maid Inc |

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska |

21 Concepts, LLC |

Gallup |

Microsoft |

CSG Systems |

First Data |

Flying Hippo Web Technologies |

Pioneer Hi-Bred International |

Johnson CO Information |

Home Instead, Inc |

Mayo Clinic |

Omnitech |

Jampad Technology, Inc. |

Streck |

Norther Natural Gas |

LeaseTeam |

Dashboard Data Solutions Inc. |

Pinnacle Data Services |

Commerce Bank |

Barlows Consulting, Inc. |

First Data Corp |

Mutual of Omaha |

Long Lines, LTD |

American Republic Insurance |

Marex Group |

Northern Natural Gas |

Quadis Tech |

American Republic Insurance Company |

mid-america hardwoods |

Microsoft Corporation |

Havenridge Consulting |

BD Medical |

Strategic America |

West Corporation |

Ace Computer |

Central States Indemnity |

iSECUREtrac |

Omni Hotels |

Farm Credit Services of America |

PPIC |

Iowa Network Services |

FlashInsight |

ASC Information Technology |

Financial Service Company |

Iowa State University |

Hewlett-Packard |

E&A Consulting Group, Inc. |

YRC Logistics |

Premier Studios |

Gazette Communications |

Drake University |

State of Iowa |

Deliveron |

University of Kansas Medical Center |

Union Pacific Railroad |

Univ of Nebraska |

ACS Inc |

Henderson Engineers, Inc. |

Kiewit Corporation |

The Gallup Organization |

We've got 2 jam packed days of development training starting at 9:00AM. Come Wednesday night and network with other developers at the Pre-Party, located at the Qwest Center.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

Wednesday

8:00PM - 11:00PM : .NET Developer Pre-Party at The Qwest Center - Already a classic networking event in the Midwest, you won't want to miss it.

Thursday

100 - Architecture & Design	200 - Presentation & UI	300 - Data, Communication, & Security	400 - Management, Workflow, & Tools
7:00AM : Attendee Sign-In/Registration opens - Have your picture ID ready when you sign in to receive your attendee kit and badge.
9:00AM - 10:00AM : K1 - The Web – TAKE 2 ! - Joe Stagner
10:15AM - 11:30AM 101 - Reflection in .NET: Hacking and Futzing with IL Jason Bock	10:15AM - 11:30AM 201 - Building the "Amazon Flipper" with LINQ and Silverlight Mike Benkovich	10:15AM - 11:30AM 301 - Sql 2008 for the developer who knows SQL 2000 Greg Wilson	10:15AM - 11:30AM 401 - Release Management with TFS Scott Colestock
11:45AM : Lunch provided
12:45PM - 2:00PM 102 - Advanced OO Laws & Principles Clint Edmonson	12:45PM - 2:00PM 202 - Ajaxing Your .NET Applications Rod Paddock	12:45PM - 2:00PM 302 - PerformancePoint Dashboards Dean Furness	12:45PM - 2:00PM 402 - Dynamic Applications with the Managed Extensibility Framework Drew Robbins
2:15PM - 3:30PM 103 - TBD Presenter TBD	2:15PM - 3:30PM 203 - Utilizing VS2008 and Blend to Create a Line of Business Application Brian Sampica	2:15PM - 3:30PM 303 - LINQ to PME (Pretty Much Everything) Chris Williams	2:15PM - 3:30PM 403 - Put the Power in PowerShell Matt Milner
3:45PM : Break
4:00PM - 5:15PM 104 - TBD Presenter TBD	4:00PM - 5:15PM 204 - MyTube With Silverlight 2 Jeff Brand	4:00PM - 5:15PM 304 - Internet Service Bus: Services and Identity in the "cloud" Matt Milner	4:00PM - 5:15PM 404 - Estimation in the Abstract for Development in Reality Dennis Kirlin
8:00PM - 11:00 PM : Developer Jam Party TBD

Friday

100 - Architecture & Design	200 - Presentation & UI	300 - Data, Communication, & Security	400 - Management, Workflow, & Tools
9:00AM - 10:00AM : K2 - TBD - Jason Beres
10:15AM - 11:30AM 105 - Using the Presenter First Pattern in Visual Studio 2008 Jeff Bramwell	10:15AM - 11:30AM 205 - F# at the office - Real world uses for the functional language Amanda Laucher	10:15AM - 11:30AM 305 - REST Interfaces with BizTalk Scott Colestock	10:15AM - 11:30AM 405 - TBD Jason Beres
11:45AM : Lunch provided
12:45PM - 2:00PM 106 - Understanding State Machine Workflows Andrew Troelson	12:45PM - 2:00PM 206 - Things Every ASP.NET Developer Should Know Robert Boedigheimer	12:45PM - 2:00PM 306 - Space is data too! Kent Tegels	12:45PM - 2:00PM 406 - Open Source Tools Every .NET Developer Should Use Javier Lozano
2:15PM - 3:30PM 107 - Building Custom Applications on SharePoint Server Denny Boynton	2:15PM - 3:30PM 207 - The Zen Of ASP.NETand MVC Javier Lozano	2:15PM - 3:30PM 307 - Micromanage SQL Server 2005 Execution Plans Lara Rubbelke	2:15PM - 3:30PM 407 - Make Your Application More Scalable using “Velocity” Drew Robbins
3:45PM - 4:15PM: Closing Session - Wrap up and tons of Giveaways!

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