VBITS Agenda

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7:50 a.m.	Introduction: Jeff Hadfield, Group Publisher, Fawcette Technical Publications, Inc.
8 a.m.	Keynote: Build Production Apps with VB .NET Now Michael Iem, Product Manager, Microsoft
9:15 a.m.	Exclusive Keynote: One Company's View on Web Services by William A. Swope, Vice President and Co-General Manager, Intel Software and Solutions Group
	MIGRATION	ASP.NET	DATA ACCESS
10:30 a.m.	Upgrade your VB 6 Apps to VB .NET Ed Robinson, Microsoft	Make the Jump from ASP to ASP.NET Jay Schmelzer, Clarity Consulting	From ADO to ADO .NET: Migration Made Easy Bill Vaughn, Beta V Corporation
11:45 a.m.	Build Windows Apps in Visual Basic .NET Paul Yuknewicz and Mike Iem, Microsoft	Build Custom Server Controls with ASP.NET Avonelle Lovhaug, SRM, Inc.	ADO .NET and Exception Handling Bill Vaughn, BetaV Corporation
12:45 p.m.	Special Lunchtime Presentation: Real-World Migration to Visual Basic .NET Keith Pleas, Deep Training
	MIGRATION	ASP.NET	DATA ACCESS
1:45 p.m.	From COM to the Common Language Runtime: Making the Migration Brian Randell, MCW Technologies, LLC	ASP.NET and Mobile Computing Andrew Brust, Progressive Systems Consulting, Inc.	Serialize Your Data in VB .NET Doug Turnure, Aggelos Inc
3 p.m.	RAD Server Applications in VB .NET Chris Dias, Microsoft	Tracing and Debugging ASP.NET Dave Bost, Solution Partners, Inc.	ADO .NET and XML Yasser Shohoud, Deep Training
4:15 p.m.	Your Top Ten Gotchas for VB .NET Todd Kimble, Clarity Consulting	Reuse in ASP.NET via Compositional and Custom Server Controls G. Andrew Duthie, Graymad Enterprises	Data in a Dog Collar Kathleen Dollard, Independent Consultant
5:30 p.m.	Exception Handling in VB .NET Ken Getz, MCW Technologies, LLC	ASP.NET Security Techniques Avonelle Lovhaug, SRM, Inc.	Implement a Web-Based Reporting System with XSLT Yasser Shohoud, Deep Training
6:30 p.m.	Exhibition Evening Reception
8 p.m.	.NET Madness

8:50 a.m.	Introduction: Jeff Hadfield, Group Publisher, Fawcette Technical Publications, Inc.
9 a.m.	Keynote: The Truth about Visual Studio .NET Scott Stanfield, Vertigo Software Inc.
	OOP	WEB SERVICES	XML
10:15 a.m.	OOP in .NET Deborah Kurata, InStep Technologies	Web Services for Developers and Music Lovers: A Case Study John Alexander, G.A. Sullivan	XML in Distributed Visual Basic Applications Peter Vogel, PH&V Information Services
11:15 a.m.	Special Lunch Presentation: Realize the Power of Location with Microsoft MapPoint BJ Holtgrewe and Sandra Andrews, Microsoft

	VB .NET	WEB SERVICES	XML
12:15 p.m.	Leverage .NET Framework Using VB .NET Keith Pleas, Deep Training	Web Services Security Jay Schmelzer, Clarity Consulting	SOAP and .NET Michael Amundsen, Independent consultant
1:30 p.m.	Understanding Delegates and Events in VB .NET Doug Turnure, Aggelos Inc.	HailStorm Unleashed Jon Rauschenberger, Clarity Consulting	Build a Database Web Application
2:45 p.m.	Implement Rich IE Applications with VB .NET Rockford Lhotka, Magenic Technologies	DISCO & UDDI Aaron Skonnard, Skonnard Consulting	Scalable Server-Side XML Processing Jon Rauschenberger, Clarity Consulting

	.NET LANGUAGE	BLACK BELT	WINDOWS
4 p.m.	Debugging .NET John Robbins, Wintellect	.NET Remoting Dan Appleman, Desaware	New Paths to Security for Windows and Passport Michael Amundsen, Independent Consultant
5:15 p.m.	.NET Profiling John Robbins, Wintellect	What Happened to Class Terminate? Francesco Balena, Wintellect	Make Win32 Calls from .NET Dan Appleman, Desaware