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St. Louis "Day of .NET" Conference
Ameristar Casino and Conference Center
St. Charles, MO
Friday and Saturday
August 28th and 29th
2009
TWO FULL DAYS OF CONTENT
Yes, the rumors are true, this year we are holding our conference on Friday
and Saturday, August 28th and 29th, 2009. We are planning so much great content
that we felt it all could not be absorbed within a single day!
Great Location
We are excited to be holding this year’s event at the
Ameristar Conference Center in St. Charles, Missouri. This great conference
center offers state of the art facilities to accommodate all sessions with a
capacity to support over 1000 attendees. Plus all attendees will have access to
all the great entertainment options provided by this exciting location. The
proximity of the conference center to historic downtown St. Charles, Missouri
makes this a great opportunity to bring your spouse to the event for a wonderful
weekend away.
Over 40 Sessions
We will have over 40 technical sessions covering all the technologies you use
today, as well as providing a preview to the technologies coming tomorrow. Many
of these sessions will be presented twice during the conference in order to
provide attendees with the opportunity to catch all the sessions that interest
them.
This year’s sessions will include coverage of such technologies as:
- Silverlight
- WPF
- WCF
- Visual Studio.NET 2010
- Sharepoint
- ASP.NET AJAX
- ASP.NET MVC
- SQL Server 2008
- Test Driven Development
- Agile Programming
Great Speakers
Some of the best and brightest national and regional presenters spending two
days sharing their passion for technology with all attendees. We are currently
finalizing the conference schedule and will soon be releasing a full list of
speakers and sessions.
“Jump Start” Sessions
Special introductory sessions on key technologies, which are aimed at giving
developers a solid foundation and guidance for learning what a technology is,
when it should be used, and what are the best tools and resources available to
begin to take advantage of these technologies.
These sessions are
geared towards beginning to intermediate developers who want to see a technology
in action and get the guidance they need to move forward with a technology. Each
of these special sessions will be offered twice during the conference giving
each attendee the flexibility to attending more than one.
Topics covered in “Jump Start” Sessions:
- Getting Started with Silverlight
- Getting Started with WPF
- Getting Started with WCF
- Getting Started with Windows Azure
- Getting Started with Sharepoint
- Getting Started with ASP.NET AJAX
- Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC
Special Sessions and Networking Opportunities
In an effort to provide the most value to all conference attendees, this
year’s conference will offer a wide array of alternative sessions and other
content such as roundtable discussions, "Birds of a Feather" opportunities, and
a vendor fair.
Special Room Rates for Attendees
We are excited to offer a special room rate of $139/night ($169 for Saturday
night) to all conference attendees. To take advantage of this special offer,
attendees simply have to notify the Ameristar staff that they are attending the
conference when making their reservations.
Food and Refreshments
Each day of the event, all attendees will receive a continental breakfast
plus a boxed lunch. Refreshments and snacks will be served throughout the day.
Attendee Party at the Home Nightclub
On the evening of Friday August 28th, the conference organizers would like to
invite all attendees, speakers, and vendors to a special event at the
Home Nightclub at the Ameristar. This event will feature some great prizes,
special announcements, and many networking opportunities to meet and mingle with
the region’s best software developers.
Prizes, Prizes, Prizes
Just like last year, all attendees will be eligable to win dozens of great
prizes donated by our great sponsors.
Great Price
As the St. Louis Day of .NET Conference continues to be an event put on by
volunteers from the local development community, we are excited to bring you
this great conference for the low price of $100 per attendee. This cost provides
the attendee access to all of our great content plus covers the cost of
breakfast, lunch, snacks, and refreshments for both days of the conference. In
addition, each attendee will take home some great gifts and be eligible for one
of our many prizes.
This low price per attendee is only possible due to the generous support of our
many corporate sponsors who have, in a tight economy, provided financial support
to our conference to make it possible. Without them we could not provide the
level of content and quality that we are so excited about.
Follow Us
While you now know some of the exciting things about this year’s conference,
we will be making many more announcements between now and the start of the
event. If you want to follow our progress, you can find us on Twitter at
#stldodn or follow announcements made on our Facebook group at
“St. Louis Day of .NET”.
What can you do to help?
We are very fortunate to have a team of local volunteers currently working on
a number of committees to make this conference a reality. But, as the event
draws near, we may be in need of additional support. If you are interested in
volunteering, please let us know at
Organizers@StLouisDayofDotNet.com
Another great way you can help is by spreading the word about our conference. We
encourage you to download and distribute our
FLYER and help get the word out about what we are trying to do..
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St. Louis Day of .NET Organizers