Newsletter - September 2006

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TechEd Developers Europe 2006

People behind INETA Europe

News from the Speakers Bureau

INETA Speaking Engagements

Upcoming Events

Sponsors

"We bring the community face to TechEd!"

Meet INETA at TechEd Developers Europe 2006 in Barcelona (November 6-10). You can find us in the community lounge next to our sister organization, Culminis, on the IT Professional side of the house. As the two premier user group associations for Microsoft technologies, we bring the community face to TechEd.

We have a number of great activities for you focusing on connecting like-minded developers together. We plan to record a variety of speakers; staff; experts and delegates for podcasts - which will then be edited and published on the site on a regular basis. Stay tuned for more detailed info.

There are different ways you can get involved and help make our activities a success at TechEd. Here they are.

Get the word out. Blog about the INETA, post about them in forums, tell all your friends, shout it to the world.
Volunteer. You can lend a hand. We have some general assistance positions to help keep everything running smoothly. Contact our volunteer coordinator, Tomislav Bronzin (Tomislav.Bronzin@ineta-europe.org), to sign up today.
Participate. If you've never managed to visit INETA community lounge in past years, this year you should! And when you get to the lounge, join in the conversation. It's amazing what happens when someone asks an interesting question. ;-)
Feedback. Past feedback has gone a long way to shape this year's activities, so make your voice heard this time around. We are eager to hear what you think of the innovations, the sessions, the moderators, the facilities, whatever is on your mind. Let us know what was good, what was not, and how it can be better. We're all ears.
Take your challenge with Speaker Idol - demonstrate your exceptional presentation skills and become the rock star presenter of the future! Find more about this amazing opportunity below.

See you in Barcelona!

Damir Tomicic
President INETA Europe

The people behind INETA Europe

In every newsletter we introduce one of our boardmembers. This month we like to introduce Neno Loje, Vice President Academic.

My Name is Neno Loje and I am responsible for all academic civilities within INETA Europe or to be exact INETA Academic (or short: INETAA) in Europe, which is a project of INETA. We are accepting registration from academic user groups, which are founded by students and mostly have students as members, and try to serve the specific needs that academic user groups might have.

As an academic user group you receive all the benefits of regular groups – including speakers and the quarterly kit, furthermore we are working closely with the group leaders to customize that and deliver more specific content to academic audiences in the future.

If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me at:
Neno.Loje@ineta-europe.org.

Meet INETA at Microsoft® Tech•Ed: Developers 2006

7 - 10 November, Barcelona, Spain

Microsoft’s premier EMEA conference designed to provide developers with deep dive technical training, information and community resources focusing on building software solutions with Microsoft development tools for current and soon-to-be released products and technologies.

Get deeper content than ever before. Take a sneak preview of the latest tools. Meet with top Microsoft and industry experts. Gain hands-on experience with the latest development products. Network with peers. Get face time with Microsoft partners. Or socialise at one of the many structured or informal Tech•Ed: Developers community gatherings.

Four days that will take you months ahead of the game.

See the Web site for registration information - save €300 and register before 29 September 2006 www.microsoft.com/europe/teched-developers

News from the INETA Europe Speakers Bureau

Last couple of months INETA Europe welcomed five new INETA speakers! Last added are Andrej Radinger, Ralf Westphal and Christian Wenz. We are more then happy to provide them, or one of our other great speakers, to your local event.

Andrej Radinger is besides a boardmember of INETA Europe a Microsoft MVP for Mobile Devices, MCSD, MCDBA, MCT. Andrej is founder and owner of Mobendo, company devoted to implementing Mobile Solutions and SmartClient Solutions into enterprise environment. Andrej has over 11 years of experience as a developer, trainer and consultant, with over 7 years of experience working on all aspects of mobility and is focused on Microsoft technology.

Ralf Westphal is a freelance author with more than 250 publications, a coach/consultant on software modelling and architectural reviews, and a speaker at developer events in Germany and abroad like the German DevDays, BASTA!, ADC, TechDays in Switzerland, or COMDEX/US and SD West/US. The focus of Ralf´s work is on .NET software architecture and helping innovative software technologies into the market. When educating developers he likes to walk off the beaten paths as his video serieses .NET TV and dotnetpro.tv as well as his training and HR company, the Professional Developer College, show.

Christian Wenz is author, trainer and consultant with focus on web technologies and web security. He has authored or co-authored over four dozen books, including Programming Atlas, published by O'Reilly, and several German titles on ASP.NET. Christian frequently writes for renowned IT magazines and speaks at developer conferences and user groups around the globe. He is a Microsoft MVP for ASP/ASP.NET. Preferred topics include Atlas, ASP.NET 2.0, Web Application Security, ASP.NET and Flash, Usability and Accessibility.

If you are interested in inviting one of our speakers to your user group event, please feel free to contact me.

André Obelink,
Vice President Speakers Bureau INETA Europe

Volunteers needed

INETA Europe Volunteers Needed: We are looking for several volunteers to assist in the Marketing, Sponsorship, and Technology/Web Site areas. If you have time and are interested please contact Tomislav Bronzin at Tomislav.Bronzin@ineta-europe.org.

Featured INETA Speaking Engagements

Speaker

Group

Date

Hannes Preishuber

SDN - Software Developer Network

09/15/2006

Goksin Bakir

Sofia's .NET Usergroup

09/09/2006

Dino Esposito

Spain .Net

06/18/2006

Christian Weyer

Ireland .Net Developers Alliance

06/12/2006

Speaker Idol @ Tech•Ed: Developers

INETA participate in a jury for Speaker Idol!

Take to the Speaker Idol stage, demonstrate your exceptional presentation skills and become the rock star presenter of the future!

INETA & Microsoft are searching for talented presenters who can talk-the-talk, grab the attention of the developer community and connect with them as only developers can. Is that you?

Enter this year’s Speaker Idol contest and you stand to win the opportunity of presenting a technical breakout session at TechEd: Developers 2007. And if that’s not enough, two runners-up will also win a free ticket each to attend TechEd: Developers 2007.

See the Web site for more details - www.microsoft.com/europe/teched-developers

Upcoming events

DevReach 2006, Bulgaria
Sofia, Bulgaria; 9-10 October, 2006

DevReach is the premier conference for Microsoft technologies in Bulgaria. Featuring famous international industry speakers and members of INETA Speakers Bureau (Martin Kulov, Goksin Bakir, Stephen Forte, Julia Lerman, Carl Franklin and many more), DevReach will give you the unique opportunity to gain valuable practical knowledge as well as insights on the Microsoft technology roadmap.

The varied sessions cover ASP.NET 2.0, ADO.NET 2.0, SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio Team System, SharePoint, and Office 12 and will help you be more successful in your work. Register for DevReach today and learn how to create better and more reliable applications using Microsoft tools.
http://www.devreach.com

VBUG 2006 Conference in the UK
17th - 18th October 2006, MS Campus Reading

VBUG Annual Conference 2006 introduces a number of well-known speakers from INETA Speakers Bureau like european star-speaker Benjamin Mitchel and newly appointed UK INETA country leader Richard Costall and Dave McMahon from NxtGenUG. This event is free of charge for all members.

VBUG is also hosting an evening of entertainment on 17th October. Spaces are limited so please make your registration and show your support ASAP by click here.
http://www.vbug.net/conference/

SDE September 2006, The Netherlands
15 September 2006, Reehorst-Ede

Premium dutch Software Developer Event (SDE) welcomes Alex Thissen, Rainer Becker and Hannes Preishuber, members of INETA Speakers Bureau. Great event with a number of interesting topics.

http://www.sdn.nl/Default.aspx?tabid=247

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