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PlatinuM SPonSor SuPPorted by Produced by Media SPonSor Brooklyn, NY | May 14-17 | NY Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge Contents 3 17 A Message from the Co-Chairs Web 3 19 Advisory Council Cloud Computing 4 20 10 Reasons to Attend Data Management 5 22 Events & Activities HTML5 5 22 Keynote Abstracts Windows 8 / WinRT 7 23 Venue & Travel Windows Phone 7 8 24 Agenda-At-A-Glance Cross Mobile Platform 11 25 Track Descriptions Speaker Bio’s register today 13 29 Workshops Sponsors and Save $400! 30 Use Promo Code DECAD 14 Visual Studio 2010+ / .NET 4+ Registration Packages 15 Silverlight / WPF 2 REGISTER NOW AT vslive.com/newyork Brooklyn, NY | May 14-17 | NY Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge a message from the Co-Chairs visual Studio live! new york The Microsoft Development Platform is reaching a huge milestone. With Windows 8 waiting in the wings, advisory Council critical praise and Nokia’s support for Windows Phone, the industry-wide HTML5 push, Big Data and continual emphasis on Cloud Computing, just about everything is changing and growing. andrew Brust We think there’s a great way to digest these changes and seize their collective opportunity. And that’s to hear Visual Studio Live! New York Co-chair about them directly from the finest expert speakers in the business. Founder & CEO, We’re Andrew Brust and Rocky Lhotka, and as Conference Co-Chairs for Visual Studio Live! New York, we'd Blue Badge Insights like to personally invite you to join us this May in New York, where we’ll have some of the best content and speakers that you’ll find at a technical conference. Michael Desmond Editor in Chief, We’ve put together a blockbuster lineup of sessions on: Windows 8/WinRT, HTML5, Windows Phone MSDN Magazine Development, Silverlight/WPF, Data Management and Cloud Computing. 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If you CaN MakE iT HERE . you'LL MakE iT aNyWHERE. We have the resources and developer-focused content you need to help give your .NET skills a boost and teach you some new ones. 2. NEW yoRk quaLiTy (WiTHouT THE NEW yoRk PRiCE Tag!) Get the first-rate education you're looking for, at a price you'll be happy with. 3. TWo SiDES To EVERy SToRy. See the BIG picture on the most recent software and industry updates as they are presented to you by both unbiased industry experts and Microsoft insiders. 4. MELTiNg PoT. Visual Studio Live! offers a great selection of educational sessions over 4 days of comprehensive training on Visual Studio 2010+/.NET 4+, Cloud Computing, Data Management, Windows Phone 7, and more. 5. DEEPER THaN THE EaST RiVER. You'll dive deep — really, really deep — into your favorite .NET topics during pre-conference workshops. 6. A LiTTLE oNE-oN-oNE TiME. 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