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Written by: Shadeed Eleazer

The Philadelphia Area SharePoint User Group will be unveiling SharePoint 2010 at their next meeting scheduled for October 28th starting at 5:30pm.

The meeting location will be the Microsoft Greater PA District office located in Malvern, PA.

Meeting Overview

We will discuss the business momentum and investment areas in the new release including demonstrations of new functionality that makes SharePoint the premier choice for a business collaboration platform. We will drill into the new functionality in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and the benefits it provides to end users, IT professionals, and developers.

Areas such as SharePoint Communities, Insights, and Sites will be discussed and demonstrated to show the value that the new Microsoft SharePoint 2010 can bring to enterprises of all sizes.

Explore the Business Connectivity Services (BCS) and the remarkable changes to the Business Data Catalog (BDC).

5:30 - 5:45 Registration, Food and Beverages, Networking and News

Discussion of events and news in the local SharePoint community.

5:45 - 6:00 Topic: SharePoint Tips and Tricks

Audience: All
Technical Level:  100 - 200

6:00 – 7:00 Topic: SharePoint 2010 Unveiling

Audience: All
Technical Level: 200

7:00 – 7:45 Topic: SharePoint 2010 Composites

Audience: All
Technical Level: 200

7:45 - 8:00 Round Table Q and A, Raffles and Giveaways

Round table discussions will be held on specific challenges facing the members. If you have an issue that you would like to have addressed by the group submit your questions to phillysharepoint@rjbtech.com

Written by: Mr.Shadeed Eleazer

SharePoint User’s Group of Northern Virginia will be hosting two sessions for its September meeting.
Session 1 kicks off with Architecting a Robust Global SharePoint Infrastructure delivered by Tom Lin of AvePoint, one of the leading providers of SharePoint backup and recovery.

Session 2 is Nelson Johnson with CRM Integration. Food and soft drinks will be provided. The organizers are requesting that you RSVP to properly accomodate attendees.

CRM integration
September 2009

Meeting Agenda:
Thursday September 10th, 2009
6:00 PM Meet, Greet and Eat (food and drinks provided by Surfray)
7:00 PM Group business, sponsor introductions, summer conference plans
7:10 PM Presentation #1 (see below)
8:15 PM Presentation #2 (see below)

Location:
At the offices of Hire Strategy, 11730 Plaza America Drive Reston, VA 20190
Map: http://tinyurl.com/24qv88

Please RSVP if you plan to attend so that we can buy enough food

Presentaiton #1: Architecting a Robust Global SharePoint Infrastructure

Speaker: Tom Lin, AvePoint

When deploying SharePoint as a business-critical collaboration platform and digital-asset repository, ensuring data access, availability, and protection, is absolutely critical. Though SharePoint and SQL Server offer some scalability and data protection natively, these may prove inadequate for most competitive organizations.

In this session, we will discuss the key components of any successful SharePoint global deployment. This will include architecture configurations for efficient data access across geographies and networks, considerations for high availability of data and SharePoint sites, and robust design including backup & recovery planning. After analyzing SharePoint’s native capabilities, we will identify best practices, available free tools, and other best-of-breed solutions for ensuring a fully distributed and protected SharePoint platform.

Finally, we will discuss SharePoint archiving, and review how intelligent archiving procedures, when coupled with successful replication and data protection plans, can improve platform performance and reliability, and lower storage and management costs.

Speaker Bio: For a number of years Tom has been working exclusively with enterprise-level data protection and management software deployments for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies. Tom’s extensive experience with SharePoint custom backup and recovery applications has earned him multiple speaking opportunities within SharePoint communities and at technical events.

Suggested audience:all

Audience experience level: any

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Topic #2: CRM integration

Speaker: Nelson Johnson

Nelson will discuss some of the features of Microsoft CRM and how it makes an excellent enhancement for a true database tool in the SharePoint environment. See how it works hand-in-hand with SharePoint as a tool that supports data integrity using the relational database model.

Suggested audience:Developer

Audience experience level: All

Food Sponsor: Surfray, Pioneers in Enterprise Search and Behavior Analytics, Contact Alan Anderson at aan@surfray.com.

Room Sponsor: Hire Strategy, a full-service professional staffing firm providing consulting services, permanent placement and executive search solutions for companies and career management in the technology, sales, finance & account, and administrative & HR professions.

Written by: Shadeed Eleazer

In today’s economy, deployments of all sizes ranging from single user to enterprise require justification before purchasing power is leveraged. Pennsylvania based RJB Tech is presenting a FREE in-person presentation on September 9th that will address those needs and provide consultants with strategies to deliver to key decision makers within their respective companies.

The official event writeup is below:

Business Justification of SharePoint
September 9th, 2009 (9:00 AM—12:00 PM)

In the current economy new initiatives require sound business justification. It is more important than ever to have a clear understanding of what total investment is necessary to achieve specific results. In this seminar, you will receive practical advice and actual tools to help develop a solid business case for implementing SharePoint and related Business Intelligence tools. We will work through an interactive example to help attendees understand how best to get their SharePoint project off the ground. Following the seminar, RJB staff will be available to discuss specifics around your company’s needs and how RJB can help. RJB Technical Consulting will lead participants in this highly valuable interactive session.
- Creating a business case using vision and strategy focused on results
- Techniques and tools for analyzing business needs and requirements
- How SharePoint makes businesses more efficient
- Different ways to calculate return on investment
- Determining resource requirements
- Making better decisions though Business Intelligence tools
- Limiting scope creep
- Ways to manage the internal decision process
- Developing the exact solution to meet your needs

Please join RJB Technical Consulting for this FREE Executive Seminar on the Business Justification of Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Register Now!

https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=140340
Who Should Attend
This FREE Executive Seminar is recommended for anyone considering deploying the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 should attend this event.

Agenda

8:30                Introductions / Session Overview
9:00                Why develop a Business Case?
9:30                Gathering and Justifying Requirements
10:00             Pitching the project
10:30             Managing the decision making process
11:00             The SharePoint value proposition
11:45             Questions, Answers, Break out discussions on your specific needs and LUNCH

Registration is FREE, but space is limited. Register now to reserve your seat!

Register Now!

When:
September 9th, 2009
9:00 AM—12:00 PM

Location:
Microsoft Mid-Atlantic Office
45 Liberty Blvd.
Great Valley Corporate Center, Suite 210
Malvern, PA 19355

SharePoint Saturday Baltimore Twitter Directory:
Written by Shadeed Eleazer

SharePoint Saturday events are great in my opinion due to the amount of content being generated by the participants which include speakers, sponsors, and attendees.

For those of you not on Twitter or unable to make the event on 7/25,  here is a quick reference guide to access news and notes regarding Saturday’s event without needing Twitter access.
You don’t have to be a Twitter Evangelist to enjoy the benefits of real-time updates concerning your favorite event or trending news item.

Where to Search for Real Time Updates
Hashtag search for all SP Saturday Baltimore content, news, pics - #spsbmore
Where to Search http://search.twitter.com

Event Details - Change in Schedule, Lineup, Cancellations
@SPSBaltimore

Baltimore SharePoint User Group
@baltsharepoint

#SPSBMORE Organizers/Volunteers on Twitter
@ericharlan
@budweber
@deannie
@alduns
@mrshadeed
@don_zielke

Speakers/Ask The Experts
@meetdux
@usher
@SharePointPhily
@danlewisnet
@AvePoint_Inc
@joeloleson
@fabianwilliams
@EUSP
@cdonlan
@klopmp
@aemacaulay
@deannie
@susanlennon
@catpaint1
@DocPointMark
@errinoconnor
@johngerl
@michaeltnoel
@snahta
mikewat
@paulschaeflein

* If I left out anyone, all apologies in advance.
See you guys at SharePoint Saturday!

Pennsylvania based RJB Technical Consulting has announced a seminar to be held next Wednesday. The topic will be leveraging social media within the SharePoint platform in the hopes of improving your organization, expanding corporate reach, and lowering costs in a down economy.

The Benefits of Social Media and How it Can Lower Your Organization’s Costs.
July 8th, 2009 (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

This seminar will focus on the benefits of social media within SharePoint and how it can help lower your organization’s costs.
Join RJB Technical Consulting and take advantage of this opportunity to learn how to improve your organization by lowering costs while expanding your reach.

Speaker - Russ Basiura

Recommended Audiences:
Technology Executives, IT Managers, Business Executives, Vice Presidents, CEO, CIO, COO, CTO, CFO, IT Directors, Business Managers, Business Owner, Business Professionals, Controller, Business Decision Maker, Technical Decision Makers

Click Here to Reserve Your Spot

Agenda
8:30 AM Breakfast and Registration
9:00 AM Introduction of Social Media
9:30 AM The Benefits of Social Media & How it Can Lower Your Costs
11:00 AM MySites and Social Media Within SharePoint
11:30 AM Panel Discussion, Q & A, and Raffle
12:00 PM Lunch

Registration is FREE, but space is limited. Register now to reserve your seat

Location:
45 Liberty Blvd.
Great Valley Corporate Ctr, Suite 210
Malvern, PA 19355

Phone:
610.834.3900

The weekend of June 26th at the Holiday Inn, Sterling VA was the site for the 3rd Annual Regional SharePoint User Conference. The 2-day conference featured a lineup of exhibitors and presentations from the top SharePoint vendors, community leaders, admins, developers, and project managers throughout the region. Over 45 speakers delivered presentations and there was a featured panel at the end of Day 2. 

Sponsors included AvePoint, i3 Solutions, fpweb.net, Quest, Corasworks, Syntergy, and many more!

Keynote Presenters included MVP Bob Mixon who delivered “SharePoint Enterprise Architecture: Harnessing the Power of Microsoft SharePoint” and Ron Simmons “The Power of SharePoint to Shape Business Operations, Practices, and Success - Or Why Buy SharePoint?”

One question that was a concern was how the event would fare with highly publicized events happening both before and after the conference. The organizational staff reported numbers close to 190 attendees for the event, which is near max-capacity.

The SharePoint industry as a whole is undergoing a shift with the rise of free community driven conferences which feature SharePoint heavyweights and actually do a great job of attracting organizations and information workers that are new to SharePoint. This new model can be considered a challenge of threat to the paid conference model. 

The future success of the RSUC will depend largely on the organizing committee’s ability to maintain cutting edge topics and innovative twists to keep the crowds coming through the doors. 

(Photos of RSUC on the way) - Shadeed Eleazer

EventWatch: 

Who: SUGDC http://sugdc.org 

What: 3rd Annual Regional SharePoint User Conference 

Where: Holiday Inn, Sterling, VA

Overview: 

The next meeting of the Philadelphia Area Sharepoint User Group will be on Wednesday, June 24th at 5:30 PM. The topics for the evening will include; Creating a Custom Wiki Template, All About MySites, and Search Engine Optimization for SharePoint Sites. The meeting will be held at the Microsoft Great Valley Corporate Center, PA District Office in Malvern, PA

Creating a Custom Wiki Template
A SharePoint Specialist from RJB Technical Consulting will show how to develop and utilize a custom Wiki template within SharePoint. A custom template is not available out-of-the-box with SharePoint, but with a little bit of code it is indeed possible. There are various ways to customize not only the entry screen, but the final Wiki page itself.
Highly recommended for anyone thinking of implementing a Wiki solution.

All About MySites
See highly customized MySites live and in action. One of the SharePoint Specialists from RJB Technical Consulting will demonstrate the integration between MySites and Outlook 2007 and show how Outlook Today can be configured to your users MySite. He will also discuss “Personalization Sites” and show how you can provide role-based MySites for your users that include dashboard functionality. See how workflow, KPIs, Excel Services and SSAS cubes can be integrated to provide a rich, highly functional work environment that increases end user efficiency. Russ will end the evening by showing how one company utilized the social media functionality of their users MySites to improve communication in a global enterprise.

A tip sheet for getting started with Microsoft SharePoint MySites will be distributed.

Search Engine Optimization for SharePoint Sites
Internet facing SharePoint Sites require special handling if you want them to be ranked on major search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing. In this session, we will breakdown SEO techniques that apply to all websites and those that are specific to optimizing SharePoint.

Join us for an interactive discussion led by one of RJB Technical Consulting’s SharePoint Specialists for useful advice on increasing SharePoint Site visibility on major search engines.

Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 at 5:30 PM

5:45 - 6:00
Topic: Tips and Tricks - Custom Wiki Template
Audience: Developers and Administrators
Technical Level: 200

6:00 - 6:45
Topic: All About MySites
Audience: Anyone
Technical Level: 200

7:00 - 7:45
Topic: Search Engine Optimization for SharePoint Sites
Audience: Site Administrators
Technical Level: 100

7:45 -8:00
Round Table Q and A, Raffles and Giveaways

Round table discussions will be held on specific challenges facing the members. If you have an issue that you would like to have addressed by the group submit your questions to phillysharepoint@rjbtech.com.

Featured Products/Topics: 2007 Microsoft Office System, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server, Microsoft SQL Server

Recommended Audiences: IT Managers, Business Executives, CEO, CIO, COO, CTO, CFO, IT Directors, Business Decision Maker, Technical Decision Makers

This webcast will provide executives with an overview of SharePoint Server and the benefits that it provides your organization.  We will show you how Microsoft SharePoint solutions help enable companies to improve corporate performance, accelerate management decision making, enable collaborative analysis, and turn information into value. Learn how our team of experts has helped other organizations provide their people with the ability to:

• Empower their people to easily collaborate.

You will learn how you can transform information into business insight with an integrated solution that supports your business needs. 

5/7/2009

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Welcome Time: 11:45 AM

Time Zone: Eastern

About RJB TECHNICAL CONSULTING

Corasworks will be the special guest presentation for the March meetup for the Baltimore SharePoint User Group
The buzz is in the air in reference to Corasworks’ new release of Workplace Suite V10.
Corasworks delivers outstanding technical presentations and tonight will be no different.

Baltimore SharePoint User’s Group Members and New Attendees,
Meetup Info
The Baltimore SharePoint User Group meets every third Thursday of the month unless specifically
noted. If you have any questions about our meeting dates and times, www.baltimoresug.org is the most accurate source of info regarding the group.

Thursday March 19th, 2009 will be a special presentation as the CorasWorks Technical Team, leading provider of modular application development software for Microsoft SharePoint, will be delivering a technical presentation on the new release of the Workplace Suite v10.

What is the Workplace Suite v10?

Workplace Suite v10 allows today’s SharePoint information worker the ability to extend the capabilities of SharePoint. Many common tasks normally outsourced to a developer are included within this release which enables organizations to lower in-house development costs and enhance productivity with this product.

Capabilities include but are not limited to:

• End-user Forms to add, view and edit information

• Business Process for automating and adding workflow to defined processes

• Displays, Dashboards and Reporting for instant access to real-time data and information

• Design Tools to optimize your solutions and overall environment

• One-Touch Management System for centralizing management/maintenance and admin control

This presentation will be delivered in a format that shows the limitations of SharePoint and how Workplace V10 fills those gaps. This will not be a sales overview, the Corasworks Technical Team
will answer all questions from developer, admin, and project manager standpoints alike.

For our new members, we will be meeting at UMBC Tech Center, 1450 Rolling Road, Halethorpe, MD 21228. Doors open at 6pm for food and refreshments.
As always please go to www.baltimoresug.org/events and respond to the RSVP survey to RSVP your spot.

Saturday Mar 14th, 2009 kicks off SharePoint Saturday Boston to be held at the Microsoft Office on Jones Rd in Waltham, Mass.
Expect multiple sessions on various tracks ranging from developer, administrator, end user, project management and more from respected SharePoint professionals and MVPs.

Topics Include (but certaintly not limited to)
Best Practices for Configuring your SharePoint – Site Hierarchy and Features, Security and Configurations, and Performance Guidance

Administration - SharePoint Administration with PowerShell 2.0

Dazzling SharePoint with Silverlight

Mapping Mashups with SharePoint Designer

Building the Perfect SharePoint Farm - A Walkthrough of Best Practices from the Field

Speakers Include:
Michael Cummings
Dan Usher
Eric Kraus
Geoff Varosky
John Stover
Becky Isserman
Joel Oleson
Michael Lotter
Sean Bordner
David McWee
Tom Resing

Mindsharp’s Bill English will be presenting in a MindSharp seminar. Details below.
Event Information
March 5, 2009 5:30pm – 7:30pm Sheraton Reston
11810 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, VA 20191

Findability Architecture in Microsoft Technologies:
The buzz around Google continues to grow, as does the need to understand Findability and what it means to your organization. Findability refers to the quality of being locatable. At the item level, it’s how easy it is to discover or locate an object. At the system level, it’s how well an environment supports navigation and retrieval. As the premier educator in Microsoft enterprise technologies, Mindsharp believes effective Findability is central to business efficiency, and Microsoft provides the real answers and proven methodologies to ensure you have a solid solution in place.

As Findability becomes increasingly important to your business, it’s more critical to understand:

· What Findability is, and why it’s so important
· The problems that companies are having with Findability
· How e-discovery will affect your Findability architecture
· How data leakage affects Findability designs
· An overview of the Findability tools in the Microsoft Ecosystem
· A proposal for creating a robust Findability architecture

To make this essential seminar an even
greater value, you’ll also receive:
4 Free Posters: SharePoint Search and Findablity Topology, SharePoint Topology, Governance and Taxonomy, Permissions Management.
Free Drinks and hors d’oeuvres

Located:
Sheraton Reston Hotel
11810 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, Virginia 20191
Register for this FREE EVENT!!

https://www.mindsharp.com/Default.aspx?page=Registration&id=990&days=1
Or call 952-230-6560 to register over the phone
Bill English
Bill is an author and educator specializing in SharePoint products and technologies. As an industry leader on this exciting topic, he has authored 13 books on Exchange and SharePoint products since 2000. Bill is the co-owner of Mindsharp…read more.

Event Information
March 5, 2009 5:30pm – 7:30pm Sheraton Reston
11810 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, VA 20191

Or call 952-230-6560 to register over the phone

Register HERE

Host: Business Wire

Speaker: John Blossom, author of Content Nation: Surviving and Thriving as Social Media Changes Our Work, Our Lives, and Our Future.

Bonus: Chris Phenner will show some new “Mobile Virtual Goods” from NYC developer ThumbPlay

Today’s Webcast, hosted by SharePointJoel.com author and SharePoint Evangelist Joel Oleson, is a topic that many organizations need to take more time to figure out a strategy for, backup and recovery procedures. My golden rule that applies to most organizations that have implemented SharePoint is: “If the right person, loses the wrong document, then it is cause for trouble”
- Mr.Shadeed

Webcast: Effective Backup and Restore Strategies for Your SharePoint Service

Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009
Time: 8 a.m. Pacific / 11 a.m. Eastern / 4 p.m. United Kingdom / 5 p.m. Central Europe

Chaos in SharePoint backup and recovery arises when you’re not sure where your data is or when to back it up. When this occurs, users have to wait weeks for IT to retrieve their lost data. Join SharePoint expert Joel Oleson to learn how following a consistent backup and recovery governance plan can streamline processes, help you meet SLAs, and keep users productive. He and other special guests will review goals for developing the plan, provide you with prescriptive guidance to achieve them, and describe native and third-party tools that can help along the way.

Register HERE

Webcast Recap

Brent Ozar provided a good perspective from the DBA side of the house while Joel delivered the presentation on various strategies and considerations for SharePoint backup.
Many were probably expecting 10 minutes of strategy and 50 minutes of sales demo for this webcast, but the majority of the presentation was strategy and there was mention of other leading vendors as well in the SharePoint space.
Overall, I thought the webcast was put together well, time ran short at the end so Joel offered to answer all questions directly on his blog. www.sharepointjoel.com

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Heads up for all attendees of Refresh Baltimore.
The date and location for Refresh Baltimore have been changed to adjust for conflicts with Outlet(http://outletbmore.wordpress.com/)

The new date is February 18th, 2009.
It will be held at:
MICA - Room 110
1300 W Mt Royal Ave
Baltimore, MD 21217

The featured presenter will be Michael Jovel of www.bmoreinteractive.com .
Topic: Adobe AIR

Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) is a cross-platform runtime environment that allows designers and developer to create rich internet applications using Flash, Flex, HTML or Ajax, that can be deployed on the desktop. This presentation will include a brief introduction to AIR and show examples of applications that make use of several of the new capabilities which include windows, menus, clipboard, access to the file system, etc.

The sponsor for this event will be EEI Communications http://www.eeicom.com/training
EEI Training is an Adobe Authorized training provider with training centers in Hunt Valley, Columbia, Silver Spring, and Alexandria, VA. They offer over 140 classroom based training course in topics such as Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, Adobe Photoshop, Acrobat, HTML, XML, AJAX and much more

What is Refresh Bmore?
Refresh is a growing community of web-developers and designers who meet once a month to share ideas related to our industry. Our goal is to educate each other with new ideas so that we can help refresh the city of Baltimore, Maryland.

Please make sure to RSVP
Follow them on Twitter http://twitter.com/refreshbmore

Tonight marks the first “official” meeting of Outlet Baltimore as snow and ice hampered the efforts of the original group meetup. Despite a good turnout of individuals who braved the conditions, tonight signifies a formal introduction to an event which has the potential to be a mainstay in the greater Baltimore Tech Corridor.

About Outlet Bmore
http://outletbmore.wordpress.com/about/

Where:
Rocket to Venus
3360 Chestnut Ave
(Hampden) Baltimore, MD

When:
6-8pm

Outlet Baltimore is organized by Neal Shaffer of Slant Six Creative and Steve Goodman of the Ohio East India Company.

The fifth annual Corporate Venture Capital Summit is hosting over 24 Corporate Investors that have volunteered to share their knowledge, perspectives, and standards for those in attendance.

The event is becoming quickly recognized as the premier location for startups to network directly with venture capitalists and Corporate Development Officers.

When:
Tuesday February 24, 2009

Where:
British Consulate
One Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02142

Speakers include (but not limited to):
Patrick Chung Managing Director SK Telecom Ventures
Dave Schulte Principal Kaiser Permanente Ventures
Tara D. Butler, M.D. Investment Director Ascension Health Ventures

Early registration save attendees $200 off the at the door fee.
Register Here

Agenda:
(Source Youngstartup.com)
1:00 pm CONFERENCE REGISTRATION & NETWORKING

1:30 pm WELCOME REMARKS & KEYNOTE

Joe Benjamin
Founder & CEO
youngStartup Ventures

2:00 pm BEYOND THE MONEY

This session will explore the benefits of raising Corporate VC and how it yields important dividends that are “beyond the bottom line,” both for the investor and for the startup firm.

Panelists:

Rajeev Dadoo, Ph.D.
Principal
SR One

Mathew George, CFA
Vice President
TELUS Ventures

Julie Gerstenberger
Director, External Alliances
Kodak Ventures

Alan J. Koenning
Fund Manager
UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund

David Nanto
Director of Venture Development
NEC Corporation of America

Ira Nydick
Senior Technology Analyst
Panasonic Venture Group

Lauren Silverman, Ph.D.
Managing Director
Novartis BioVentures

2:50 pm BREAK

3:00 pm COMPANY PRESENTATIONS – ROUND I

3:40 pm
INVESTING IN OUTSIDE INNOVATION: WHAT ARE CORPORATE VCs LOOKING TO FUND AND UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS?

Just as all companies have different strategic goals and interests, so to their Corporate VC divisions have highly varied strategies and approaches. Still, all involve some balance or mix of strategic corporate goals and financial ROI. This session will explore why certain deals and ventures have been historically of interest to corporate VC’s and how this is playing out in the current market space.

Panelists:

Tara D. Butler, M.D.
Investment Director
Ascension Health Ventures

Dan Keoppel
Executive Director, Strategic Investments
Verizon Communications

Jeffrey B. Moore
Vice President
MP Healthcare Venture Management

Jim Peters
Partner
Geisinger Ventures

Jennifer Scholze
Partner
SAP Ventures

Tom Whiteaker
AVP
Hartford Ventures

Kuk Yi
Managing Partner
Best Buy Capital

4:30 pm BREAK

4:40 pm COMPANY PRESENTATIONS – ROUND II

5:10 pm BUILDING THE BRIDGE – CORPORATE & TRADITIONAL CAPITAL

While close to 20% of all venture-backed firms have corporate VC’s on board, it is unusual for a venture to be backed by corporate VC alone. When other investors are required corporate VC interests must be balanced with those of other investors, while at the same time ensuring that the venture moves forward and remains robust. This session will examine these different pieces to the Corporate Venture puzzle and how to best leverage the roles of all players involved.

Panelists:

Patrick Chung
Managing Director
SK Telecom Ventures

Andrew T. Jay
Managing Partner
Siemens Venture Capital

Stephen Knight, M.D.
Managing Partner
Fidelity BioSciences

Lucy Mcquilken
Director
Intel Capital

Jim Sanger
General Partner
ABS Ventures

Dave Schulte
Principal
Kaiser Permanente Ventures

Spencer Tall
Managing Director
Allegis Capital

6:00 pm CAPSTONE PRESENTATION & CLOSING REMARKS

6:15 pm COCKTAIL RECEPTION

8:00 pm SUMMIT ADJOURNS

Workshop Topics Include:

The stage is set for an incredible networking and learning opportunities for developers on the Windows platform who attend the 4th annual MIX09 event.

Why Attend MIX?

Learn about the past, present, and future of IE, Windows 7, Windows Azure, .NET, Silverlight and more. Heavily focused on web standards, product integration and utilizing tools to further define the user experience.

Design Fundamentals for Developers

Robby Ingebretsen, Pixel Lab

From colors to wireframes, this workshop introduces you to the fundamental principles and techniques of application design. The workshop is tuned especially for people who have some background in coding.

Shio O Totte: A Rosetta Stone for Flash Developers

Adam Kinney, Microsoft

Have you just started working on your first Silverlight project and wondering how it compares to Flash? Are you trying to figure out how to take your assets from Photoshop or Illustrator and turn them into XAML? And what’s really the difference between ActionScript and C#? This workshop is going to cover all of those topics and more. The goal is for you as an experienced web developer or designer to learn how to use your skills and toolset in the world of XAML, Silverlight and WPF.

Sessions Include:

Adding Microsoft Silverlight to Your Company’s Skill Set
Noah Gedrich, Ken Martin

Go Beyond Best Practices: Evolving Next Practices to Prosper in the 21st Century

Building Data-Driven Scalable AJAX Web Pages

When:
Workshops: March 17, 2009 | Conference: March 18-20, 2009
The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino
3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
Phone: 702.414.1000 or 877.883.6423

Register by February 13 and save $400. Use RSVP code MIX09offer to receive your discounted conference pass.
If you have any questions regarding registration, housing or information appearing on this web site or need additional assistance, please contact the MIX09 Registration Team:

United States Telephone: 1-877-795-4686
Worldwide Telephone: 1-206-957-4798
Worldwide Fax: 1-206-783-5594
E-mail: MIX09@ustechs.com

Registration hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm, Pacific Time.

Official MIX09 registration services are provided by:

U.S. Techs
1080 West Ewing Place
Suite 300

Seattle, WA 98119
206-957-4798

Register Here

Ignite Baltimore is one event where you cannot take the RSVP for granted as it was a waiting list for the standing room only crowd for the second gathering of entrepreneurs, intellectuals, techies, and political figures for a round of 16 speakers sharing their ideas ranging from art changing the world to being more happy and productive.

The Windup Space on W. North Ave was a great host, pizza was served for all, and the attendees were eager to chat, mingle, and make connections offline with many of the greater Baltimore area’s brightest minds.

I think that Ignite is one of the better examples of keeping the “big picture in perspective” alongside entrepreneurial pursuits and the rage that is social media. The networking aspect was a good touch and Ignite kept the “human element” that people are what make a great community in the forefront.

The variety of topics that bounced from each speaker kept the event fresh. The automatically changing slides every 15 seconds maintains the element of surprise.
Collaborpedia was in the building filming in coverage and support of Ignite Baltimore and later on today we will begin to debut the footage from the event.
Proposals are already pouring in for speakers to head up Session #3 which will be held in June.

When: Sat, 2/21/2009

Where:
Microsoft New York Metro District: New York, NY
1290 Avenue of the Americas, Sixth Floor
New York, NY 10104
Phone: (212) 245-2100
Fax: (212) 245-3290

SharePoint Saturday is a great FREE event hosted in various locations around the US to help immerse SharePoint professionals (including the merely curious) into the world of SharePoint.
Sessions include Protect and Defend Your Data, Site Templates vs. Site Definitions, Which is Best?, 5 Ways to Enhance SharePoint Site Usability and More!

Tracks are broken down in Admin/ Developer/ End User/ Special Interest

Register HERE

Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for ‘SharePoint Saturday’, on Saturday, February 21st, 2009 at the Microsoft Office on Avenue of the Americas in New York City. SharePoint Saturday will be an educational, informative & lively day filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals & MVPs, covering a wide variety of SharePoint-orientated topics. SharePoint Saturday is FREE, open to the public and is your local chance to immerse yourself in SharePoint! Click on the Registration tab to sign up now!

Event Giveaways

10 slots to the “Case Studies in SharePoint Dashboards” online workshop ($1290 value) courtesy of EndUserSharePoint.com
Free SharePoint training ($3000 value) courtesy of Learning Tree International
SharePoint books courtesy of O’Reilly

Sponsors
B and R Business Solutions

AvePoint

Microsoft

End User SharePoint.com

SharePoint Reviews

Learning Tree International

O’Reilly

Outlet Baltimore will be kicking off its first event on the 28th of January at Rocket to Venusin Hampden.

What is Outlet Baltimore
It’s an opportunity for people in and around the Greater Baltimore’s New Media (creative/tech/etc) community to get together, enjoy each other’s company, and put some faces to the names behind Twitter feeds, blogs, websites. It’s about making connections and developing relationships, thereby strengthening the community as a whole.

Event Details HERE

If the weather holds up, Collaborpedia will be in the building for Outlet Baltimore.