PDC2008 Registration Opens with Preliminary Sessions- May 28, 2008 The wait is over! The public PDC2008 site just went live, and you can now register for the conference (and save $200 if you register early). We've published a preliminary set of topics that represents only a fraction of the over 160 sessions you'll see at the event. Topics include software + services, Windows 7, a deep dive on Silverlight graphics pipelines, Windows Mobile, extensible BitmapEffects and Pixel Shaders in WPF, how we use Team Foundation Server for our huge Microsoft projects, a...http://blogs.msdn.com/mswanson/archive/2008/05/28/pdc2008-registration-opens-with-prelimin... PDC2008: A Day in the Life 1- May 20, 2008 As the PDC2008 Content Owner and a member of the Core Team, my days are filled with PDC-related activities. I thought I'd blog about some of these activities in a series called A Day in the Life. My hope is that I'll be able to post more of these as we approach PDC2008 this October. So, if you're interested in behind-the-scenes insights, keep checking back. First off, let me explain the Content Owner role. My job is to drive the themes, tracks, sessions, and overall direction of the content at..http://blogs.msdn.com/mswanson/archive/2008/05/19/pdc2008-a-day-in-the-life-1.aspx Being Green at PDC2008- May 13, 2008 As the Content Owner for PDC2008, I'm now a member of the Tier 1 Events Council at Microsoft. This is a group that meets a few times a year to share ideas and best practices around our largest events (like TechEd , MIX, and PDC). We met all day today and covered a number of great topics. One of our sessions was titled Environmentally Sustainable Events Initiative, and it was presented by Gina Broel and Jessica Ludders. We discussed what it means to be a "green" event based on the Green Meeting.http://blogs.msdn.com/mswanson/archive/2008/05/12/being-green-at-pdc2008.aspx PDC 2008 Conference Scheduling Using a Genetic Algorithm- May 4, 2008 If you read my What Do I Do post, you'll know that I'm the Content Owner for this year's PDC 2008 in Los Angeles. MIX08 is behind us, and I've just recently transitioned away from my Web GO role. This means that I can now focus 100% of my time and attention on our October event. It's going to be fantastic! One of the many responsibilities I have as Content Owner is to create the master schedule for the event. This is the schedule that tells you which session is in which room and at what time....http://blogs.msdn.com/mswanson/archive/2008/05/03/pdc-2008-conference-scheduling-using-a-g... |