Big Announcement Monday!

Be watching our blog and our twitter account for a huge announcement Monday morning!

D’Arcy

Conference Survey Now Online!

Hello Attendees!

I wanted to personally thank you for making the Prairie Developer Conference 2011 a huge success! The comments and feedback we’ve received so far have been very positive and are helping us make next year’s event even better!

Conference Survey Now Online

I’d like to invite you to fill out our online survey about the conference. It’s a short survey of 9 questions and will help us immensely with planning next year’s conference. The survey will be up until July 1st, and we’ll draw three submissions to win an e-book courtesy of Manning! Click the link below to access the survey.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3DLKDKQ

Thanks again, and as always feel free to send me any questions or comments that you have.

D’Arcy Lussier

Prairie Developer Conference

Announcing the Imaginet Pre-Conference Party!

Imaginet will host a welcoming mixer for all Prairie Dev Con attendees!

When: 6pm to 9 pm on Sunday June 12th

Where: Roof Top Patio and Grill, 1845 Victoria Avenue

Imaginet will provide complimentary appetizers and beverages. 

Come join the Imaginet team as we kick off PDC 2011. 

To attend please register at the following link: Register

Tuesday Night Attendee Party Sponsored by iQmetrix!

We’re thrilled to announce that iQmetrix will be sponsoring an attendee party the Tuesday night of the conference!

Once you’re done your sessions on the Tuesday, come down to the Novara ballroom from 4pm to 8pm for free drinks, appetizers, fun and games, and to hang out with the presenters and fellow attendees!

A huge thanks to iQmetrix for offering this event to the conference attendees!

Code Retreat the Sunday Before the Conference!

A Code what?! A Code Retreat! Think of it as a free day of “Programmers gathering, practicing their craft, learning, discussing, rinse & repeating”.

Or look up the longer official description here.

Amir Barylko and David Alpert, two speakers at this year’s Prairie Developer Conference, will be hosting the event which will be held Sunday June 12th at the Delta Regina in the Campania A room.

You can get more information and register at

http://coderetreat.ning.com/events/regina-coderetreat

While the event is free, there is limited seating so reserve your spot today!

Announcing Our Conference API!

Thanks to conference speakers Amir Barylko and David Alpert, and Winnipeg developer George Chen, we’ve got a RESTful API set up to expose conference data!

Amir, myself, and George are intending to use the API to develop mobile applications for attendees to use, but if anyone is interested in writing their own applications feel free to access it!

For documentation on the API, see our developer page at:

http://prairiedevcon.com/developers

D’Arcy

Microsoft’s Channel 9 Leadership to Keynote…and There’s a Prairie Connection!

The Prairie Developer Conference is thrilled to announce that Jeff Sandquist, Duncan Mackenzie, and Dan Fernandez from Microsoft’s Channel 9 team will be delivering a keynote at this year’s conference! What’s fantastic about having these gents come up is that in addition to their technical knowledge, they bring something unique with them: a Canadian prairie connection!

Jeff is the Senior Director of Developer Relations at Microsoft. He helped create the Channel 9 developer community, and still leads that team to drive Channel 9 and the Mix communities in addition to connecting top applications and their developers with Microsoft.
And…he’s from Estevan, SK!

Duncan Mackenzie is the lead developer for the Channel 9 team, and formerly worked on MSDN. He’s written numerous articles and books around programming and as developer lead oversaw the Channel 8, TechNet Edge, and VisitMix websites in addition to the Oxite website engine. And…he’s from Winnipeg, MB!

Dan Fernandez is a developer and platform evangelist working on the Channel 9 team. If you’ve seen any of the TWC9 videos (This Week on Channel 9) then you’ve seen Dan talk about everything and anything to do with Microsoft development. And…well, he’s from the US, but he’s a very nice guy!

Whether you develop in the Microsoft space or not, hearing about how two Canadian prairie boys found themselves leading Microsoft’s flagship online developer community is a great story that all prairie developers can appreciate.

Watch for more keynote details in the coming weeks!

D’Arcy