Welcome to the VBUG 2008 Conference

As the premium Microsoft developer audience in the UK, VBUG is trusted to provide the independent view on Microsoft’s developer technology stack. Understanding how to use the .NET Framework libraries has become a given and their use has become pervasive amongst enterprise development.

It will be no surprise then that, now in its eleventh year, I have chosen to focus VBUG’s Annual Developer Conference on enterprise development rather than focussing on the .NET Framework itself.

Key sessions at this year’s VBUG conference will include:

• Tips and tricks for successful software teams
• Data-Driven ASP.NET AJAX
• Silverlight for mobile
• Create managed code for Office 2007 in Visual Studio 2008
• ASP.NET 4.0
• Team Foundation Server

This year we have presenters from across the globe with our Key Note from Roy Osherove, founder of the Agile Israel community.

I look forward to welcoming you at the VBUG 11th Annual Conference.

Andy Westgarth

VBUG Chairman