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While I continue the work on the new Visug website/branding, we have used the old site to put online the registration for 4 new upcoming events.
(Note that the new site will allow you to subscribe to an event-RSS feed, so it'll be easier to see what new events are announced!).

There will be more events announced, even in between the now already fixed dates. We are planning on doing a "Best-Of-PDC" event, similar to the "Best-Of-TechEd" of last year. At the moment, no date has been fixed for that event.

In the meantime, you are able to register for free (as always) for the following events/sessions we are doing:

September 11th: ALT.NET Overview
Presented by Yves Goeleven (Compuware)
For the past year the alt.net movement has been stirring up the Microsoft community around the globe. Now it's getting hold of the Belgian community as well.
In this session I would like to present to you what the core values of the alt.net movement are, what principles, concepts and tools we hope to promote and to booth I would like to introduce the brand new 'Dutch alt.net user group'.

October 14th: ASP.NET 3.5 Special: MVC Framework
Presented by Maarten Balliauw
This session provides an introduction to the ASP.NET MVC framework. Starting with a short intro to the model-view-controller pattern and Microsoft's driving goals for this alternative to classic ASP.NET, toover some of the key differences between classic ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC like routing, extensibility, testing, ...

Note that the 2 ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 sessions are standalone sessions, you do not need to attend them both!

October 21st: ASP.NET 3.5 Special: ASP.NET Dynamic Data, ADO.NET Data Services and AJAX
Presented by Gill Cleeren (Ordina)
After you learned everything on the MVC Framework, Gill Cleeren (Microsoft Regional Director, MVP ASP.NET) takes you on a tour to see all the other new features ASP.NET 3.5 has to offer. Not a marketing overview, but real-life demo’s will make up this session!

We will stop at the following topics:

ASP.NET Dynamic Data: ASP.NET Dynamic Data helps you quickly build a fully customizable, data-driven application without writing code. Dynamic Data provides a rich scaffolding framework that is easily extensible by using the traditional ASP.NET programming model.

ADO.NET Data Services: ADO.NET Data Services provide new services that find, manipulate and deliver data over the web using simple URIs. Benefits include an easy and flexible way to access data over the web, while enabling the separation of presentation and data access code.

ASP.NET AJAX History: We’ll how to take advantage of the new AJAX History feature to enhance the user experience of a web application.

ASP.NET Routing: The final stop is ASP.NET Routing. We’ll explain the ASP.NET Routing engine and how it can provide better control over your web application's URLs. It discusses the pipeline of a request as seen by the routing engine, and how it can be extended to work with any type of web resource.

November 27th: What's new in Visual Studio Team System Code Name "Rosario"
Presented by Pieter Gheysens (Compuware)
Microsoft Visual Studio Team System code name "Rosario" is the version of Team System that follows Visual Studio Team System 2008. It is an integrated Application Life-cycle Management (ALM) solution comprising tools, processes, and guidance. Team System "Rosario" can be seen as a major release and will bring lots of new features in the areas of Project Management, Architecture, Version Control, Build, ... Come and enjoy a sneak preview of what will be shipped in the next version of Visiual Studio Team System.

I hope you'll find something in there you like and I hope to meet you soon at one of our events!