In a few weeks I'll be heading to Santa Clara in a few weeks to participate in the SD Expo conference. This is one of my favorite conferences because it brings together such a diverse crowd. Not only does this conference draw one of the largest C++ followings in terms of conferences, but you'll meet Java, XML, .NET, Security, Web Services and other types of experts that participate in the various tracks. I find this a great place to go if you want to mingle and learn from developers coming from other areas of expertise, or to dabble in some sessions in “the other world” from which you spend most of your time.

So, if you plan to join me there, be sure and come to my talks too!!!

Christian Gross and I are giving another joint tutorial on Web Services. Christian is one of my favorites speakers, a true philosopher, and this set of tutorials was very well received last year so we're updating it to the latest and greatest and joining forces once again:

(112) Web Services Part One: Web Services Theory
Time/Date: Monday (March 14, 2005)   8:30am - 12:00pm

(117) Web Services Part Two: Implementing Web Services Using .NET
Time/Date: Monday (March 14, 2005)   1:30pm - 5:00pm

(131) Web Services Part Two Continued: Implementing Web Services Using .NET Time/Date: Tuesday (March 15, 2005)   8:30am - 12:00pm

Then, we are doing a special tutorial presented by several of the Interop Warriors (www.interopwarriors.com), focused on WS* interoperability for Web Services platforms:

 (140) Web Services Tools and Platform Interoperability
Time/Date: Tuesday (March 15, 2005)   1:30pm - 5:00pm

And I have some other general sessions throughout the week as well:

Best Practices for .NET Versioning and Deployment

Time/Date: Wednesday (March 16, 2005)   1:45pm - 3:15pm

Making Sense of all these Crazy Web Services Standards
Time/Date: Wednesday (March 16, 2005)   3:30pm - 5:00pm

Mastering the Offline Experience with Smart Clients
Time/Date: Friday (March 18, 2005)   8:30am - 10:00am

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Web Services Security
Time/Date: Friday (March 18, 2005)   1:45pm - 3:15pm

Designing Scalable ASP.NET Applications
Time/Date: Friday (March 18, 2005)   3:30pm - 5:00pm

We also plan to have an interesting discussion around the REST-ful Web Services topic, with some passionate followers on both sides in the room, this will be interesting!!!

Rest vs. Soap
Time/Date: Thursday (March 17, 2005)   7:30pm - 9:00pm

Hope to see you there....