Welcome to the forty-sixth Community Convergence. There are three upcoming events for members of the C# team. The most important, PDC, will be held in Los Angeles over the week of October 26. The weekend before the conference, there will be a Code Camp in Los Angeles. One week after the PDC, there will be a Tech Ed in Spain.

Code Camp in Los Angeles

Members of the team will be at the Code Camp in Los Angeles

• Talk: Essence of LINQ
  • Speaker: Charlie Calvert
  • Room: GFS 116
  • Time 9 AM
• Talk: C# 3.0 features and how to (ab)use them
  • Speaker: Sam Ng
  • GFS 116
  • Time: 10:15 AM
• How LINQ Words
  • Speaker: Alex Tuner
  • Room: SLH 102
  • Time: 12:30 PM

PDC

The following list includes talks by members of the C#, VB, F#, IronPython and IronRuby teams that will be given at PDC.

• TL16: The Future of C#
  • Anders Hejlsberg
  • Mon 10/27 | 1:45 PM-3:00 PM | Petree Hall CD
  • Repeated: Wed 10/29 | 3:00 PM-4:15 PM | 502A
• TL10: Deep Dive: Dynamic Languages in .NET
  • Speaker: Jim Hugunin
  • Mon 10/27 | 3:30PM | 502A
• TL11: An Introduction to Microsoft F#
  • Speaker: Luca Bolognese
  • Thu 10/30 | 1:45 PM-3:00 PM | 502A
• TL12: Future Directions for Microsoft Visual Basic
  • Speaker: Paul Vick
  • Tue 10/28 | 5:15 PM-6:30 PM | 406A
• TL46: Microsoft Visual C# IDE: Tips and Tricks
  • Dustin Campbell
  • Mon 10/27 | 12:45-13:30 | 403AB
• TL54: Natural Interop with Silverlight, Office and Python
  • Alex Turner
  • Tue 10/28 | 12:45 PM-1:30 PM | 404A
• TL57: A Panel on the Future of Programming Languages
  • G. Bracha, D.Crockford, A. Hejlsberg, E. Meijer, W.Schulte, J. Siek
  • Wed 10/29 | 10:30 AM-11:45 AM | 403AB
• TL44 IronRuby: The Right Language for the Right Job
  • Speaker: John Lam
  • Mon 10/27, 5:15PM, 515B

Tech Ed Europe (EMEA)

Here are some talks by the C# and VB teams that will be given at Tech Ed EMEA.

• How LINQ Works in C#
  • Speaker: Alex Turner
• New Features in C# 3.0
  • Speaker: Mads Torgersen
• Visual C# IDE Tips and Tricks
  • Speaker: Karen Liu
• The Future of C#
  • Speaker: Mads Torgersen
• The Joy of Writing Code in Visual Studio 2010
  • Speaker: Karen Liu
• Talk: Future Directions for Visual Basic
  • Speaker: Jonathan Aneja
• Talk: Strategies for Upgrading Visual Basic 6.0 to .NET
  • Speaker: Paul Yuknewicz, Jonathan Aneja
• Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Tips and Tricks
  • Speaker: Lisa Feigenbaum
• How LINQ Works in VB
  • Speaker: Jonathan Aneja
• Conquering XML with Visual Basic 9.0
  • Speaker: Lisa Feigenbaum