The Microsoft Technology User Groups in Ireland have got together to put on yet another great day-long conference for 2007. This year it's called the Irish Microsoft Technology Conference (last year it was the Irish .NET Developer Conference - but they had to drop the 'developer' because there is just so much stuff for IT Pros this year!!).

With 18 sessions from amazing speakers, this is one event that you will not want to miss! They are covering everything from the new Silverlight and Expression products (very exciting!) to WCF, Biztalk, SQL Server, Longhorn Server, Security, mobile dev, Infocard, game development with XNA (Rob promises some Mindstorm robotics to boot). Have a look at the list below to get an idea of the sessions you will get to choose from, visit www.mtug.ie/imtc for more details...

... or just bite the bullet and BOOK ONLINE NOW! I'm pretty sure it will be sold out quickly!

It's just great to see such an amazing event coming from the community - it deserves as much support as it can get!!

(PS. if anyone else out there wants to sponsor, I think there is one sponsor slot left - drop me a mail and I can connect you to the right person..).

Here is the list of sessions – you will get to attend six. For more details click here.

      ·         Building Silverlight Applications using .NET (Part 1 of 2)  - by Tim Sneath

·         Building Silverlight Applications using .NET (Part 2 of 2) - by Tim Sneath

·         Visual Studio "Orcas" and AJAX - by Steve Marx

·         Exploring Ajax Patterns - by Steve Marx

·         Designing Ultimate Experiences with Expression Studio - by Carrie Longson

·         Hacking Websites for fun and profit - by Barry Dorrans

·         CLR User-Defined Types in SQL Server 2005 - by Hugo Kornelis

·         How to Use Indexes to Speed Up Your SQL Server Database - by Hugo Kornelis

·         Service Broker - processing work asynchronously - by Simon Sabin

·         Windows Server Code Name ‘Longhorn’ - by Dave Northey

·         Visual Studio for DB Pros (aka Datadude) - by Alan Crowley

·         Microsoft’s Virtualisation Strategy and Products - by Dave Northey

·         Forget Passwords! Implementing CardSpace in Web Apps & Services - by Dominick Baier

·         Windows Mobile Development - by Andy Wigley

·         Game development with XNA - by Robert Burke

·         BizTalk and RFID - by Gar Mac Criosta

·         WCF Basics - by Paul Fallon

·         WCF Advanced - by Paul Fallon