The MESDA Annual Conference is Northern New England's premier networking and educational event. Our annual conference is the largest assembly of technology professionals in Maine, and we explore topics that will impact us in the future, as well as ideas on how to improve our businesses today. MESDA delivers the companies, people, technology and relationships that you need to stay on the leading edge of the IT industry.
If you deal with technology issues at any level - this is the event for you. Register now for our 15th Annual Conference. Wednesday’s program will include twelve conference sessions in four tracks: The User Experience, The Business of Technology, Capturing ROI with Technology, and Tools of the Trade. Tuesday will feature a variety of workshops and tutorials with a "hands-on", "minds-on" focus. Tuesday is Techday - reserved for what's hot and bleeding-edge.
We'll announce a new name for MESDA during the opening remarks on Wednesday and end the day with the launch of the new MESDA Website. Please join us in this special celebration of Technology in Maine.
In past years, it has been difficult to end the day – people always want to linger and network. This year, we’ve solved that by rescheduling and turning our monthly NETpm networking program into a Website Launch party for attendees so that it coincides with the conference. All Conference attendees receive a complementary pass to the party; a limited number of tickets will be available to the public. Ticket purchases will benefit new MESDA initiatives!
Agenda - Tuesday, November 6
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
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Morning Workshop Registration |
| 9:00 - 12:00 |
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Morning Workshops:
Ruby on Rails
eLearning
PHP 101
Payments 2.0 |
| 12:00 - 1:00 |
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Break and Afternoon Workshop Registration |
| 1:00 - 4:00 |
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Afternoon Workshops:
Flex
eLearning with Podcasts
Advanced PHP
Parallels Desktop for Mac & What's New in Leopard
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| 6:00 |
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Speaker and Sponsor Dinner (special registration required)
Dinner Keynote Speaker: Mason M. Bishop
Lower Cost Domestic Sourcing:
Can we seize this new opportunity?
featuring an introduction by John Richardson, Commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development.
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Agenda - Wednesday, November 7
| 7:45 - 8:30 |
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Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
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Opening Remarks |
| 9:00 - 10:00 |
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Conference Keynote Speaker: Frederick A. Hayes-Roth
Getting ahead of the Avalanche:
How everyone can benefit from a near-infinite amount of technology
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
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Breakout Session I
Agile & Guerrilla Methods: How Design & Usability is Really Getting Done
Maine's IT Industry - Cluster or No Cluster - How far have we come?
Using Outsourcing Powers for Good, Not for Evil
Get Hip to the Facebook Platform
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| 12:00 - 1:00 |
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Luncheon Buffet |
| 1:00 - 1:30 |
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Networking |
| 1:30 - 3:00 |
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Breakout Session II
Prototyping: Cheap and Easy Tricks for Better Software
$100,000,000 Venture Fund of Funds for Maine
The Partners we Love to Hate: Vendor Management in 2007
Django: "The Web Framework for Perfectionists with Deadlines"
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| 3:00 - 3:15 |
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Afternoon Break |
| 3:15 - 4:45 |
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Breakout Session III
Experience Design—what can we learn from games design?
The Science of Revenue: Organizing the Sales System
Using Cost/Benefit Analysis to get a real Return on Opportunity
Rails: A New Benchmark For Web Applications
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| 5:00 - 7:00 |
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NETpm - New Website Launch Party |
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