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Upcoming events: WIF, MWC, FITC, FFK10

While the next coming months are going to be a little bit hectic, I am really looking forward to it. I’m especially looking forward to seeing you guys at these events.

WIF – February 5th & 6th – Namur, Belgium – http://www.wif-dogstudio.be/
WIF (Webdesign International Festival) is a worldwide event and this will be the first one in Belgium. It may sound strange to some of you, but I don’t speak at events in my backyard that much. Even though I live in Belgium, the majority of my speaking engagements are abroad. So it’s obvious that I am looking forward to this one. Maybe this one even more as it is the first event (to my knowledge) in the French speaking part of Belgium. I’ll be doing a keynote session at the end of the first day… right before the bar opens up ;-)

Mobile World Congress – February 15th-18th, Barcelona, Spain – http://www.mobileworldcongress.com
I already talked about MWC last week but let me repeat that I am very excited about MWC this year. If you’re a developer interested in mobile application development and interested in checking out MWC, then visit http://www.adobe.com/go/mwc2010. We’re offering Flash Platform developers a limited number of complimentary exhibition visitor passes (a value of € 599 per person) on a first-come, first-served basis.

FITC – February 22nd-23rd – Amsterdam, The Netherlands – http://www.fitc.ca
FITC starts just a few days after MWC so it’s obvious you can expect some cool mobile demos in the FITC keynote (along with other cool stuff of course ;-)). I’m also doing a session on AIR 2 and all the new features it has to offer. I will show a bunch of code snippets and how to use them in real applications.

FFK10 – April 13th-16th – Cologne, Germany – http://ffk10.flashforum.de
This event is three months from now, but tickets are going fast! This will be my third year at FFK10 and it’s always great fun. Sascha and Marc always do a great job putting this event together. This year will be their 10th anniversary and I promise to bring something cool to the keynote ;-)

If you’re going to be at one of these events, feel free to ping me and to come and say “Hi”. Hope to see you there!

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Next stop: Bangalore, India

I’m extremely excited about my next trip: Bangalore, India. It’s one of those places I really only know from hearing about it. India has rapidly become a key player in the world’s IT industry and I’m really looking forward to meeting the local developer community. I’ve been told by our local team in Bangalore that many developers in the area read my blog. I was really surprised when I confirmed that in my stats. My blog actually gets more visitors from India than from France or The Netherlands! And I live in Belgium! I just couldn’t believe it but I’m really happy with that.

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So… Since there are so many of you reading this, this invitation is very appropriate. If you are in the Bangalore area on August 4th, I would love to meet you at Adobe’s Devsummit. We have an exciting day scheduled for you and we’ll cover everything from Flash Builder 4 to Flash Catalyst to ColdFusion to mobile and more.

Since I’m in India all week, I’ll also visit some customers, visit the Flex user group in Pune, speak at the Bangalore University and meet our developers and engineers working on Flex and ColdFusion.

Hope to see you there!

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Upcoming events & speaking engagements

My calendar for the next coming weeks is pretty full. I thought it was a good idea to combine some of the events I’ll be speaking at in one blog post.

FFK09 – April 27th, 28th, 29th, 2009 – Cologne, Germany

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Germany’s biggest Flash conference is starting today in Cologne. Tomorrow morning (Tuesday) I’ll be doing the keynote and will be available to chat throughout the day. My colleagues Tom Krcha and Duane Nickull are also presenting. FFK09 is sold out so if you didn’t get a ticket, you’re out of luck. If you are at FFK09, come and say “Hi”!

Twiist – May 15th, 2009 – Leuven, Belgium

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There aren’t that many conferences in Belgium. So when a new one pops up, I am more than happy to support it. Tickets are available on the Twiist website. but I also have one (1) ticket to give away to one of my blog readers. The first one to mail me (serge at adobe dot com) with 3 names of Twiist speakers (not including mine) will win the ticket. (While this ‘contest’ is open to anybody, please only participate if you’re also in Belgium on the 15th and plan on attending this conference). Martin Heidegger from Hobnox won the ticket.

Multi-Mania – May 18th & 19th, 2009 – Kortrijk, Belgium

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Multi-Mania is probably one of the fastest growing conferences in Europe. In one year, they doubled the number of attendees to 800 last year and I hear the venue is even bigger this year. With yet another impressive speaker list, Multi-Mania is not to be missed. I’ll be doing the keynote session as well as a couple of other sessions. Doing a keynote on my birthday? What better way to celebrate my birthday could there be? ;-)

From A To Web – May 26th, 2009 Milan, Italy – May 28th, 2009 Rome, Italy

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I’m going to be in great company during this event. With speakers like Marco Casario and Andrea Trento, this event is also not to be missed. I’ll be doing a keynote session as well as a session on Flash Catalyst, Flex 4 and ColdFusion.

These are just the events for the next couple of weeks. I’ll post another blog post for the June events as soon as everything has been confirmed. If you’re at one of these events, come and say “hi”.

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Upcoming events: Business Exchange Brussels / Flash Camp London

Travel-wise, February 2009 is going to be nuts. But I’m not complaining ;-) I get to go to and speak at a bunch of cool conferences and events. Including Flash In The Can in Amsterdam, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Business Exchange in Brussels and Flash Camp in London.

businessexchangeNext week starts with Adobe Business Exchange in Brussels. The event is the perfect opportunity for you to find out what Adobe can do for you in the enterprise space. In just one day, you will discover the world of Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise solutions. I’ll be joining Marc Meewis (Adobe sales engineer) on stage in the afternoon to talk about user experience and will present the best of MAX in the evening session.

More info and registration at http://www.abe2009.be/

flashcamp

At the end of the month, London is hosting its first Flash Camp. Flash Camp London ‘09 is a FREE, community-run event for everyone interested in the Adobe Flash Platform! Whether you’re just getting started with Flash or you’re an expert, Flash Camp aims to provide something for you. I am joining Mike Chambers, Lee Brimelow, Seb Lee-Delisle, James Whittaker, Richard Dean and Michael Chase on stage. The event is filling up fast! If you still want to register, make sure you do so today! More info and registration at http://flashcamp.co.uk/

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