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  • Brian Meloche
  • Brian Rinaldi
  • Dan Wilson
  • John C. Bland II
  • John Mason
  • Kurt Wiersma
  • Laura Arguello
  • Oguz Demirkapi
  • Ron West
  • Samer Sadek
  • Todd Sharp
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cf.Objective() 2008:
The Only Enterprise ColdFusion Conference...

May 1-4, 2008
Crowne Plaza Riverfront - St. Paul, MN

cf.Objective() 2008 Conference Schedule

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Key
ColorTrack
  Architecture & Design in Software
  Frameworks A-Z
  RIA: Flex/AJAX/AIR
  Process & Tools
  Platform: Database, Tuning & Security
Wednesday April 30, 2008
Start
End
Room A
Room B
Room C
Room D
7:30 AM
8:30 AM
Pre-Conference Training Registration/Breakfast
8:30 AM
5:00 PM
Pre-Conference Workshop:
Object-Oriented Programming with Mach-II
Thursday May 1, 2008
Start
End
Room A
Room B
Room C
Room D
7:30 AM
8:30 AM
Pre-Conference Training Registration/Breakfast
8:30 AM
5:00 PM
Pre-Conference Workshop:
Building Enterprise-Level Applications with Mach-II
9:00 PM
11:00 PM
Reception
Friday May 2, 2008
Start
End
Room A
Room B
Room C
Room D
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
Keynote
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
Break
10:15 AM
11:15 AM
FR1A:
Refactoring in ColdFusion: from Procedural to OO - Dan Wilson
FR1B:
ColdBox Framework 101 - Luis Majano
FR1C:
Workshop: Flex 3 for ColdFusion Developers - Mike Nimer
FR1D:
Setting up a Solid Level Local Development Environment - Kurt Wiersma
11:25 AM
12:25 PM
FR2A:
An Intelligent Approach to OOP in CF Architecture-Nic Tunney
FR2B:
Driving Fusebox 5.5 -Sandy Clark
FR2D:
Caching and Persistence for Performance - Michael Dinowitz
12:30 PM
1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM
2:30 PM
FR3A:
Leveraging Code Generation to Jumpstart Your Development - Brian Kotek
FR3B:
Enterprise Development With Mach-II: Modules, Plugins, and Filters - Matt Woodward
FR3C:
Using CF with AIR - Samer Sadek
FR3D:
Workshop:Agile Bootcamp: What CF Developers Need To Know - John Paul Ashenfelter
2:40 PM
3:40 PM
FR4A:
Adding Live Chat with ColdFusion and BlazeDS
Tom Jordahl

FR4B:
Introduction to Model-Glue - Ray Camden
FR4C:
Implementing UI: Improve Your Chances - Ron West
3:40 PM
4:10 PM
Break
4:10 PM
5:10 PM
FR5A:
Software Product Lines - Peter Bell
FR5B:
Model-Glue 3: Back to its Roots - Joe Rinehart
FR5C:
Mate: a tag based event driven Flex framework - Laura Arguello
FR5D:
CFEclipse Reloaded.- Mark Drew
5:10 PM
7:00 PM
Dinner Break (On Own)
Saturday May 3, 2008
Start
End
Room A
Room B
Room C
Room D
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
SA1A:
Leveraging Basic Design Patterns in ColdFusion - Phill Nacelli
SA1B:
Introduction to FarCry 5.0 - Jeff Coughlin

SA1C:
Building Hybrid Applications with ColdFusion and Java
Jason Delmore
SA1D:
Selling Professional Development at a Hostile Shop - Terrence Ryan
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
Break
10:15 AM
11:15 AM
SA2A:
Patterns and Techniques for Data Persistence and Access - Doug Hughes
SA2B:
Workshop:ColdSpring 1337 - Chris Scott
SA2C:
Intergrating ColdFusion 8 AJAX with Model-Gule Applications - Todd Sharp
SA2D:
Using ANT -Make Your Development Life More Productive - Peter Farrell
11:25 AM
12:25 PM
SA3A: Enterprise Class MVC with ColdFusion And Java - Andrew Powell
SA3C:
Architecting Applications for Multiple User Interface Technologies - Matt Woodward
SA3D:
Best Testing with cfcUnit - John Mason
12:30 PM
1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM
2:30 PM
SA4A:
ColdFusion As A Different Kind Of "Glue" - Brian Meloche
SA4B:
Introduction to Building Applications with Transfer ORM - Mark Mandel
SA4C:
Flex: No Frameworks Required - Maxim Porges
SA4D:
Hidden Gems in the CF8 Server Monitor - Charlie Arehart
2:40 PM
3:40 PM
SA5A:
Introduction to ColdSpring
Mark Drew
SA5B:
Reactor: Deliver Thyself Away From Iterators - Doug Hughes
SA5C:
"Extreme Makeover: AIR Edition" - Rob Rusher
SA5D:
Deploying into Large Scale ColdFusion Environments
Michael Collins
3:40 PM
4:10 PM
Break
4:10 PM
5:10 PM
SA6A:
Step Debugging in ColdFusion 6/7/8 - Charlie Arehart
SA6B:
Transfer ORM Caching Mechanics - Mark Mandel
SA6C:
Prototyping Applications in Flex - Scott Stroz
SA6D:
Application and Database Security - Daryl Banttari
5:20 PM 6:20 PM SA7A:
MVC for You and Me - Joe Rinehart		 SA7B:
What's New in Mach-II 1.6 and 2.0 - Peter Farrell		 SA7C:
Introduction to Spry Framework - Ray Camden
 SA7D:
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) - John Mason
6:20 PM
7:30 PM
Dinner Break (On Own)
7:30 PM
8:30 PM
BOF:
Open Source BlueDragon
Vince Bonfanti
BOF:
Best Practices in UI Design
Ken Sykora
BOF:
Testing Tools & Techniques
John Paul Ashenfelter / Peter Farrell
BOF
Source Code Control
TBD
8:30 PM
9:30 PM
BOF:
TBD
BOF:
ColdFusion 9 Feature Brainstorm
Jason Delmore / Adam Lehman
BOF:
TBD
BOF:
TBD
9:30 PM
10:30 PM
BOF:
Open Source Development & Publishing
Andrew Powell
BOF:
Frameworks
Various
BOF:
Automation & Ant
Peter Farrell
BOF:
Blogging & Writing
Judith & Michael Dinowitz
Sunday May 4, 2008
Start
End
Room A
Room B
Room C
Room D
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
SU1A:
Leveraging Basic Design Patterns in ColdFusion - Phill Nacelli
SU1B:
i18n Practices with Frameworks - Oguz Demirkapi
SU1C:
Prototyping Applications in Flex - Scott Stroz
SU1D:
Integrating ColdFusion with .NET
Josh Adams
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
Break
10:15 AM
11:15 AM
SU2A:
CF8 .Net Integration - John Bland
SU2B:
Introduction to Building Applications with Transfer ORM - Mark Mandel
SU2C:
CFEclipse Reloaded
Mark Drew
SU2D:
Using ANT -Make Your Development Life More Productive - Peter Farrell
11:25 AM
12:30 PM
SU3A:
Refactoring in ColdFusion: from Procedural to OO - Dan Wilson
SU3B:
Model-Glue 3: Back to its Roots - Joe Rinehart
SU3C:
Cairngorm for ColdFusion Developers - Brian Rinaldi
SU3D:
Leveraging Code Generation to Jumpstart Your Development - Brian Kotek
12:30 PM
1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM
2:30 PM
SU4A:
An Intelligent Approach to OOP in CF Architecture-Samer Sadek
SU4B:
Workshop:Advanced Techniques With The ColdBox Framework - Luis Majano

SU4C:
Flex: No Frameworks Required - Maxim Porges
SU4D:
Clustering and Distributing ColdFusion Applications - Mike Brunt
2:40 PM
3:40 PM
SU5A:
Building Hybrid Applications with ColdFusion and Java
Jason Delmore
SU5C:
Deploying into Large Scale ColdFusion Environments
Michael Collins
SU5D:
All About PDF & PDF Forms in ColdFusion
Sanjeev Kumar
3:40 PM
4:10 PM
Break
4:10 PM
4:30 PM
Close of Conference
Schedule Subject to Change