TechEd 2005 - Day 2

Sessions I followed on Day 2 of TechEd 2005 :

• Keynote : Ready For Business [Andrew Lees]
• Introducing "Indigo" - The unified framework for building connected systems [Ari Bixhorn]
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Architects : Developing Service-Oriented Systems [Eric Lee]
• Creating Dynamic Web Sites with ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts [Andres Sanabria & Peter Himschoot]
• Hands-on Lab : Using the Application Designer to Design your Web Service Architecture in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.

Stuff to remember :

• Tram number 4 towards RAI-center is full of techies in the morning. Queue early or take/share a cab!
• 6500+ attendants [300+ from Belgium]
• RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification. All attendants of the keynote-session were monitored by an RFID device to analyse the flow of people in and out of the session rooms.
• I picked up a free copy of Introducing Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System Beta Edition and a Team System VPC
• Exhibition Welcome Drink was fun : lots of food and beers
• Time flies at TechEd

Picture of the day : Preparation for keynote-session ...