RevCon West 2006 Speakers Announced

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RevCon West 2006 Speakers Announced
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April 21, 2006. Monterey, CA. RevCon West 2006, slated for June 16-17 in Monterey, California, will include 23 technical sessions presented by more than a dozen highly-qualified speakers, two major keynote addresses and demonstrations of new third-party add-ons, the conference sponsors, RevCentral and Runtime Revolution Ltd., have announced.

In addition, attendees will be given software with a market value in excess of $500, including a five-client Valentina Office Server from Paradigma Software and a free licensed copy of Runtime Revolution's latest product, Revolution Media.

Of the 23 technical sessions, 17 cover topics that weren't part of RevCon West 2005. Everything from how to start building an application to deploying it on the Internet to marketing it to the masses will be covered at this year's conference.

Technical sessions scheduled to be offered include:

From Zero to Finished App in Two Sessions - Trevor DeVore and Jerry Daniels
More Cool Things You Can Do With Revolution - Ken Ray
Mastering the Debugger - Jacque Gay and Jeanne Devoto
Writing Readable Code - Jerry Daniels
Complex Reports - Jan Schenkel
Transcript Secrets - Jeanne Devoto
Design Patterns and MVC - Ken Ray & Richard Gaskin
Dissecting a Complex Rev Application - Ken Ray
Graphics Magic WOW - Scott Rossi
Revolution on the Network - Andre Garzia
Database Basics - Trevor Devore
Advanced Database - Jan Schenkel
The Bionic App: A Case Study - Richard Gaskin
How to Market Your Products - Panel (Lynn Fredricks, Chipp Walters, Richard Gaskin; Dan Shafer, Moderator)

Dan Shafer, author of the definitive published book on Revolution and a long-time scripting expert, will kick off the conference with his annual "State of the Revolution" Address. Kevin Miller, CEO of Runtime Revolution, Ltd, will give the primary keynote on the second day of the conference. In addition, RunRev's CTO, Mark Waddingham, will give a presentation.

An optional post-conference Sunday schedule is being finalized but will include a full day of product briefings by Runtime Revolution executive staff members and a full-day "Code Kitchen" which will offer attendees a chance to get immediate hands-on help with their projects from some of the best Revolution programmers on the planet.
RevCentral Newsletter, chief sponsor and organizer of the conference, is planning a two-day in-depth tutorial on Revolution design and scripting on June 14-15 for those who wish to attend the main conference but feel they need more background and understanding before the main event.

The conference will kick off Thursday evening, June 15, with a jazz jam session led by stars of the local Monterey jazz scene. Attendees who wish to do so will be invited to sit in with the performers.

Early Bird registration for the Conference expires May 1. Visit the conference Web site at http://www.revconwest.com <http://www.revconwest.com/> for details and to save big bucks!

About RevCentral

RevCentral publishes the widely read RevCentral Newsletter and acts as a conduit for third-party Revolution products. The company was founded in 2004 by Monerey-based ShaferMedia and Austin, Texas- based Altuit, Inc. Shafer Media publishes four books and eBooks about Revolution. Altuit, Inc., develop quality developer solutions for Revolution along with its flagship product, the Web site development and management system Hemingway. Learn more about RevCentral at its website at http://www.revcentral.com.

About Runtime Revolution

Founded in 1997, Runtime Revolution focuses on bringing user-centric software development to all major platforms: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Unix. The company is based in Edinburgh, Scotland. For more information on Runtime Revolution, please visit the company on the web at http://www.runrev.com or http://www.tenthumbstypingtutor.com.

About Paradigma Software, Inc

Founded in 1998, Beaverton, Oregon-based Paradigma Software, Inc is the leading provider of database solutions for business and development. Valentina 2 technology powers solutions as diverse as graphics applications from Japanese electronics companies to solutions supporting US public schools. Paradigma Software solutions are available for every major development environment on the Windows and Macintosh platforms. Learn more at http://www.paradigmasoft.com.