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Autumn Symposium 2005
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Danny Thorpe is coming!
If you program in Delphi the ADUG Autumn Symposium is an event
not to be missed. A day of high quality presentations of guaranteed
relevance, and truly extra-ordinary value.
Special guest presenter this year will be Borland Chief Scientist
Danny
Thorpe,
well known to us all through his key role in developing Delphi.
In addition to the presentations, Danny will take part, with Borland's
Malcolm
Groves, in a lunchtime 'round
table', an opportunity for us ask questions and address
issues not relevant to any specific presentation topic.
Your registration
fee includes all refreshments, including lunch and end
of day drinks and nibbles.
Sydney,
Thursday April 28
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Melbourne,
Friday April 29
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Programme
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8:30-8:45
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Registration
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8:45-9:00
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Introduction and Welcome
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9:00-10:30
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Application Architecture from Top to Bottom
Misha Charrett
Corporate Software Innovations
High-level application architecture, what is it? Misha will
take a broad and bold approach to this vital but under-discussed
topic, covering such areas as
- building in flexibility
- using an object framework
- benefits of loose coupling
- integrating database design into the application architecture.
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10:30-11.00
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Coffee break
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11.00-12:30
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Future Language Development
Danny Thorpe
Borland
Borland is aggressively investing in Delphi language development
to further enhance developer productivity. This session will
outline new Delphi syntax currently in development, such as
Delphi parameterized types, aka "generics", and
what you can do with it, as well as discuss longer term research
topics.
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12:30-2:00
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Lunch and Round Table
12:30 Lunch
1:00 Round Table
Danny, with Malcolm Groves in Sydney and Tim Jarvis
in Melbourne, will take part in this session in which questions
submitted beforehand will be addressed and discussed with
symposium participants An opportunity for us to raise any
Delphi-related issue of concern or interest.
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2:00-3:30
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Design and Implemtation of Roaming User Profiles
Richard King
Pro Medicus
What application architecture would best support the relationship
between user preferences and user roles and name/password
management? Richard will explore, with Delphi examples, how
to design the window management infrastructure, user levels,
role support, where to store preferences. An intensely practical
slice of application design.
Download
Richard's material.
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2:30-4:00
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Coffee Break
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4:00-5:30
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Building Smart Services with D2005
Mathias Burbach
Maranatha Consulting
Mathias will demonstrate how to move from client/server
to a multi-tier architecture with a business server, and outline
the benefits. The demonstrations will use the RemObjects 'Data
Abstract' data-access framework. The how-to will not only
cover the RemObjects products but also the database structure
and the application server.
Download
Mathias's material.
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5:40-7:00
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Closing session and prize
draw
Prize presentation and a chance to wind down and chat over
drinks and finger food
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The Round Table
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This is a unique opportunity for the Australian Delphi user community
to have a no nonsense conversation about any Delphi - related issues
with two significant Borlanders. Quesions need not all be technical,
but they should be Delphi - related, which includes of course such
areas as Kylix. The session will be interactive, but to make the
most of it we are asking that you contribute your topics on the
ADUG members list beforehand. We will generate an agenda for the
round table from that. If you are not currently on the mailing list
you can join here
- you don't have to be a financial ADUG member. The thread topic
will be Symposium 2005 RoundTable, and when you post you
should indicate in the body 'Sydney', 'Melbourne' or 'Neither',
depending on where and whether you expect to attend the symposium.
Note that you can't post to this list unless you are a member of
it.
List of topics now here.
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Speakers
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Danny Thorpe
Danny Thorpe is a Borland Chief Scientist responsible for strategic
research in software development tools for the Microsoft Windows,
Microsoft .NET, and Linux platforms. He was a member of the team
that created the Borland Delphi rapid application development environment
in 1995, a founding member of the Borland Kylix project on the Linux
platform, and is now the Delphi compiler architect and lead engineer
of the Delphi for .NET development team at Borland. He is well known
to Australian Delphi programmers through his regular Borcon appearances
in Australia and abroad, online articles, and his book 'Delphi Component
Design'.
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Malcolm Groves
Malcolm is Borland's Regional Product Director for Asia Pacific,
based in Sydney. Prior to this current stint with Borland he was
the senior consultant with Madrigal Technologies, specialising in
distributed technologies and component-based architectures. Malcolm
is a regular presenter at Borland, Oracle, Java and Visual Basic
conferences in Australia, Europe and the United States, including
presentations at every ADUG Autumn Symposium since the first one
in 1999. Malcolm also writes articles for developer magazines, including
The Delphi Magazine.
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Misha Charrett
Misha develops business applications for the healthcare sector through
his own company, Corporate Software Innovations. CSI recently developed
the clinical information system for BreastScreen NSW, the largest
public health screening program in Australia. Misha has 12 years
experience in object-oriented development, 9 of those using Delphi.
He presented at the inaugural ADUG Symposium in 1999 and is an occasional
presenter at monthly ADUG meetings in Sydney.
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Mathias Burbach
Mathias founded Maranatha Consulting on migrating to Australia in
1998. Prior to this was a software development team leader for a
bank in Frankfurt, Germany. Today his main focus is the development
of client/server and multi-tier software solutions across a range
of industries, e.g. building, medical, telecommunications and sports
administration. He is a regular contributor at ADUG meetings throughout
Australia.
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Richard King
Richard has been a professional software developer for far too long
working in Cape Town, London, Hilversum, Sydney and Melbourne in
everything from 8086 assembler to occam. In 1995 he presented the
design and implementation of an accident database and GIS system
developed in Delphi 1 to an embryonic Melbourne (A)DUG. He currently
oversees the development of a clinical software package - originally
written by his own company - for Pro Medicus in Melbourne. When
not in front of a computer you can probably find him on his bike
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Tim Jarvis
Tim is a senior services consultant for Borland now based in Melbourne
after a 4 year stint in the UK. Tim is a .NET and RAD Windows products
specialist, including Delphi, C# and C++ Builder as well as Interbase,
Starteam and now picking up CaliberRM. Tim is a regular speaker
at technology events and has over 20 years developing experience.
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Pricing
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Non - Member
Non member price for the day is $150, or you can pay $160 to register
and join the ADUG.
ADUG Members
Prices for existing ADUG members are low this year, and depend
on years of membership, as follows:
- less than 1: $60
- between 1 and 2: $50
- between 2 and 3: $40
- over 3: $30
To qualify for member pricing
- you must be a financial member at the time of registration
- your membership application date must be prior to March 2nd
2005
If your membership lapsed recently you can renew it. Recently means
your membership renewal date is later than June 31 2004. You can
check your renewal date by going to the members services login.
If your name appears in the drop-down list you are either financial
or recently lapsed. If your renewal date has passed you are not
financial and need to renew. Note that a membership status of "Current"
does *not* mean you are financial. This field is for internal use,
and changes to "Lapsed" some time after you have failed
to renew your membership.
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