2018 Symposium

The 2018 ADUG Symposium was held in Perth on Wed 23rd May and Melbourne on 25th May.

The annual conference is the highlight of the Australian Delphi year.  It was filled with top quality presentations and an audience of Delphi enthusiasts like yourself.

The content was repeated in each city.

Registrations included lunch, end of day refreshments and entry in the massive prize draw

We caught up with colleagues and heard about the latest news from the Delphi World.

Key Dates

Massive Prize Draw

You will be entered into the end-of-day prize draw of Delphi related software, which is the largest of its kind in the world. Conditions apply,  see below for more details

Speakers

Speakers and content are subject to change

	Herman Schoenfeld – Sphere 10 Software PascalCoin : Infinitely Scalable Cryptocurrency Cryptocurrencies are the most exciting topic of the year so this presentation will be of keen interest to many attendees.PascalCoin is a next-generation cryptocurrency based on a groundbreaking and unique concept called SafeBox. By storing the ledger balance rather than the ledger, PascalCoin achieves “infinite scalability” – a way to run for an indefinite period of time on fixed storage at maximum transaction throughput. This layer-1 financial layer serves as a platform for many possibilities, including Layer-2 smart contracts that run as fast as normal applications.This will be an advanced presentation that assumes you have a basic knowledge of Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies in general
	Vincent Parrett – Software Licensing We’ll discuss the technicalities around license key generation, enabling features, avoiding keygen’s, network licensing (ie stopping the buy 1 use 10 problem), basically the licensing scheme we use in our products. I will cover the differences between licensing and copy protection, and the need to keep them separate. We’ll look at activation, pros/con’s etc, subscriptions v perpetual licenses.
	Peter Thönell – OO in Delphi From the ground up When we learn OO we are taught how to design, write and use OO. But we’re not taught how it works behind the scenes.This is an in depth look at how Delphi makes objects, inheritance, polymorphism and interfaces work at a memory (“byte”) level.With this knowledge we dispel “Delphi Magic”, which aids us in properly understanding bugs, limitations and related technologies (such as AOP and RTTI). SCOTT NOTE – This is the same presentation as the 2017 one that had to be cancelled due to surgery at late notice. Peter has since recovered and is available to travel and present
	Dave Nottage –  Mobile App Development: Hard Won Battle Scars Delphi is a great tool for rapidly developing mobile applications.  There are a number of battles that you need to win in order to survive the war of the app stores. This session sets out to help you to win them, and more.. * Meeting store requirements * Creating an arsenal of icons and splash screens * Device display strategies * Battle of the startup time * Playing nice with permissions * Delegating tasks * Threads and synchronizing * Winning with networking * Improving your debugging armory * Forming an allegiance with the user
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Sponsors

ADUG wishes to acknowledge the assistance of the following companies whose sponsorship helps to make our Symposium possible.

Principal Sponsor
Co-sponsors

When and Where

Schedule

Pricing

Non – Members Price

Non member $280 or $265 if registered in the Early Bird period before 21st April

Non members are able to both register and join the ADUG for the same price, so you get your membership for free !

ADUG Members Price

Non-Member Student Pricing

Students can attend the event at a heavily discounted price
Information will be posted here shortly.

Enquiries – contact president@adug.org.au

Register

You must be a financial member paid-up to the symposium date in order to register as a member – if the registration button does not appear check the “Paid to” date under “Your profile”, which appears when you first log into Member Services.

Alterations or refunds due to mis-registrations are at the discretion of the ADUG Treasurer – an over-worked and under-appreciated volunteer ☺

Symposium Prizes

ADUG wishes to acknowledge these friends of the ADUG for supporting us with donations of valuable products.
The prize draw is the final event of the day, held immediately after the last presentation, and operates like so:

  procedure ADUGPrizePicker;
  begin
    PopulateListOfAllPrizes;
    while PrizesAvailable do
    begin
      if AttendeeListEmpty then PopulateListOfAllAttendees;
      RandomlyPickAWinnerFromAttendees;
      AskWinnerToSelectPrizeFromAvailablePrizes;
      while WaitingForPrizeSelection do
      begin
        if WinnerTakingTooLong then StirWinner;
      end;
      if WinnerTookFarTooLong then AllocateRandomPrize;
      NoteSelectedPrize;
      RemoveSelectedPrizeFromAvailablePrizes;
      RemoveWinnerFromAttendees;
    end;
  end; 

Draw rules:

• Only attendees who have registered and paid before the symposium date are eligible for the prize draw.
• The organisers will make their best efforts to conduct the prize draw in an unbiased and fair manner, and inform all winners of their prize, however no responsibility is taken.
• Attendees are encouraged to remain for the duration of the prize draw to ensure their claim on any prizes.
• Attendees un-avoidably unable to remain for the prize draw (e.g. due to flight times) may arrange a proxy:
  • Proxies voters must be arranged prior to the commencement of the prize draw.
  • A proxy may either be the ADUG President, or another attendee.
  • Proxies provided to the President must be in writing and consist of no more than three prize selections.
  • Non-president proxies must be disclosed to the President before the prize draw.
  • If none of the prizes nominated in the proxy are available a random prize will be selected.

Prizes notes:

• The prizes from each vendor will be divided between the two venues proportionate with the number of attendees. Therefore not all prizes may be available at both venues.
• Pricing is approximate and has been adjusted for international exchange rates.
  (1.00 AUD = 0.76 USD, 1.00 AUD = 0.64 EUR)
  see relevant product website for more details
• AUD$ pricing excludes GST
• Prizes are provided at the discretion of the sponsor.
  ADUG will not be liable for any discrepancies between the prize description here and the prize provided by the sponsor.

For your convenience in selecting your preferred prize before the prize draw, below are links to venue specific prize lists in both Excel spreadsheet and pdf formats. Most prizes are available at both venues, though not all in the same quantity. For the smooth flowing of the prize draw – especially important for those with flights to catch – it is strongly recommended that you have your prize selection ready before the prize draw – dawdlers will be subject to being RPAB’ed (Random Prize Allocation Button)

Good luck!

Terms and Conditions

ADUG is a not for profit voluntary organisation run for the benefit of its members and to promote Delphi.
While the members of the organisation will always strive to fulfil the published details of their events they reserve the right to change details such as venue, content and presenters if necessary.
Refunds will not be provided for cancellations and overpayments.

To qualify for member pricing you must be a financial member at the time of registration and your membership application date must be prior to <TO BE DETERMINED>. If your membership lapsed recently you can renew it. You can check your renewal date by going to the members services login. If you have forgotten your password you can request a new one provided the email address we hold is current. If not you will need to contact the secretary with a new email address.

When you log in your membership status is indicated.

If you have lapsed recently we offer you a catch up option to maintain your discount. When your membership is overdue you will need to complete your renewal before your can register for the event. Credit card payment offers the most rapid completion.