Evening activities

This evening we have a packed schedule, including:

• Microsoft Silverlight presentation, followed by
• Evening reception, kindly sponsored by the BBC
• 20:20 Lightning Talks—a fast-paced, fun and intense session of mini-presentations

See you there!

Welcome to Dublin and XTech 2008.

General information

A wireless network is available. Guests of the Radisson can use their room number to log in, others should visit the Registration Desk to get access details. Please be a good network neighbour, and avoid downloading large files or other network-hungry activity.

Schedule alterations

Unfortunately Blaine Cook has been unable to make it to present Building the Real-Time Web but a panel of his colleagues, chaired by programme committee member Matt Biddulph, will be replacing him.

The session “Web 2.0 – the Enterprise Mashup” (4pm, Goldsmiths 2) has unfortunately been cancelled.

In just a few days’ time XTech 2008 will be underway in Dublin.

If you’ve not registered online, don’t worry, as you can register on-site at the conference itself.

XTech 2008 kicks off with tutorial day, featuring expert instructors on XML and Web 2.0 topics.

Then on Wednesday keynote speakers Simon Wardley and David Recordon will open up the conference proper, followed by two and a half days of parallel conference sessions.

On Wednesday night there’ll be a reception hosted by sponsor Just Systems, and on Thursday night the BBC are sponsoring a reception, to be followed by the fast, entertaining and informative Lightning Talks.

Finally, on Friday XTech will be brought to a close by the wry observations and wit of Sean McGrath, with his presentation Orangutans, Oxen and Ogham stones. Mulling the movable Web.

See you in Dublin!