2008-08-19

SIM Chicago Special Summer Event
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Microsoft, A SIM Sponsor will demonstrate Microsoft Silverlight and the next generation web applications.  The showcase application will be the site that is delivering the 2008 games from Beijing.

Our facilitaor willbe Larry Clarkin, Microsoft Architect and Evangelist. 

NBC's decision to stream the 2008 Games live using Silverlight will create conversation around internet technology solutions.  If your CEO isn't already asking about adding streaming to your corporate website, he/she probably will after the hype around it intensifies in August.  Be ready with all the inside information.

Microsoft Offices
77 West Wacker Drive
Suite 2300
Chicago

August 19, 2008
8:30 AM – 12 noon
Continental Breakfast

Space is limited.  No walk-ins.  Members only.  Guests will be wait listed and admitted if space is available.  Fees are $15 for SIM Chicago members and $25 for guests.  Register now at sim-chicago.org or contact Cindy Wiertel at simchicago@ameritech.net or 312 372 6540.

LARRY CLARKIN BIO
Larry Clarkin is an Architect Evangelist for Microsoft's Developer and Platform Evangelism group, covering the states of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.  He joined Microsoft in early 2007, bringing with him 15+years of experience in both application development and architecture.  He has worked in a variety of industries, including telecommunications, manufacturing, distribution, insurance, and financial services.  Larry has a passion for technology and how it can be applied to solve business and social issues.  Larry is very community-focused and is a frequent participant and presenter at Microsoft and non-Microsoft user groups.  Larry is also a co-host of the technology podcast The Thirsty Developer.

DAVE BOST BIO
Dave Bost is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft and co-host of the Thirsty Developer Podcast.  Dave has been a software Developer and Solution Architect for over 15-years.  Prior to joining Microsoft, Dave cut his technical teeth working with many Fortune-500 companies as a technical mentor and consultant.  Dave started his technical passion back in the days of the Commodore-64 when he wrote his first assembly-language program that produced a hot-air balloon to sail across his Commodore 1701 Video Monitor.  From there, he was hooked.  This led to a Computer Science degree at Northern Illinois University, where he soon started his professional career in the Unix/C world and a short time later, starting his Microsoft developer career.  For the past decade, Dave has spent most of his time building web-based applications for hte Microsoft platform.  As a technologist, Dave doesn't spend all his time in the Microsoft world as he likes to spend his time dabbling with the latest technologies, tools and movements coming out of the software industry.