There's a new application development discipline that focuses on increasing worker productivity by building new systems by composing them from current systems.  These "Composable Systems" are made possible by a combination of new integration technologies and standards.  In this session we'll look at the new Microsoft applications stack designed to allow developers to rapidly prototype, create and deploy this new breed of systems.  We'll do a technical deep dive on current and "near future" technologies like Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, InfoPath 2007 and Windows Workflow Foundation with an eye toward how the developer's world is impacted by the adoption of these new technologies and the new development paradigm.

Tim Landgrave has worked with Microsoft development technologies since 1987.  As an entrepreneur, evangelist, developer, architect, instructor and coach he has helped hundreds of companies and developers adopt and deploy systems based on the Microsoft platform.  In his current capacity as a Microsoft MVP for Systems Architecture he works with organizations who are designing their next generation "Composable Systems" based on technologies such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and Windows Workflow Foundation (a component of the .NET Framework 3.0).   In this role he collaborates with architects and senior developers to design and plan enterprise solutions implemented using the latest architectural principles. Tim has also served as a Regional Director for Microsoft since 1996, providing a third party view of Microsoft technologies as an evangelist, consultant and trainer for strategic development technologies.  He's a regular regional and national speaker at Microsoft events and a standing member of the .NET Partner Advisory Council and the Patterns and Practices advisory board for Microsoft.

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