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Webmaniacs 2008 Schedule

Note that you can register for either CFManiacs (M/T), FlexManiacs (W-F), or both conferences together!

Note: Sessions are subject to change without notice

CFManiacs Day 1
CFManiacs Day 2
FlexManiacs Day 1
FlexManiacs Day 2
FlexManiacs Day 3

Time	Lecture 1		Lecture 2		Lecture 3		Lecture 4		Hands-On Lab 1		Hands-On Lab 2		Hands-On Lab 3		Hands-On Lab 4
7:15 -- 7:55	Registration
8:00 -- 8:50	Keynote Ben Forta Senior Technical Evangelist Adobe Systems
09:00 -- 09:50		What's New in ColdFusion 8 - Part One (Lehman)		No Session (TBD)		Google Search Appliance Customization with CF (Burns)		Using CF to Develop AIR Applications (Free)		Developing AJAX Applications with ColdFusion 8 (Gallerizzo) Seats left: 1		Creating and Manipulating PDF Files in Coldfusion (Drucker) Seats left: 0		Improving Performance, Scalability, and Robustness (Segal) Seats left: 5		Full-Text Searching with ColdFusion and Google (Watts) Seats left: 0
10:00 -- 10:50		What's New in ColdFusion 8 - Part Two (Lehman)		Using Apache Derby - The built-in CF8 Database (Stroz)		Framework: RAD Object Oriented CF Development (Bell)		Massimo's Custom Tag Extravaganza! (Sorrentino)
11:00 -- 11:50		Introduction to Adobe AIR (Lehman)		The Power of MySQL (Demirkap?) Seats left: 7		Search Engine Optimization (Drucker)		Deploying CF in a Cluster and J2EE (van Dieten)		Case Study: United Way (CF and Flex) - LECTURE (Hughes) Seats left: 3		No Session (TBD) Seats left: 0		Framework: FarCry Overview (Coughlin) Seats left: 3		No Session (TBD) Seats left: 12
12:00 -- 1:00.	Lunch
01:00 -- 01:50		Web application hacking for web developers (Saxe)		Developing Applications for Mobile Devices (Chavez)		Framework: Fundamentals of Mach II (Powell)		SQL Server Tricks and Techniques (Kruger)		My First AIR + CF Application (Tapper) Seats left: 2		Developing with Eclipse and CF Extensions (Arehart) Seats left: 8		Intro to coding in Flex 3 with ColdFusion 8 (Perry) Seats left: 0		Working with Microsoft Office Documents (Drucker) Seats left: 1
02:00 -- 02:50		Working with Exchange (Stroz)		Framework: ColdBox Overview (Lloyd)		Framework: Fundamentals of ColdSpring (Woodward)		Improving Performance, Scalability, and Robustness (Brunt)		My First AIR + CF Application (Tapper) Seats left: 2
03:00 -- 03:50		Document Driven Applications w CF and PDF (Adams)		Open Source Content Management with FarCry (Coughlin)		Framework: FuseBox Overview (Tangorre)		ORACLE Tricks and Techniques (Hannum)		Introduction to XML (Free) Seats left: 15		Building ColdFusion Components (Sorrentino) Seats left: 8		Creating and Working with PDF Forms in ColdFusion (Segal) Seats left: 3		Intro to coding in Flex 3 with ColdFusion 8 (Perry) Seats left: 0
04:00 -- 04:50		Manipulating Images in ColdFusion 8 (Camden)		Creating and Working with PDF Forms in ColdFusion (Watts) Seats left: 8		Framework: Intro to Model-Glue 3 (Gesture) (Rinehart)		My First AIR + CF Application (Drucker)		Introduction to XML (Free) Seats left: 15		Building ColdFusion Components (Sorrentino) Seats left: 8

Time	Lecture 1		Lecture 2		Lecture 3		Lecture 4		Hands-On Lab 1		Hands-On Lab 2		Hands-On Lab 3		Hands-On Lab 4
8:15 -- 8:55	Registration
09:00 -- 09:50		Developing AJAX Applications with ColdFusion 8 (Lehman)		Content Mgmt on a budget with CF and Contribute (Drucker)		Using the Yahoo! UI Library (Rittler)		N-tier ColdFusion scalability (van Dieten)		My First AIR + CF Application (Tapper) Seats left: 7		Creating Google Mashups with ColdFusion (Chavez) Seats left: 4		Consuming and Creating RSS Feeds (Rushin Jr.) Seats left: 8		Manipulating Images in ColdFusion 8 (Camden) Seats left: 4
10:00 -- 10:50		ColdFusion Performance Monitoring and Alerts (Lehman)		Ten Tips for Managing a successful CF project (Roundtable) Seats left: 7		Introduction to Adobe Spry (Drucker)		Working with Microsoft Office Documents (Jaiman)		My First AIR + CF Application (Tapper) Seats left: 7				Consuming and Creating RSS Feeds (Rushin Jr.) Seats left: 8		Manipulating Images in ColdFusion 8 (Camden) Seats left: 4
11:00 -- 11:50		Building / Deploying Secure CF Applications (Watts)		Integrating with Salesforce.com (Rittler)		Framework: FuseBox Integration with ColdSpring (Demirkap?)		Advanced Charting and Graphs with ColdFusion (Burns)		AIR and SQLite (Ryan) Seats left: 0		Search Engine Optimization (Drucker) Seats left: 4		Using CF + LiveCycle Data Services (Perry) Seats left: 5		No Session (TBD) Seats left: 0
12:00 -- 1:00.	Lunch
01:00 -- 01:50		Using .NET in your CF Applications (Adams)		Implementing Test Driven Development with MXUnit (Esher)		Secure and Accessible AJAX (Daugherty)		Data Visualization and Simulation with ColdFusion (Drucker)		Intro to coding in Flex 3 with ColdFusion 8 (Perry) Seats left: -1		Introduction to XML (Free) Seats left: 6		Building ColdFusion Components (Sorrentino) Seats left: 3		Developing with Eclipse and CF Extensions (Arehart) Seats left: 0
02:00 -- 02:50		Integrating CF with Microsoft Sharepoint (Gallerizzo)		What you don't know about cryptography (Saxe)		Framework: Practical Code Generation (Bell)		Advanced Application and Server Troubleshooting (Friedman)				Introduction to XML (Free) Seats left: 6		Building ColdFusion Components (Sorrentino) Seats left: 3
03:00 -- 03:50		Using LiveCycle DS and BlazeDS with ColdFusion (Woodward)		Section 508 Accessibility (Zozom) Seats left: 6		Framework: Advanced Model-Glue (Hughes)		Integrating SMS and Instant Messaging with CF (Drucker)		Developing AJAX Applications with ColdFusion 8 (Gallerizzo) Seats left: -1		Server Configuration, Monitoring, and Troubleshoot (Watts) Seats left: 4		Implementing Test Driven Development with MXUnit (Shelton) Seats left: 7		Creating and Working with PDF Forms in ColdFusion (Segal) Seats left: 0
04:00 -- 04:50		Leveraging Yahoo API's (Camden)		Code Reuse - The Evils of Copy and Paste (Daugherty)		Framework: Transfer ORM Overview (Allen)		Using and Extending the CF 8 AJAX Framework (Blades)

Time	Lecture 1		Lecture 2		Lecture 3		Lecture 4		Hands-On Lab 1		Hands-On Lab 2		Hands-On Lab 3		Hands-On Lab 4
7:15 -- 7:55	Registration
8:00 -- 8:50	Keynote Topic TBD Adobe Systems
09:00 -- 09:50		What's New with Flex 3 (Bareto)		No Session (TBD)		Flex w/ColdFusion (Nimer)		Advanced Skinning and Component Development (Flater)		Build your first Flex 3 Application! (Perry) Seats left: 0		Flex w/ColdFusion (Gallerizzo) Seats left: 0		Build your first Flex 3 Application! (Blackman) Seats left: 0		Introduction to AIR (Rusher) Seats left: 0
10:00 -- 10:50		What Blaze DS Means for you (Woodward)		SOA and BPM, a practical approach to automation (Nickull) Seats left: 0		Flex w/PHP (Jovel)		No Session (TBD)		Build your first Flex 3 Application! (Perry) Seats left: 0		Flex w/ColdFusion (Gallerizzo) Seats left: 0				Introduction to AIR (Rusher) Seats left: 0
11:00 -- 11:50		Coding Jigs - Work smarter, not harder (Hall)		Flex / Flash Player Memory Management (TBD) Seats left: 2		Web 2.0 patterns, models and architecture (Nickull)		Overview of Themes and CSS with Flex (Mason)		Flex w/Ruby on Rails (Hillerson) Seats left: 8		No Session (TBD) Seats left: 0		No Session (TBD) Seats left: 0		No Session (TBD) Seats left: 0
12:00 -- 1:00.	Lunch
01:00 -- 01:50		Super Light-Weight AS3 Applications (Rowny)		Adventures in Binding (Ela) Seats left: 0		Flex w/JAVA (Powell)		Tweens, Behaviors, View States, and Transitions (Natili)		Flex Debugging Techniques (Heider) Seats left: -1		Introduction to ECMAScript for XML (E4X) (Robson) Seats left: 10		Building Custom Components with Flex (Boles) Seats left: 0		Storing Data Locally with SQLLite (DeBonis) Seats left: 0
02:00 -- 02:50		Degrafa: Declarative Graphics Framework for Flex (Sanchez)		Working with ILOG Elixir (Marcon)		The Merapi Open Source Project (Flater)		Modular Development with Flex + LiveCycle ES (Wilson)		Flex Debugging Techniques (Heider) Seats left: -1				Building Custom Components with Flex (Boles) Seats left: 0		Storing Data Locally with SQLLite (DeBonis) Seats left: 0
03:00 -- 03:50		Creating 3D interfaces in Flex (Stucki)		History Management and the Back Button (Natili)		Using FlexUnit and Test Driven Development (DeBonis)		Building Custom Components for Flex with Flash CS3 (Jovel)		Actionscript and Object Orientation (Free) Seats left: -1		Flex w/JAVA (Wali) Seats left: 4		Tweens, Behaviors, View States, and Transitions (Rushin Jr.) Seats left: 5		Introduction to AIR (Perry) Seats left: 5
04:00 -- 04:50		Highly Coordinated Visualizations using Charting (Reynolds)		Flex Builder/Eclipse Secrets and Techniques (Munn) Seats left: 1		No Session (TBD)		Skinning with Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator (Hassoun)		Actionscript and Object Orientation (Free) Seats left: -1		Flex w/JAVA (Wali) Seats left: 4				Introduction to AIR (Perry) Seats left: 5

Time	Lecture 1		Lecture 2		Lecture 3		Lecture 4		Hands-On Lab 1		Hands-On Lab 2		Hands-On Lab 3		Hands-On Lab 4
7:15 -- 7:55	Registration
8:00 -- 8:50	Keynote Topic TBD Adobe Systems
09:00 -- 09:50		Design Patterns and Architecture Frameworks (Flater)		No Session (TBD) Seats left: 0		Using Custom Events (Woodward)		Introduction to AIR (Tapper)		Introduction to AIR (Perry) Seats left: 7		No Session (TBD) Seats left: 11		Building Custom Components with Flex (Boles) Seats left: 0		History Management and the Back Button (Rusher) Seats left: 4
10:00 -- 10:50		Introduction to Cairngorm (Ela)		Building Multi-Lingual Flex and AIR Apps (Demirkap?) Seats left: 1		Custom Formatter, Validator, and Effect Components (Natili)		Implementing AIR and Web Apps from a single trunk (Ewoldt)		Introduction to AIR (Perry) Seats left: 7		No Session (TBD) Seats left: 11		Building Custom Components with Flex (Boles) Seats left: 0
11:00 -- 11:50		Using Design Patterns and the PureMVC Framework (Brigaut)		Building Accessibile Applications with Flex 3 (Robson) Seats left: 0		Sorting, Filtering and Paginating Data in Flex (Dickamore)		Thermo Preview (Wilson)		Flex Open Source Projects (Flater) Seats left: 15		No Session (TBD) Seats left: 0		No Session (TBD) Seats left: 0		No Session (TBD) Seats left: 0
12:00 -- 1:00.	Lunch
01:00 -- 01:50		Using Mate, tag-based event-driven Flex framework (Arguello)		Flex and the scheduling framework (Heider)		Super Light-Weight AS3 Applications (Rowny)		AIR: A Bit About Bytes (Stucki)		Advanced Skinning and Component Development (Labriola) Seats left: -1		Understanding Flex Automation (Cheng) Seats left: 0		Storing Data Locally with SQLLite (DeBonis) Seats left: 5		Highly Coordinated Visualizations using Charting (Perry) Seats left: 0
02:00 -- 02:50		Securing your Flex Applications (Sen)		Using CVS and ANT (Matelli)		What's New with Flex 3 (Bareto)		Understanding AIR Security (Munn)				Understanding Flex Automation (Cheng) Seats left: 0		Storing Data Locally with SQLLite (DeBonis) Seats left: 5
03:00 -- 03:50		Making Large Applications Manageable with Modules (Robson)		Using FlexUnit and Test Driven Development (DeBonis) Seats left: 7		Working with ILOG Elixir (Marcon)		Architecting a Socket Application with Cairngorm (Ewoldt)		AIR Windows, Menus, and the SystemTray (Robertson) Seats left: 7		Flex Messaging and Data Mgmt (Blackman) Seats left: 0		Intro to Flash Media Server 3 (Perry) Seats left: 5		Custom Formatter, Validator, and Effect Components (Gantz) Seats left: 0
04:00 -- 04:50		Stress Testing your Flex Application (Spigelman)		Introducing Flex Templates (Mason) Seats left: 0		Flex Debugging Techniques (Heider)		Extreme Makeover: Flex/AIR Edition (Rusher)				Flex Messaging and Data Mgmt (Blackman) Seats left: 0		Intro to Flash Media Server 3 (Perry) Seats left: 5

Time	Lecture 1		Lecture 2		Lecture 3		Lecture 4		Hands-On Lab 1		Hands-On Lab 2		Hands-On Lab 3		Hands-On Lab 4
09:00 -- 09:50		Thermo Preview (Wilson)		Integrating CF with Microsoft Sharepoint (Gallerizzo) Seats left: 0		Design Patterns and Architecture Frameworks (Reynolds)		Introduction to Cairngorm (Ela)		Flex Messaging and Data Mgmt (Blackman) Seats left: 0		What Blaze DS Means for you (Perry) Seats left: 0		No Session (TBD) Seats left: 4		Using Custom Events (Rushin Jr.) Seats left: 0
10:00 -- 10:50		Introduction to AIR (Tapper)		Building Custom Components with Flex (Boles) Seats left: 0		Flex Builder/Eclipse Secrets and Techniques (Munn)		Introduction to ECMAScript for XML (E4X) (Robson)		Flex Messaging and Data Mgmt (Blackman) Seats left: 0		What Blaze DS Means for you (Perry) Seats left: 0		No Session (TBD) Seats left: 4		Using Custom Events (Rushin Jr.) Seats left: 0
11:00 -- 11:50		Client/server data access architecture patterns (Swaroop)		Advanced Skinning and Component Development (Natili) Seats left: -1		Using CVS and ANT (Matelli)		Flex w/ColdFusion (Nimer)		No Session (TBD) Seats left: 0		No Session (TBD) Seats left: 0		No Session (TBD) Seats left: 0		No Session (TBD) Seats left: 0
12:00 -- 1:00.	Lunch
01:00 -- 01:50		Flash CS3 on AIR (Jovel)		No Session (TBD)		Securing your Flex Applications (Sen)		Flex w/JAVA (Powell)		How to debug your Flex+AIR apps (Heider) Seats left: -2		Storing Data Locally with SQLLite (DeBonis) Seats left: 0		Tweens, Behaviors, View States, and Transitions (Rushin Jr.) Seats left: 0		Highly Coordinated Visualizations using Charting (Perry) Seats left: 0
02:00 -- 02:50		AIR Windows, Menus, and the SystemTray (Hassoun)		Coding Jigs - Work smarter, not harder (Hall) Seats left: 0		Stress Testing your Flex Application (Spigelman)		No Session (TBD)		How to debug your Flex+AIR apps (Heider) Seats left: -2		Storing Data Locally with SQLLite (DeBonis) Seats left: 0
03:00 -- 03:50		AIR: A Bit About Bytes (Stucki)		No Session (TBD)		Understanding Flex Automation (Cheng)		Using Custom Events (Woodward)		Introduction to ECMAScript for XML (E4X) (Robson) Seats left: 13		AIR Windows, Menus, and the SystemTray (Robertson) Seats left: 7		Sorting, Filtering and Paginating Data in Flex (Clausing) Seats left: 1		Flex and the Drawing API (Perry) Seats left: 0
04:00 -- 04:50		Extreme Makeover: Flex/AIR Edition (Rusher)		() Seats left: 0		Ten tips for managing successful Flex projects (Roundtable)		Working with Binary Data (Natili)								Flex and the Drawing API (Perry) Seats left: 0