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Stay on top of the latest technology, learn from case studies and best practices, improve your productivity with new tips and techniques and hear from customers who have successfully moved their applications and companies forward with Progress and OpenEdge.

If you're developing, updating or maintaining cutting edge applications or services, Progress Exchange 2008 is the place for you!

Below find session topics that are designed for the OpenEge Developer, customer case studies that lend a real-life spin, featured speakers and workshops you won't want to miss.

Dedicated Track:

Over 40 sessions fill the DEV: Designing and Building the Best Business Applications track dedicated to issues and topics that appeal to the OpenEdge Software Developer. We'll focus on products, tools, processes and industry best practices that can help you improve the design and quality of your OpenEdge applications. This track is for managers, architects, developers and testers who are interested in architecting and building quality applications.

Technical Session Topics:

User Interface Technologies	DEV-6: Introduction to the OpenEdge Advanced GUI DEV-29: A Deep Dive into Developing with the Advanced GUI DEV-20: Sex and Sizzle—Developing with .NET and OpenEdge 10 DEV-40: Using SmartDataObjects with the Advanced GUI DEV-9: Web 2.0 Distributed AJAX Applications—Combining Progress OERA and Open Laszlo DEV-23: Ajax, Dojo and the OERA—Making Connections
Object-Oriented Programming	DEV-12: What's New in the Object-Oriented ABL? DEV-41: The Power of Polymorphism
Business Intelligence and Reporting	DEV-33: Get to Know Your Data—Open Source Data Integration, Bl and More DEV-30: Integrating Business Objects and Your OpenEdge Application DEV-27: Making Business Intelligence Search as Easy as Web Search
OpenEdge Architect	DEV-2: Making OpenEdge Architect Work for You DEV-10: Integrating OpenEdge Architect into Your Development Environment DEV-21: Embracing OpenEdge Architect DEV-34: Writing Your Own Plug-ins for OpenEdge Architect—A Developer’s Experience DEV-25: You've Got a Problem, Here’s How to Find It DEV-13: Developer Productivity with the Roundtable Plug-in for OpenEdge Architect
ABL	DEV-8: Structured Error Handling in the ABL DEV-24: What’s New with ProDataSets in 10.1C DEV-31: Tips and Tricks for Designing Your ABL Application for Performance SOA-26: Extending Your Application with OpenEdge Web Services
Middleware	DEV-15: AppServer Mode Case Studies SOA-38: OpenEdge Middleware Roadmap and Info Exchange SOA-40: Getting Rejected on the Bus—How OpenEdge Developers Deal with Failure

Customer Studies:

Network and share the latest insight on how our partners and customers use Progress technologies. You won't want to miss the following real-life user stories:

• How SuperCorp integrated OpenEdge Architect into their development environment.
• How VCD is transforming their ERP application with OpenEdge 10.
• How proALPHA is extending OpenEdge Architect with their own plug-ins and how they translated their application into Chinese language.
• Lessons learned from SaaS application development projects.
• How Keystone Systems is using AJAX, Dojo and the OERA within their application.

Featured Speakers:

Join OpenEdge pundits and experts discuss important topics:

• Salvador Vinals on SaaS
  Strategist–OpenEdge, Progress Software
• Ken Wilner on Web 2.0
  Vice President of Technology, Progress Software
• Shelley Chase on the new Advanced GUI
  Architect–OpenEdge, Progress Software
• John Sadd on architecting applications with OpenEdge 10
  Fellow, Progress Software
• Sunil Belgoankar on OpenEdge Architect
  Principal Software Engineer–OpenEdge, Progress Software

Pre-Conference Workshops:

The Developing with OpenEdge Architect workshop is designed for people who have just started using OpenEdge Architect or are still evaluating it as they upgrade to OpenEdge 10. Learn options on how to load your application(s) into the IDE and the key features and functionality for building and maintaining them with greater productivity.

A Taste of the Advanced GUI workshop will provide you with an introduction and overview of the new OpenEdge Advanced GUI delivered as part of the upcoming OpenEdge 10.2A release. After a brief overview of the technology and capabilities, you will get hands-on experience using the powerful new Visual Designer from within OpenEdge Architect to build feature rich forms. By the end of this workshop you'll have a good understanding of the value and capabilities of the Advanced GUI and how to get started using it for your own applications.