
Vergent Software News

Guided Design is hosting the .NET Architecture Summit at Microsoft March 3-5. Chris Kinsman, Fernando G. Guerrero, Juval Lowy, and Keith Pleas are the main presenters with keynotes by Adam Denning and Mark Anders. This summit is targeted at senior developers, designers, and solution architects who need to learn how to integrate architectural design patterns and procedures with the technology provided by the Microsoft .NET platform. Register here.

Chris Kinsman has been named a Microsoft Regional Director for the PacWest region. He is honored by the opportunity to join this illustrious group of individuals. Thanks!
Chris Kinsman will be speaking at the C# User Group of Greater Boston on 4/1/2003.
Chris Kinsman will be speaking at the Vermont Dot Net Users Group on 3/10/2003
Chris Kinsman will be speaking at the Bay.NET Users Group on 2/12/2003. Topic: Windows Forms vs. Web Forms: Why choose?

I will be doing a local event for developers considering the move to Visual Studio.NET in Seattle 12/4 and Portland 12/11 with Chris Sells, Scott Hanselman, Bill Vaughn and Jim Blizzard. The PDF file of the invite is here. If you haven't yet made the jump to Visual Studio.NET join us for a day of orientation!
Chris Kinsman will be speaking at the Jacksonville Developers User Group on 4/2/2003.
Chris Kinsman will be speaking at the New York City .NET Developers Group on 3/20/2003. Topic: Windows Forms vs. Web Forms: Why choose?
Chris Kinsman will be speaking at the Huntsville VS.NET Users Group on 1/14/2003.
Chris Kinsman will be speaking at the Seattle DotNetUsers.org on 12/4/2002. Topic: Windows Forms vs. Web Forms: Why choose?
Chris Kinsman will be speaking at the Vermont Dot Net Users Group on 10/7/2002. Topic: Windows Forms vs. Web Forms: Why choose?
Chris Kinsman has been chosen as the track chair for the ASP Live! conference in San Francisco, CA February 9-14, 2003.
Chris Kinsman has been chosen as the track chair for the ASP Live! conference in Orlando, FL September 14-19, 2002. He will be personally helping to choose sessions, evaluating content and striving to make this the best ASP.NET show this year.
New Web Site Up
Well we finally got a few free moments to put up a web presence. Check out the site and send any feedback to ckinsman@vergentsoftware.com.