#VSLIVE25

Celebrate Yesterday's Technology As We Prepare You for the Future!

October 7-11, 2018
Hilton Resort

Code Again for the First Time

For the FIRST TIME EVER in our 25 year history, Visual Studio Live! is heading to sunny San Diego, CA for up to 5 days of practical, unbiased, Developer training, including NEW intense hands-on labs. Join us as we dig into the latest features of Visual Studio 2017, ASP.NET Core, Angular, Xamarin, UWP and more. Code with industry experts, get practical answers to your current challenges, and immerse yourself in the Microsoft platform. Plus, help us celebrate 25 years of coding innovation as we take a fun look back at technology and training since 1993. Come experience the education, knowledge-share and networking at #VSLive25.

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Who Should Attend and Why

We've been around since 1993. What's our secret? YOU! Since our first conference (VBITS/VSLive!/Visual Studio Live!) in 1993, tens of thousands of developers, software architects, programmers, engineers, designers and more have trusted us year-in-and-year-out for unbiased and cutting-edge education on the Microsoft Platform.

  • I return to Visual Studio Live! year after year (this is my third!) to see not only what bleeding edge technologies are being introduced, but to also see which technologies are fading; this helps me steer my organization in the right direction for our development needs. So many ideas gleaned from VSLive!, from Web APIs talking to SPA clients, to .NET Core, have helped me greatly!” — John Kasarda, Accuquote

  • Not only is the VSLive! content as good or better than other conferences, but it occurs multiple times a year in multiple locations so I am able to schedule it around my work and personal schedules. Being able to spend a few days focusing on many of the new frameworks and patterns gives me the ability to decide what to research further and to set aside.” — Jude Yakamavage, Lehigh County Government Center

  • I have been looking forward to attending the event for some years and I was finally able to come. I need to help keep my company current and secure. I am advocating for more test-driven dev and using more async as a resulting of attending the conference!” — Yessenia Figueroa, 1-800-Contacts

  • Last year, I got so much out of the SOLID principle sessions – it gave me great perspective on the subject. This year, I loved the HoloLens introduction. I work for an aerospace company, and I can see that the technology will be utilized for assembly, 3D design, 3D inspection and many other applications in the near future!” — Mani Nazari, IT Factory Automation Systems

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Agenda-at-a-Glance

  • Sunday

    October 7, 2018

    • Pre-Conference Full Day Hands-On Labs

      8:00 am   12:00 pm

    • Lunch

      12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

    • Pre-Conference Hands-On Labs Continue

      1:00 pm   5:00 pm

  • Monday

    October 8, 2018

    • Pre-Conference Workshops

      9:00 am   1:00 pm

    • Lunch

      1:00 pm   2:00 pm

    • Pre-Conference Workshops Continue

      2:00 pm   6:00 pm

    • Dine-A-Round Dinner

      7:00 pm   9:00 pm

  • Tuesday

    October 9, 2018

    • Breakout Sessions

      8:00 am – 9:15 am

    • Breakout Sessions

      9:30 am – 10:45 am

    • Keynote

      11:00 am – 12:00 pm

    • Lunch

      12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

    • Breakout Sessions

      1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

    • Breakout Sessions

      3:00 pm   4:15 pm

    • Welcome Reception

      4:15 pm   5:30 pm

  • Wednesday

    October 10, 2018

    • Breakout Sessions

      8:00 am – 9:15 am

    • Breakout Sessions

      9:30 am – 10:45 am

    • General Session

      11:00 am – 12:00 pm

    • Birds of a Feather Lunch

      12:00 pm   1:30 pm

    • Breakout Sessions

      1:30 pm   2:45 pm

    • Breakout Sessions

      3:00 pm   4:15 pm

    • Breakout Sessions

      4:30 pm   5:45 pm

    • Evening Event

      7:00 pm   9:00 pm

  • Thursday

    October 11, 2018

    • Breakout Sessions

      8:00 am   9:15 am

    • Breakout Sessions

      9:30 am   10:45 am

    • Breakout Sessions

      11:00 am   12:15 pm

    • Lunch

      12:15 pm   1:15 pm

    • Breakout Sessions

      1:15 pm   2:30 pm

    • Breakout Sessions

      2:45 pm   4:00 pm

Event Sponsors

Event Partners

  • Event Partner
    Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. Microsoft offers a wide range of innovative products and services designed to help individuals and organizations realize their full potential.

Gold Sponsors

  • Gold Sponsor
    For 12 years, Amazon Web Services has been among the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platforms. AWS offers over 100 fully featured services for compute, storage, networking, database, analytics, application services, deployment, management, developer, mobile, the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), security, hybrid, and enterprise applications, from 54 Availability Zones (AZs) across 18 geographic regions in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. AWS services are trusted by millions of active customers around the world – including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies – to power their infrastructure, make them more agile, and lower costs. https://aws.amazon.com/ https://www.aws.amaxon.com.

  • Gold Sponsor
    Sentry is an open-source workflow productivity platform for .NET and C# apps, aggregating errors across the stack in real time. For the first time, developers can fix issues at every stage of the application lifecycle, before users even encounter a bug. Sentry adds context to stack traces, tied to your commit data, so the right person always knows how to correct the biggest problem. With Sentry, product teams cut time to resolution from hours to minutes. https://sentry.io/welcome.

Exhibitors

  • converge360.com/pages/research

    Exhibitor
    Introducing Redmond Intelligence! New this month from Converge360, the company that brings you Visual Studio Live!, is Redmond Intelligence. Redmond Intelligence offers premium research on critical issues that will help you do your job. Our Research Reports and Best Practice Reports are conducted by authoritative experts you trust. We focus on the Microsoft stack, covering important questions about feature and product roadmaps, platform decisions and the third-party ecosystem. Plus, book consulting sessions with our network of Microsoft experts, including select Visual Studio Live! speakers, in person at our conferences, or by phone. Learn more about Redmond Intelligence at https://www.converge360.com/pages/research .