Birds-of-a-Feather
We are pleased to announce the Birds-of-a Feather gatherings for MAX 2005; our thanks to all who suggested topics for these sessions.
Birds-of-a-Feather gatherings are hour-long informal discussions held in the evenings after the day's MAX sessions are over. These are designed to cover specific topics or subtopics in a more interactive, conversational manner than the formal conference sessions offered during the day.
- Monday, October 17th : 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Monday, October 17th : 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 18th : 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Monday, October 17th : 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Mobile 411
Here’s your chance to talk with members of the Macromedia mobile and devices team about anything related to technologies and devices. Bring your questions, sample content and ideas to share with others. You’ll also have a hands-on opportunity to try out Flash on a wide variety of handsets.
Moderator: Bill Perry, Mobile & Devices, Macromedia
Meet the ColdFusion Team
Earlier this year, the ColdFusion team delivered the most feature-rich ColdFusion ever, ColdFusion MX 7. But they did not stop there, and are already hard at work on the next major ColdFusion codenamed "Scorpio". This Birds-of-a-Feather is your chance to face the team yourself, tell them what you like and what you want improved, give them your opinions and ask them to share theirs. It is all fair game, and (judging by last year’s session) this room will fill up quickly.
Moderator: Tim Buntel, Senior Product Manager, Macromedia
Meet the Director Team
Come meet with members of both product management and engineering to discuss future opportunities with Macromedia Director and the Shockwave Player. The topics to be discussed will include the implications of the Flash 8 release on Director developers along with ideas for the product going forward. Come share your thoughts and ideas with both the product team and your fellow users.
Moderators: Tom Higgins, Product Manager, Macromedia and Dan Sadowski, Software Engineer, Macromedia
Meet the Flash 8 Team
Join your colleagues and the Flash Engineering and Product teams to discuss the latest release including features, enhancement requests, workflow suggestions and more.
Moderator: Mike Downey, Product Manager, Macromedia
Meet the Captivate Team
Find out for yourself how captivating the members of the Captivate team are. Meet the engineers and get a first hand look at some of the new features we are working on for the next version codenamed “Pipeline”. Bring questions, feature ideas, enhancement requests, workflow suggestions, and your own samples of your work to share with the team and fellow Captivate authors.
Moderator: Silke Fleisher, Product Manager, Macromedia
Monday, October 17th : 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
ColdFusion Java Integration War Stories
ColdFusion runs on top of Java, and allows for the creation of hybrid ColdFusion + Java application development. From inline Java to JSP tags to Java object invocation and more, leveraging Java allows you to take your ColdFusion applications to the next level. But what works, and what doesn't? What are the performance benefits and implications? Where does Java makes sense, and where does it not? This is your chance to share your experiences, and learn from the experiences of your fellow CFers.
Moderator: Sean Corfield, Applications Engineer, Macromedia
Flash Video Revolution
The Flash Video Revolution is approaching us. In high-level fashion we will discuss how new companies are looking at non-linear and dynamic advertising models and how the next generation TV companies are crossing the digital divide with “Internet TV” and “TV 2.0”. Bring your thinking caps because we also plan on discussing delivery best practices, the new Flash Video codec (methods of encoding and delivery), as well as an informal discussion on what next generation video experiences are on the horizon.
Moderator: Chris Hock, Product Manager, Macromedia
The Power of a Great User Experience
User experiences that are designed well not only look great, but they work great too. Join members of the Macromedia Experience Design team (XD) in an informal session to share ideas and advances in the field of user experience design. XD members will show and discuss some of their work, and participants will have the opportunity to share theirs as well.
Moderator: Josh Ulm, Principal Designer, Macromedia
Communicate with the Breeze Team
Join members of the Breeze team to discuss the features and future of Breeze and the future of communication and collaboration. Meet the engineers and product managers and ask your questions about the next generation Breeze. Come tell us what you want! Some topics to be discussed will include the implications of the Flash 8 release, video, VoIP, telephony, and more.
Moderator: Peter Ryce, Product Evangelist, Macromedia
Meet the Dreamweaver 8 Team
Join your colleagues and the Dreamweaver Engineering and Product teams to discuss the latest release including features, enhancement requests, workflow suggestions and more.
Moderator: Jen Taylor, Product Manager, Macromedia
Tuesday, October 18th : 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Meet the Zorn Team
Join members of the Zorn and Flex teams at this Birds-of-a-Feather session. Meet the engineers and get answers to your questions about the next generation of the Flex product line.
Moderator: David Wadhwani, Engineering, Macromedia
Large Contribute Deployments
The Macromedia Web Publishing System is a complete, scalable web content management solution that empowers you to collaborate, manage, and publish to websites within a centrally controlled, standards-based environment. Come meet people from other organizations that have deployed Contribute on a large scale, to share tips and best practices.
Moderators: Eric Lerner, Product Manager, Macromedia and Michael Hazard, University of Rochester Medical Center
Meet the Flash Media Server Team
Join us in the Flash Media Server Birds-of-a-Feather gathering where our tight-knit community will have an informal discussion on new features, functions and capabilities of the upcoming release of Flash Media Server 2. The founding father of the FMS engineering team, Pritham Shetty, and FMS Product Manager, Chris Hock, will be on hand to discuss new features as well as brainstorming use cases for each of them. We will also discuss what you would like to see in the next release of Flash Media Server.
Moderators: Chris Hock, Product Manager, Macromedia and Pritham Shetty, Engineering, Macromedia
Meet the Fireworks 8 Team
Join your colleagues and the Fireworks Engineering and Product teams to discuss the latest release including features, enhancement requests, workflow suggestions and more.
Moderator: Maureen Keating, Product Manager, Macromedia
CFC = Come for Chat
ColdFusion Components are the fundamental building blocks of well designed ColdFusion applications, and this is your chance to chat with fellow developers about how (and why) they use CFCs. Whether you are a CFCexpert or have yet to write your first component, drop by to share, learn, and chat.
Moderator: Raymond Camden, Director of Development, Mindseye, Inc.
