Agenda   

2:00pm – 2:10pm

MIND Introduction, by Chua Wen Ching

2:10pm – 2:55pm         

Rules to Successful Projects, by Adam Cogan

2:55pm – 3:00pm

Break

3:00pm – 3.45pm

Rules to Better Windows Forms, by Adam Cogan

3:45pm – 3:50pm

Break

3:50pm – 4:35pm

Customising and Extending Team Foundation Server, by Adam Cogan

4:35pm – 5:05pm

Tea Break

5:05pm – 5:50pm            

Best Practices for Reporting Services, by Adam Cogan

5:50pm – 6:00pm

The End

Adam Cogan is the Chief Architect at SSW, a Microsoft Certified Partner specializing in Office and .NET Solutions. At SSW, Adam has been developing custom solutions for businesses across a range of industries such as Government, banking, insurance and manufacturing since 1990 for clients such as Microsoft, Quicken, and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation.

Adam was one of the lead developers behind Australia's first live .NET site - using a version that was pre Beta 1! One of his latest projects was the Smart Tag implementation for Quicken Australia. Adam was also responsible for developing Reporting Services and Exchange Server samples for Microsoft that turned into a hugely popular Exchange Reporting Tool. Adam develops in Microsoft technologies; his favorites being SQL Server 2005, Reporting Services, OLAP, Winforms and Webforms (using Visual Studio .NET 2005 with both VB.NET and C#), Access 2007, Outlook 2007/Exchange Server 2007.

Adam is one of only three Microsoft Regional Directors in Australia . In this role, he regularly presents in conferences such as TechEd (USA, Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia). A couple of times a year, he visits Microsoft headquarters in Seattle to learn the latest on Microsoft strategic directions and to undertake training in development technologies.