I had the good fortune to be able to attend the inaugural Iowa Code Camp earlier this year and I am excited to  report the good folks from the Iowa .NET and Cedar Rapids INETA user groups have banded together once again to bring the developers of Iowa an amazing, community-driven conference-style experience.

This year the event moves from Cedar Rapids (where I used to live in the mid-1990s when I consulted at MCI) to Des Moines (where I lived, fresh out of college, when I worked for the Principle Financial Group). And if the success from the first event is any indication, this event will surely be a treat, featuring 20 sessions with some of the area's best presenters. Topic span enterprise themes like SharePoint and continuous integration to fun topics like XNA and high performance computing.

Although I won't be able to make it (too many trips this October), I assure you the event this past spring was amazing. I have no doubt this event will be just as amazing. And since they don't charge, you should definitely go and check it out.

Event Details

• Saturday, November 8, 2008, 8:00am to 5:00pm
• No cost for attendees
• DMACC West, West Des Moines, IA