Two of the folks on my team, Jeff Brand and Mike Benkovich, are planning a small series of events in our North Central geography (see the Glossary of Terms). The event will be called "Building Rich Internet Applications with Silverlight and WCF RIA Services".

What?
These events will run from 8:30am until 12:30pm, a solid half day where they will walk developers through the creation of business-focused applications leveraging the power of Silverlight and WCF RIA Services. Using both Visual Studio and Expression Blend, Jeff and Mike will show attendees how applications can be quickly built that are cross-platform and cross-browser. Some of the topics they will cover include rich UI design, creating open web services, client and server validation, rapid prototyping, data binding, and more.

Where and When?
The first event is in Omaha, NE (two events in three months; YES!) on Thursday, January 29, 2010 (can you believe it is 2010 already???) starting at 8:30am.

Sogeti USA
14301 FNB Parkway, Suite 206
Omaha, NE 68154
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The second event is in Minneapolis, MN on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 (yup, still 2010) also starting at 8:30am.

Microsoft Corporation
8300 Norman Center Drive, Suite 950
Bloomington, MN 55437
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Why?
Because it's new tech and Jeff and Mike are excellent presenters.