Windows Live makes it easy for developers to extend and customize applications through open service APIs, straightforward licensing, and permissive terms of use that can run on multiple platforms, browsers and languages. In this session you will be able to discuss Microsoft’s strategy for Windows Live with Farhan Thawar, a product manager for the Canadian Windows Live Team!

You will also get a preview of the current Windows Live services, like Gadgets, Live Search and Virtual Earth, along with exciting demos of technologies that you can incorporate in your applications today!

Prizes For This Event

1 - MIcosoft Visual Studio Tools for the Micosoft Office System

1 - Infragistics NetAdvantage 2006 Volume 1

1 - Infragistics NetAdvantage 2005 Volume 1

5 - Introducing Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System

1 - Security for Microsoft Visual Basic .NET

1 - Microsoft .NET Development for Micosoft Office

1 - Micosoft Flight Simulator 2004

Assorted t-shirts

Location and Agenda

Time	Location	Title
6:00 - 7:00	1011	Socialize and refreshments
7:00 - 9:00	1011	Presentation

 

Speaker Biography

Farhan Thawar, Product Manager for Windows Live

 

Farhan is currently the Product Manager for Windows Live in Canada. In 1998, he graduated with a degree in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo. Following entrepreneurial spirits, Farhan moved south to Austin, Texas to work with Trilogy Software, noted for its all-star teams and its extreme management philosophies. He juggled various roles there from technical pre-sales and consulting, to leading a development team at an infamous dot-com company.  Recently Farhan was infatuated with solution design at Celestica Inc. as a software architect, but then moved to managing the MSN Canada platform at Microsoft.  Currently he manages Windows Live products like Live.com, Live Local and Live Search at Microsoft.

 

Jean-Luc David holds the role of Developer Advisor at Microsoft Canada. Prior to joining Microsoft, we was a consultant for Stormpixel Solutions, specializing in Web and Application development on the Windows platform. Jean-Luc has written many books on WROX Press including Professional Javascript 2nd Edition, Professional WinFX Beta, Professional Visual Studio 2005 Team System, Professional Team Foundation Server, among others. Jean-Luc has the unique distinction of being the first Canadian to receive the Microsoft .NET MVP Award.