Keynote: Flash Bang, Apollo

Blast off with Mike Downey and Mike Chambers from the Adobe Apollo Team. Get the latest on the ubiquitous Flash Platform. And find out why the cutting edge Apollo runtime has people excited about next generation web *and* desktop applications.

  • Difficulty: General
  • Prerequisites:
  • Session Track: AIR

Speakers

Mike Downey (Seattle, USA)

Mike Downey is Director of Platform Evangelism at Microsoft where he focuses on platform adoption of Microsoft Silverlight and related technologies. With a long history in developing software for web and mobile application development and rich media delivery, Mike has amassed a great deal of experience with gathering and prioritizing feature requirements, tailoring product messaging for target audiences, building and delivering exceptional product presentations that engage audiences and drive sales, creating innovative new ways to maximize revenue – particularly with mature product lines, and working with engineering teams to better understand their customers.  More...

Mike Chambers (San Francisco, USA)

Mike Chambers has been creating applications integrating Macromedia Flash with server side technologies (ColdFusion, Java, ASP, and PHP) for a number of years. He is currently the Product Manager for Developer Relations for the Flash Platform. More...