Keynote: The Long Arm of the Web

Join Mike Downey, Principal Evangelist at Adobe, for a look at web outside the browser -- covering a range of platform technologies including Adobe AIR, Flex, and Flash. Downey will walk the audience through overviews of these technologies as well as examples of their use in real-world applications. You'll also see sneaks of unreleased new technologies currently in development including the "Thermo" project and the next release of Flash Professional.

  • Difficulty: General
  • Prerequisites: None.
  • Session Track: AIR,Flex,Safe for Managers,RIA,CSS

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...