Mike Downey (San Francisco, USA)

Mike Downey is Principal Product Manager at Adobe Systems leading a team focused on promoting Adobe's platform technologies including Flash, Flex, and Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) (formerly codenamed "Apollo"). Mike joined the AIR team as Senior Product Manager in December of 2006 before moving to his current role.

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. More...

Speaker Roundtable

Its a Jerry Springer style round table of industry pundits and audience participation. Bring your questions 'cos here's your chance to get those burning issues off your chest. More...

AIR: Visualizing the Possibilities of a New Platform

Count down the top Adobe AIR applications with this survey of the coolest apps launched to date. What is the most famous? The best-designed? The wackiest? Come to this session to find out. More...

Speaker Details

Prior to joining the AIR team Mike spent four years as Senior Product Manager for Flash. Since joining Macromedia in 2000, which merged with Adobe Systems in December of 2005, Mike has been a prominent figure in the Flash community and has been a featured speaker at conferences throughout the world. With a passion for web technologies, working with customers to understand their technology and business challenges, and building great software, Mike aims to work with his talented team and user community to make software that can change the world.