REMIX / MIX Essentials is a series of Microsoft events happening all over the world focusing on some of the themes covered at MIX 2008 in Las Vegas in March, but with a local "spin" to it. Shane Morris, creative track owner, invited me to give a presentation at REMIX Australia, happening in Sydney May 20 and Melbourne May 22. The title and abstract for the session is as follow:

New possibilities with Microsoft Silverlight 2
The recent announcement of Microsoft Silverlight 2 opens up dramatic new opportunities for creating compelling and productive user experiences on the web. In this demo-heavy session we will give you a run-down of all that is possible with the new platform.

I’ll be sharing the session with Jose Fajardo who will be demonstrating Deep Zoom. I will cover the key new features in Silverlight , such as controls, layout controls, styling, templates, data binding,  and user controls. Hopefully I’ll be able to use the project I’ve been working on over the last month for my presentation. Currently working on getting a OK from the client.

There are several great sessions on REMIX Australia, covering topics such as ASP.NET MVC, WPF 3.5, Silverlight 2, Expression Studio, Windows Live, XAML for designers, Expression Web and CSS, IE8, and Silverlight for mobile. The price to attend is just 199 AUD, and all attendees get a copy of Expression Studio 2, valued at 1099AUD!

Also, since much of the audience for this blog is based in Norway I have to give a shout-out to the Norwegian Developer Conference 2008, which will incorporate the Norwegian version of MIX Essentials. See the conference site for more details.

Hope to see you at REMIX, and if you have any comments, suggestions, or things you want covered in my Silverlight 2 presentation drop me a comment!