I had originally planned that my Silverlight Designer & Developer Network presentation was going to be the last one I gave in Australia before flying back to Norway. But then me and Hege decided to do some traveling before going home, and we’re currently up in Byron Bay enjoying some diving and surfing. Wednesday we fly down to Sydney for a couple of days, and my good friend Adam Cogan asked if I could give a Silverlight talk at the Sydney .NET User Group. Off course I said yes – so Wednesday evening (December 10th) I’m giving a talk on business applications in Silverlight. The title and abstract goes as follow:

Building data-centric applications in Silverlight 2
In this presentation you will get a overview of how to build data-centric (line-of-business) applications in Silverlight 2 using LINQ to SQL and WCF on the server. The presentation will cover how to deal with authentication for your WCF services from a Silverlight application, tips on how to architect your Silverlight application, and how to build flexible, testable code your designers can work with. You will also get a sneak preview of an application framework Microsoft is working on to make building business applications easier.

For registration, time and location check out the Sydney .NET User Group web site. I expect the details to be published some time over the weekend.

While in Sydney we’re going to stay at our favorite accommodation in Coogee, which is going to be great. We plant to finally see the opera house (I’ve been to Sydney multiple times for work, but have never actually seen the building!). Friday we fly down to Canberra to spend the weekend with a friend, before flying back to Melbourne Monday, and then back to Norway Wednesday December 17th.

Hope to see you in Sydney!

Update: The details are now available on the SSW site and on their Facebook group.

Time and Place Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Microsoft HQ, North Ryde
Street: 1 Epping Road, North Ryde NSW 2113
City/Town: Lane Cove, Australia