CUSEC 2008 Conference Schedule

Day 1 - Thursday, January 17, 2008 Day 2 - Friday, January 18, 2008 Day 3 - Saturday, January 19, 2008
8:30 AM Registration
(Direct Energy Lobby)
Free Time Free Time
8:45 AM
9:00 AM Tutorial 1: Julian Spillane
Microsoft’s XNA as a Tool for Rapid Game Prototyping
(SAP Room)
Tutorial 2: Sylvain Carle
We didn’t start the fire
(TELUS Room)
Tutorial 3: Adrian Thurston
Creating fast, maintainable and secure parsers with Ragel
(SAP Room)
9:15 AM
9:30 AM Transition
9:45 AM Introduction (MANSEF Keynote Room) Transition Transition
10:00 AM Keynote 1: Tim Bray
Hard Problems in Network Computing
(MANSEF Keynote Room)
Corporate 1: SAP
The Evolution of Large Scale Business Software
(SAP Room)
Corporate 2: TELUS
Performance Analysis & Tuning Techniques with Enterprise Applications
(TELUS Room)
Academic 3: Dr. Ettore Merlo
Automatic Detection of SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
(SAP Room)

Academic 4: Dr. Jeremy Cooperstock
Music & Games: How Fun Applications Stimulate Core Technologies
(TELUS Room)
10:15 AM
10:30 AM
10:45 AM Transition Transition
11:00 AM Transition Keynote 3: Dr. Peter Grogono
Living with Concurrency
(MANSEF Keynote Room)
Keynote 5: Jon Udell
Hacking the Noosphere
(MANSEF Keynote Room)
11:15 AM Academic 1: Dr. Marsha Chechik
Guarding Against Software Accidents
(SAP Room)
Academic 2: Kate Hollenbach
Developing Visualizations of Web Content with E15
(TELUS Room)
11:30 AM
11:45 AM
12:00 PM Transition Transition Transition
12:15 PM Lunch Lunch Lunch
12:30 PM
12:45 PM
1:00 PM Event: Birds of a Feather
(MANSEF Keynote Room)
Event: Birds of a Feather
(MANSEF Keynote Room)
Event: Birds of a Feather
(MANSEF Keynote Room)
1:15 PM
1:30 PM
1:45 PM Transition Transition Transition
2:00 PM Career Fair
(Direct Energy Lobby)
Career Fair
(Direct Energy Lobby)
Keynote 6: Jeff Atwood
Is Writing More Important than Programming?
(MANSEF Keynote Room)
2:15 PM
2:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:00 PM Transition Transition Closing Remarks and Prize Giveaway
(MANSEF Keynote Room)
3:15 PM Keynote 2: Zed Shaw
The ACL is Dead
(MANSEF Keynote Room)
Keynote 4: Dr. Jeffrey Ullman
When Theory Matters
(MANSEF Keynote Room)

3:30 PM
3:45 PM Group Picture
(Direct Energy Lobby)
4:00 PM
4:15 PM Transition Transition Free Time
4:30 PM Event: Direct Energy Presents Bruce Miner
(MANSEF Keynote Room)
Corporate 3: Idée
Building your software start up and having fun doing it
(SAP Room)
Corporate 4: Google
Keeping it fun: Hacking on open source after graduation
(TELUS Room)
4:45 PM
5:00 PM
5:15 PM Transition
5:30 PM Free Time EA Montreal Studio Tour
(Limited to 20 attendees. Show up early on Day 2 to sign up)
35-45 minutes
5:45 PM
6:00 PM Free Time
7:00 PM DemoCampCUSEC2
(SAP Room)
Radialpoint Presents CUSEC 2008 Banquet
(Weinstein and Gavino's)
8:00 PM
Transition Free Time
9:30 PM 76design Presents CUSEC 2008 Pub Night
(Brutopia)
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