1. The Inspiration Tour Ed Dunhill – blogs.msdn.com/edunhill Ben Coley – bencoley.spaces.live.com

2. What do they have in common? “The.NET Framework is a common environment for building, running and deploying applications across multiple platforms.”

3. So what?

4. One technology... Multiple platforms

5. Career Opportunities Computer Science in decline + Growing industry = Shortage of.NET developers

6. Still not convinced?

8. popfly.ms

9. Deep-Dive

10. “Silverlight is a plug-in that provides rich web applications and experiences for a web-browser”

12. Demo

13. Media Streaming Silverlight has built-in Audio and Video codec support You can stream high-definition video quickly

14. Demo

15. Live Demo You can write entire web-sites in Silverlight from scratch in very little time

16. Code and Performance

17. Demo

18. silverlight.net

20. Who’s used Windows Embedded in last 7 days?

21. Platforms

23. Embedded Fusion Tahoe Tahoe

24. Demo

28. Live Demo You can write software for Windows Mobile on your PC and deploy it to your smart phone

29. msdn.microsoft.com/embedded

30. creators.xna.com

31. Handle user input Handle user input Update world based on user input Create a world for your game

34. creators.xna.com xna-uk.net

35. What next?

37. + High Performance Computing Software Design Embedded Development Game Development Project Hoshimi Information Technology Algorithm Interface Design Photography Short Film

38. “Imagine a world where technology enables a sustainable environment”

39. Why enter? Improve Technical Skill Career Prizes The Experience

40. imaginecup.co.uk

41. Microsoft Student Partner microsoft.com/uk/students

43. blogs.msdn.com/edunhill bencoley.spaces.live.com