Nathaniel T. Schutta is a senior software engineer focussed on making usable applications. A proponent of polyglot programming, Nate has written two books on Ajax and speaks regularly at various No Fluff Just Stuff symposia, universities, and Java user groups. In addition to his day job, Nate is an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota where he teaches students to embrace dynamic languages.
| Morning | 8:30 - 12:15 | |
| Welcome | 8:30 - 8:45 | |
| First Speaker | 8:45 - 9:45 | Mark Striebeck: Google - Innovation as a business strategy |
| Break | 9:45 - 10:15 | |
| Second Speaker | 10:15 - 11:00 | Jamie Thingelstad: Ending legacy code in our lifetime (slides) |
| Third Speaker | 11:00 - 11:45 | Jon W. Spence and Dr. Nelson H. Soken: Leading Innovation and Change (slides) |
| Panel | 11:45 - 12:15 | |
| Lunch | 12:15 - 1:30 | |
| Afternoon | 1:30 - 5:30 | |
| First Speaker | 1:30-2:30 | Stuart Halloway: Ending legacy code in our lifetime (slides) |
| Break | 3:15-3:45 | |
| Second Speaker | 3:45 - 4:00 | Nate Schutta: Client Side Innovations (slides) |
| Third Speaker | 4:00 - 4:45 | David Hussman: Regression Deficit: The Danger of Waiting to Test (slides) |
| Panel | 4:45 - 5:15 | |
| Closing | 5:15 - 5:30 |
