Hello all:

Our conference presentations were carefully selected to be highly technical,
marketing fluff free, and presented by real users and technology experts.
Presentations are set up in 3 tracks, with keynotes each day. Here is what
you can expect.

* Keynote: Survivor: XML (Leigh W. White, Allscripts)

* Introduction to XSLT Concepts (Debbie Lapeyre, Mulberry
Technologies)
* Ex-XHTML HTML (Doug Schepers, W3C)
* Author, Manage and Publish Topic-Based Documentation using TCS2
(Mahesh Kumar Gupta, Adobe Systems)
* Motivational Keynote: Goal Setting and Goal Achieving -- Avoiding
the Pitfalls (Leslie Flowers, LifeSuccess)
* XML Schema (XSD) 1.1: What's New? (C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, Black
Mesa Technologies)
* XSLT Patterns: The Identity Transform (Mitch Amiano, Agile Markup)
* Introduction to DITA (Kristen James Eberlein, IBM)
* XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, and XQuery 1.0 - Basic Introduction with Focus
on What's New (Andrew W Spyker, IBM)
* Leveraging your XML Content: Developing Stylesheets for Personalized
Multi-Channel Publishing (Tim Allen, Scott Youngblom, Oberon Technologies)
* XForms and Genericode (Betty Harvey, ECC)
* Controlled Authoring, How Standardization of Content Facilitates XML
and Increases Its Benefits (Berry Braster, Tedopres)
* Developing XML Workflows (Iain Finlayson and Scott Beebe, Oxford
University Press)
* Creativity or Confusion Factor? The Case for Word-, Phrase-, and
Sentence-level Reuse in Writing for a Global Audience (Kent Taylor, acrolinx
North America, Inc)
* Monday Evening Social - Dog and Pony Show in the Exhibit Room
(Refreshments provided)
* Sending Messages to the Future: Preservation Aspects of Data
Representation (C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, Black Mesa Technologies LLC)
* The Rise of the Documentation Solutions Architect (Jonathan M. Roe,
SCCI)
* Using the New XML standards of XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, and XQuery 1.0
in Java Based Middleware (Andrew W Spyker, IBM)
* Introduction to Schematron (Debbie Lapeyre, Mulberry Technologies)
* Digital Alchemy: Turning Unstructured Content To Gold (Or At Least
Something Useful) (Don Bridges, DCL)
* Deploying help systems using XML: Two case studies (Larry Kunz, SDI
Corporation)
* Test Assertions Scripts: A New Approach to Testing XML Documents
(Jacques R. Durand, Stephen Green, and Boonserm (Serm) Kulvatunyou, Fujitsu
America)
* Open Graphics and the Sustainable Web: Scalable Vector Graphics and
Canvas (Doug Schepers, W3C)
* IDCMS Blue: An ID Lifecycle and Content Management System (Case
Study) (Mike Iantosca, IBM)
* Validating XML Schema's Using Schematron and QOD (Betty Harvey, ECC)


Schedule and more information online:
<http://www.aboveandbeyondlearning.com/xmlconference.html>
http://www.aboveandbeyondlearning.com/xmlconference.html . Once you check
out the schedule, you will want to be here! We hope that you will attend
and learn from our speakers, network with a great crowd, share knowledge,
visit vendors, and get a great return on your investment of time and $495.


The Summer XML 2009 Conference

July 27-28, 2009

NCSU Jane S. McKimmon Conference Center

Raleigh, North Carolina USA

A great value at $495... Pay in 1, 2, or 3 payments...easier on the wallet
or corporate budget.


THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT to our conference sponsors (Adobe, StudioB,
Sterling Ledet, Agile Markup), our exhibitors, and those coming to gather
resumes.



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Kay Whatley
Conference Producer/Production Manager
Above and Beyond Learning Corp.
PHONE: 1.919.269.5414
<http://www.aboveandbeyondlearning.com>
http://www.aboveandbeyondlearning.com
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