MBS Xojo Developer Conference

Come to koblenz on 18th and 19th September 2014 to join us for our Xojo conference. Meet Xojo developers from all over Europe.
Join us the day before for our Xojo Training.
Schedule Day 1:
8:00 | Registration | Welcome coffee with biscuits in the lobby. |
9:00 | Welcome | |
9:15 | Keynote MBS | News from Monkeybread Software. |
10:30 | Coffee break | |
11:00 | Keynote Xojo | Stéphane Pinel from Xojo, Inc. will present what is new and upcoming with Xojo.
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12:00 | iOS | Xojo for iOS in deep
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12:30 | Lunch | |
14:00 | Spotlights | Get 15 minutes to show your project or application made with Xojo.
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15:00 | Coffee break | |
15:30 | Helper Apps | How to make helper app. By Valdemar de Sousa. |
16:30 | CURL in detail | What CURL can do and what the different usages are. And what will we do on iOS? |
17:00 | End | |
17:30 | Evening Event | Dinner event: Fortress Ehrenbreitstein. |
Schedule Day 2:
8:00 | Registration | Welcome coffee with biscuits in the lobby. |
9:00 | Welcome | |
9:15 | Client/Server | How to write your own middleware to connect from your app over the network to your server software to access databases. |
10:00 | Advanced Language Features | Learn about pair, delegate, variant, interface and other things. |
10:30 | Coffee break | |
11:00 | Social | Social networks from Xojo
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11:30 | InApp | In App Purchases for Apple’s AppStore by Valdemar De Sousa. |
12:00 | Spotlight | Heinz Jürgen shows his photo ordering application. |
12:30 | Lunch | |
14:00 | Controls | Custom Controls by Jérémie Leroy. |
15:00 | Coffee break | |
15:30 | Extending the Framework | Ways to extend the Xojo framework with your own custom modifications. Xojo offers a variety of methods to extend and modify the integrated framework (e.g. datatypes, I/O and DB) and UI controls (web and desktop). With practical examples I will demonstrate some of these techniques with which you will be able to build your own reusable set of custom tools to include in your projects. by Tobias Bussmann |
16:30 | Feedback / Q&A / Raffle | Ask questions and give feedback. |
17:00 | End |
Special guests: Jens Boschulte from DynaForms GmbH will be present to answer questions regarding DynaPDF library.
On the evening before we'd like to offer a get-together where we can have dinner together. Starting at 18 o'clock, you can find people gathering at the hotel bar. Later we visit a restaurant for dinner. Details to be announced.
Date: 18th and 19th September 2014.
Language: English.
Cost: 299 € including VAT for two days. Prices for groups or students on request.
Location: Contel Hotel in Koblenz.
This event is organized by Christian Schmitz of Monkeybread Software. Stéphane Pinel from Xojo, Inc. will be available onsite for questions.
Do you want to present? Please contact us. We have free slots available.
Do you want to be a sponsor? Please contact us. You can include your flyer in our welcome bag.
Hotel
The 4 star Contel Hotel in Koblenz at the Moselle is a modern business and conference hotel that welcomes you with unique ambiance and modern facilities.
For our event, we ordered free non alcoholic drinks and lunch as 3-course-menu or buffet. For the Wifi we will provide free tickets.
For our conference we blocked rooms: single (90 €/night) or double bed room (95 €/night). Premium double rooms are 121 Euro/night. You can reserve yourself on the hotel website with keyword "MBS Xojo Conference 170516" or include your room wish in the conference registration.You can later adjust the booking if needed.
Those prices include breakfast, fitness room, parking garage, services charges and tax. SPA is available in the hotel. If you like you upgrade the room to comfort or premium room. As rooms are limited, please include your room wish with your registration.
Other Hotels
Hotel Scholz, 1,2 km
CityHotel Kurfürst Balduin, 1,4 km
Mercure Hotel Koblenz, 2,8 km
Directions
The hotel is located at Pastor-Klein-Straße 19, 56073 Koblenz.
by Airplane
If you fly, target the airport Frankfurt/Main (FRA), Frankfurt/Hahn (HHN) or Colonge (CGN).
From Frankfurt/Main go to long distance trains and take a train to Koblenz. Every hour at least one train leaves towards Koblenz. Sometimes you need to switch train in Mainz.
From Frankfurt/Hahn, you find a bus shuttle to Koblenz main station.
From Colonge Airport to Koblenz is a local train (RE) once every hour. Or you take one of the other trains and switch train in Bonn or Colonge station.
by train
From main station you can walk or take the bus. You need to take bus to Löhr Center and than switch to one of line 3, 355 and 301 will take you to the Ludwig-Erhard-Straße. From there walk along the Ludwig-Erhard-Straße for 200 meter to the end where the hotel is.
by Car
Ask your GPS for directions to Pastor-Klein-Straße 19, 56073 Koblenz.
Special Train Offers
For our non European visitors (e.g. USA or Canada), we highly recommend to check the special offers from Bahn.de for you. For example within 30 days you can use a 3 day pass for just 188 Euro. You can start in Koblenz, take a direct train to Berlin, stay there for a visit, take another train to Munich, enjoy a few days there and take a final train back to the airport in Frankfurt. Of course you can stay in Frankfurt another night and enjoy visiting German's financial capital. Oktoberfest from 21st September on can be a highlight of your trip to Munich.
