Building Killer Desktop RIAs: Adobe’s Next Generation Technology (19:00 - 20:00) - Andrew Shorten
Apollo is the code name for a cross-operating system runtime being developed by Adobe that allows developers to leverage their existing web development skills (Flash, Flex, HTML, JavaScript, Ajax) to build and deploy Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) to the desktop. In this session we’ll take a look at the types of applications that Apollo will make possible and preview what it will offer developers when it is released next year.

Flash, Video and Glue (20:15 - 21:15) - Glue London
A look at recent glue video projects at Glue London, and the processes they go through to make them happen.

Installation - Flower Powered CCTV (21:30 -  02:00) - Leif Lovgreen
A design research project and a visual comment about CCTV.

Time: 19:00 - 02:00 (doors open at 18:30)
Venue: Play, 58 Old St, EC1V 9AJ (click for map)
Nearest Tube: Barbican

Prizes for the free raffle
1. Flex Builder 2.0 with Charting donated by Adobe.
2. 3 fanny packs (hell yeah!) donated by Fullasagoog.

Broadcast
We will try and broadcast the event live, although the bandwidth at the venue is tight, so again no guarentees, and the number of connections may be limited (first come first served). View the broadcast live here.

Thanks to MoreMX.com for sponsoring us with the FMS hosting.

You need to leave a comment to guarantee entry into the venue and to be entered in to the draw (a short, naff joke will do).

Development Techniques for Localizing Flash (19:00 - 20:00) - Dave Williamson
There is no avoiding it. More and more projects require some level of localisation. Clients want their micro site deployed across Europe, banners to support the whole of EMEA, and global intranet applications that take in the whole of the planet. Not only that they want them built to the same timelines as their HTML emails. Find out the easiest tricks to make those hellish localisation issues…… not so hellish.

Introduction to Flash 9 (20:15 - 21:15) - Tink
Flash 9 ActionScript 3.0 Preview is now on labs to owners of a valid serial number for Flash 8 Professional and Studio 8. Available to provide access to ActionScript 3.0 for Flash 8 users, and scheduled for release 2007, we’ll take an early look at the new IDE features for publishing ActionScript 3.0 content to Flash Player 9.

Time: 19:00 - 21:30 (doors open at 18:30)
Venue: AKQA, 1 St. John’s Lane, EC1M 4BL (click for map)
Nearest Tube: Farringdon

Sponsored and hosted by AKQA

Prizes for the free raffle
1. 6 copies of Computer Arts - donated by Computer Arts
2. 6 Flex 2.0 API Visual Reference Posters donated by RocketBoots.

You need to leave a comment to guarantee entry into the venue and to be entered in to the draw (witty, rhyming comment appreciated).

*** UPDATE ***
SIGN UP IS NOW CLOSED DUE TO US REACHING CAPACITY. WE CAN NOT GUARANTEE ENTRY FOR ANYONE WHO ISN’T ON THIS LIST.

*** UPDATE 2 ***
WE ARE NOW GOING TO TRY AND BROADCAST THIS EVENT LIVE USING FMS. YOU CAN VIEW THE LIVE STREAM AT http://www.lfpug.com/live

Thanks to MoreMX.com who are providing the FMS hosting.

Flash Media Fun Hour (19:00 - 20:00) - Stefan Richter
Find out why Flash Media Server (FMS) is not only great for streaming live and on demand video but also real fun for collaborative applications and multiuser games. Stefan will take you through the basic concepts of FMS including Remote Methods, Shared Objects and NetStreams by looking behind the scenes of some of his favourite apps.

Ruby On Rails for the Flex Developer (20:15 - 21:15) - Stuart Eccles
Ruby On Rails has been one of the hyped development technologies of the last 12 months but what is it really about? Find out how you can use Ruby On Rails to build database-driven back-ends for Flex 2 applications with less lines of code than ever before.

Time: 19:00 - 21:30 (doors open at 18:30)
Venue: Play, 58 Old St, EC1V 9AJ (click for map)
Nearest Tube: Barbican

Sponsored by World Archipelago

Prizes for the free raffle
1. ‘Object Orientated ActionScript for Flash 8‘ donated by friends of ED (3 copies).
2. ’Agile Web Development with Rails‘ from The Pragmatic Programmers donated by O’Reilly (5 copies).
3. ‘Ruby on Rails: Up and Running‘ donated by O’Reilly (5 vouchers for a free copy).

Thats some list of prizes for just attending!

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