Classes, seminars, and other events
The following classes, seminars, and other educational events are coming soon. Events are submitted by COWPU members, and are not sponsored by this group.
The O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)
July 23-27, 2007 in Portland, Oregon
Location: DoubleTree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland - Lloyd Center
The O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) is returning to Portland, Oregon. Once again we're offering a special discount to the locals-- User Group members in Oregon and Washington.
With this "locals only" discount, COWPU members get 20% off the registration price for OSCON. Use code "os07pdxug" when you register. (more info)
360|Flex
August 13-15, 2007 in Seattle, Washington
Location: The Red Lion on Fifth Avenue
Come join us for this exclusive event and learn Flex from every angle. We are bringing together the best developers for Flex for this event both from within the development community but also within Adobe.
http://360flex.org/
Adobe MAX 2007
September 30th - October 3rd, 2007 in Chicago, IL
Location: McCormick Place West
MAX 2006 was the place to learn about Apollo from the expert team that is creating it. It was also the place to hear about the newly released Acrobat 8 and to learn about the rich internet applications that are being built with the Flash Platform. From the power of ColdFusion MX 7 to the latest release of the Flash Player, MAX attendees saw the latest and greatest that Adobe has to offer.
http://www.adobe.com/events/max/
Search Engine Strategies
Starting October 23, 2007 in Bend, Oregon
Central Oregon Community College
Having a good website is not enough for your online business to succeed. Optimizing your site for the major Search Engines is also part of your marketing challenge. Learn the "do's and don'ts," including keyword marketing, site content best practices, internal links, Paid Inclusion, Pay-for-Placement and submitting your website. Computer and Internet experience strongly recommended; those with a website will benefit most. Instructor is Andre Jensen.
Registration information coming soon!