ColdFusion News Desk

SYS-CON Events to produce a day-long event about Adobe Flex Web Application Development at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York on Monday, August 14, 2006. Adobe Systems is the event partner of this unique opportunity to learn from the greatest Flex developers in the world.

The first event in the "Real-World Flex" One-Day Seminar series will take place on August 14, 2006, at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. Adobe Systems Inc. is the event partner, and Cynergy Systems is the platinum sponsor of this event, with additional sponsorship opportunities available.

The "Real-World Flex" One-Day Seminar will delve deep into the central workings of Flex so that the seminar delegates can integrate this timely new technology into their applications, creating powerful interactive content. Delegates will learn from the experts who not only created the product but also those who are using it to the massive benefit of their employers, their customers and the Web.

The seminar theme is "Next Generation Application Development with Flex." The program promises to deliver a uniquely powerful program that appeals to anyone who needs to be right on the leading edge of rich Internet Application development.

The list of topics at the Real-World Flex Seminar includes:
* The Flex Approach to RIA Development
* Bridging Flex and AJAX
* Integrating The SPRY Framework
* Using Flex Builder 2
* Flex for Java Developers
* ActionScript 3.0 Tips and Tricks
* How To Use ColdFusion with Flex
* Leveraging Flash
* Preparing for Adobe Apollo
* MXML Master Class

Among the presenters will be CFDJ Editor-in-Chief Simon Horwith (pictured), who is also CIO of AboutWeb, a Washington, DC based company specializing in staff augmentation, consulting, and training. Simon is a Macromedia Certified Master Instructor and is a member of Team Macromedia. He has been using ColdFusion since version 1.5 and specializes in ColdFusion application architecture, including architecting applications that integrate with Java, Flash, Flex, and a myriad of other technologies. In addition to presenting at CFUGs and conferences around the world, he has also been a contributing author of several books and technical papers. You can read his blog at http://simon.coldfusionjournal.com.

More information about the event can be found at www.flexseminar.com.