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Agenda

Microsoft Research F# in Education Workshop

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Time	Description
19:00	Dinner at the Liberty Hotel

Friday, November 5, 2010

Time	Description
New England Research & Development (NERD) Center
08:00	Registration and full breakfast
09:00	Keynote: F#: Succinct, Modern Functional Programming—Don Syme, Microsoft Research, Cambridge
10:30	Break
	Implementations
11:00	Going cross-platform with F# MonoDevelop plugin—Tomas Petricek, Charles University, Prague
11:30	F# from the Mac User's Perspective—Joe Pamer, F# Core Team, Microsoft
12:00	TryFSharp in a Browser—Dean Guo, Microsoft External Research
12:30	Lunch
	Education
13:30	F# in the classroom and the lab—Rick Minerich, Microsoft MVP (F#) and Leader of the New England F# User's Group
14:00	Programming Language Concepts using F# as a Meta-language—Peter Sestoft, IT University of Copenhagen -
14:30	Panel session: Why Teach F# Judith Bishop, Microsoft Research (Chair) Nigel Horspool, University of Victoria David Walker, Princeton University Susan Eisenbach, Imperial College, London
15:30	Break
	*The Future*
15:45	Looking Ahead with F#: Taming the Data Deluge—Don Syme, Microsoft Research, Cambridge
17:00	Locknote: F# – An Education—Howard Mansell, CreditSuisse, New York
17:50	Closing remarks—Judith Bishop, Microsoft Research
18:00	End
19:00	Workshop dinner at the Liberty Hotel

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Time	Description
09:00–12:30	Project meeting by invitation