You Can’t Afford to Miss SD West 2009!

Other software development events may claim to be the best value for your limited training budget, but only SD West will help you:

• Get a global view of the software development universe. Unlike those other events, SD West’s 180+ sessions aren’t limited to one platform, language or aspect of development.


• Increase your company’s productivity by sharpening your skill set with essential training in core languages and platforms.


• Discover practical solutions to your most pressing development problems. SD West’s faculty are not just the inventors of technology, but practitioners. They know what works!


• Be innovative, not reactionary. SD West offers comprehensive and cutting edge training on such topics as Cloud Computing, Pervasive Parallelism, iPhone development, functional programming and much more.

Save up to $400!

The Super Early Bird deadline ends Friday, January 16. Don’t miss out on your chance to save!

Pricing and Packages details and online registration are available now.

New blog post from the SD West Conference Director, Tami Carter:

SD West Goes Parallel--or Tell Me What You Really Think

Pollsters and telemarketers love me—when they can get me on the phone, that is. After working a series of customer service-related jobs early in my work life (ah, McDonald's), I’ve been unable to simply hang up on these folks. Caller ID helps me surmount my empathy, but curiosity sometimes gets the best of me. In the past year, I’ve offered my opinion on local propositions, presidential politics and my favorite brand of toothpaste—and told poor “Mike” (a.k.a. Anil) that we really don’t want Dish Network’s South Asian package. Click here to read more

An Unbeatable Lineup of Software Industry Luminaries

As the largest independent software development conference, SD West features a vendor-neutral curriculum hand selected by an advisory board of industry experts.

Scott Ambler, Practice Leader, Agile Development at IBM - Contributing editor for Dr. Dobb's Journal
An industry-recognized software process improvement (SPI) expert, Scott is the practice leader of the Agile Modeling, Agile Data, Agile Unified Process and Enterprise Unified Process methodologies at IBM. View all Scott Ambler's sessions at SD West.

Juval Lowy, President, IDesign Inc. - Software Legend and one of the world's top .NET experts
JJuval Lowy is a software architect and the principal of IDesign, specializing in .NET 3.0 architecture consulting and advanced .NET 3.0 training. View all Juval Lowy's sessions at SD West.

Robert C. Martin, President and CEO, ObjectMentor - Author of award-winning books on object-oriented design and Agile development
Robert C. Martin (aka Uncle Bob) is president of Object Mentor Inc., a team of experienced trainers, mentors, and consultants that serves its clients worldwide in the fields of OO, Patterns, UML, Agile Methodologies, and particularly eXtreme Programming View all Robert C. Martin's sessions at SD West.

Check out more of 2009's most qualified speakers in the industry!

A Preview of 2009's Special Events

19th Annual Jolt Product Excellence Awards
Penned the “Oscars” of our industry, the Jolt awards recognize the software development products that have “jolted” the industry in 2008.

Dr. Dobb’s Excellence in Programming Award
Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming Award is presented annually to an individual who has made significant and lasting contributions to the advancement of software development.

The 2009 Developer Bowl
Watch the competition heat up as teams are pitted against each other in a test of knowledge about the history, technology and traditions of software development.

SD West 2008 Highlight Reel

Testimonials from SD West 2008 attendees:

• "This is the second time I've attended SD West.  I love the wide range of content and am very impressed with the qualifications/capabilities of the presenters/speakers."
  

• "I mainly followed the .Net track and the speakers (Juval Löwy, Michele Leroux Bustamante and Mark Michaelis) were excellent."
  

• "This was a great event. Lots of great information to bring back and share with co-workers!"
  

• "I think SDWest is a great conference for software developers. I wish I could go every year."

• "Great conference! Near perfect combination of technical, hands-on sessions and management/process-related topics."
  

• "This was my first ever conference in 18 years of being in the business. Thanks for a great experience."
  

Click here to read more testmonials.