Summit 95 Schedule*

(Updated 8/19/95)

Sunday | Monday AM | Monday PM | Tuesday AM | Tuesday PM

Track Abbreviations

AD: Analysis and Design
CA: CA Development Tools
DB: Database Engine Technology
DEL: Delphi
FP: FoxPro
KEY: Keynote
MGMT: Managment
MORE: More Programming Tools and Techniques
MSA: Access
NOTE: Lotus Notes
PB: PowerBuilder
PC: Product Comparisons
PDOX: Paradox
SMALL: SmallTalk
SPEC: Special Event
VB: Visual Basic
VdB: Visual dBASE
WORK: Workshop

Sunday, August 20, 1995

1:00 - 5:00

• WORK/AD: Introduction to Object-Orientation - Savannah Brentnall
• WORK/MGMT: Starting and Growing a Consulting Business - Ken Florian

1:00 - 2:15

• DB: Optimizing the Borland Database Engine - Jeff Winchell
• FP: Developing Your Own Builders - John Alden and David T Anderson
• MGMT: 10 Dumb Mistakes Project Managers Make - Gopal Kapur
• NOTE: What is Lotus Notes - David Rauschenbach
• MSA: Introduction to Microsoft's Data Access Objects (DAO) - Ken Getz

2:30 - 3:45

• DB: SQL For Smarties - Joe Celko
• MSA: Access vs Paradox - Ron Stevenson
• MGMT: Quality Software Development - James Bach, Bruce Brown , and Gopal Kapur
• SMALL: Introduction to SmallTalk - Living in a Totally Object World - Sames S. Schuster
• FP: Extending the Data Dictionary - Doug Hennig

4:00 - 5:15

• DB: Optimizing Oracle 7, Microsoft SQL Server & Sybase System 10 - Brian Butler
• DEL: Transitions: Delphi for Visual Basic Users - Kenn Nesbitt
• FP: Migrating from FoxPro 2.x to Visual FoxPro - Fletcher Johnson
• MGMT: Offshore Software Development - Alex Blier
• VdB: Developing Windows 95 Applications with Visual dBASE - Ted Graham

5:30 - 6:30

• KEY/AD: It's What You Don't Know That's Important - Alan Cooper

Monday Morning, August 21, 1995

8:30 - 9:30

• KEY/MORE: Meeting the Challenge of Reusable Software - Bertrand Meyer

10:00 - 11:15

• AD: Choosing a CASE Tool - Maurice Frank
• AD: Reverse Engineering Database Designs from Relational Databases - Michael R. Blaha
• DB: Dramatically Increasing SQL Performance Using Linguistic Optimization - Dr. David Rozenshtein
• DB: ODBC Pro and Con - Richard Finkelstein and Kyle Geiger, moderated by Mike Ricciuti
• DB: Object-Oriented vs Relational vs Network: What it Really Means - Mark Puckett
• MGMT: Business Process Re-Engineering - Todd Wyder
• MSA: Preview of Microsoft Access 95 - Ken Getz and Paul Litwin
• NOTE: Oracle/Lotus Notes Integration - Christian Schock
• PDOX: Data Entry Tips and Techniques - Marty McIntire
• VB: Programming Drag and Drop Interfaces - Alison Balter
• VdB: Developing Bug-Free Code Using Visual dBASE - Jeff Winchell

11:30 - 1:30

• SPEC: Borland Sponsored Lunch

Monday Afternoon, August 21, 1995

1:15 - 2:30

• AD: OMT Design for Database Applications - Michael R. Blaha
• DB: Transitions: Single-User to Workgroup-Sized Multi-User - Tom Hovis
• MGMT: How Long Will It Take? Providing Reasonable Estimates - Ken Florian
• MORE: Oracle Power Objects - Wister Walcott
• MORE: What Every Developer Needs to Know About Testing - James Bach
• MSA: Using the Windows API to extend Access Basic - Ken Getz
• PB: Developing in PowerBuilder Using Object-Oriented Techniques - Kent Marsh
• PC: CA-Visual Objects vs Visual dBASE vs Visual FoxPro - Greg Lief, Jeff Winchell , David T Anderson, moderated by Tom Spitzer
• PDOX: What's New in Paradox for Windows 95 - Marty McIntire
• VB: Getting Away from Data Aware Controls - Paul Sheriff

1:30 - 5:30

• WORK/MGMT: Finkelstein on Client/Server - Richard Finkelstein

2:00 - 5:30

• WORK/DB: Learning SQL in 3 Hours: Problem-Driven Approach - Dr. David Rozenshtein

2:45 - 4:00

• AD: PC Database Design Tools - ER (Chen) vs ORM (InfoModeler) Modeling - Ron Talmage
• DB: Sizing A Compaq ProLiant Server Running Oracle 7 Database - Steve Adrien De Luca
• DEL: Delphi Tips and Tricks - Michael Li
• FP: Advanced Visual FoxPro Controls - John Miller
• MGMT: Object Technology for Managers - Paul Blattner
• MORE: A Tour of Eiffel: The Ultimate Object Oriented Language? - Bertrand Meyer
• PB: Tips and Traps for PowerBuilder Development Using a Class Library - Kent Marsh
• PDOX: ObjectPAL in Paradox for Windows 95 - Kevin Smith
• SPEC: End User Database Shoot-Out: Qualifying Heat 1 - Access 7.0 vs Paradox 5.0 for Windows
• VB: Developing a Custom Error Handling System - Alison Balter

4:15 - 5:30

• AD: Object Role Modeling: An Indepth Discussion - Terry Halpin
• CA: CA-Clipper's Objects and Classes - Greg Lief
• DB: Mission-Critical Multi-User Techniques - How Database Systems Pass the ACID Test - Jim Gray
• DEL: Transitions: Delphi Issues for Developers in Other Languages - Michael Li, Kenn Nesbitt, Martin Rudy and Ron Stevenson, moderated by Kevin Smith.
• MGMT: What's Your Strategic Focus? Three Choices - Ken Florian
• MORE: Developer Opportunities in Telephone Enabled Applications (Interactive Voice Response) - Gene Moran
• MSA: Making the Transition to Client/Server in Access - Mike Gunderloy
• PC: Leveraging Your Investment in BASIC (Access, VBA, Visual Basic) - Alison Balter
• SPEC: End User Database Shoot-Out: Qualifying Heat 2 - Approach 3.02 vs FileMaker Pro (Macintosh)
• VdB: Introduction to Visual dBASE 5.5 for Windows - Fletcher Johnson

Tuesday Morning, August 22, 1995

7:00 - 8:30

• SPEC: Wall Data SALSA Sponsored Breakfast

8:45 - 9:45

• KEY/DB: Client/Server Database Challenges - Dr. S. Bing Yao

10:00 - 11:15

• AD: Managing Requirements with Use Cases - Todd Wyder
• CA: VO's Data Windows and Controls - Greg Lief
• DB: Optimizing the Microsoft Jet Engine - Paul Litwin
• DB: ODBC Database Interfacing to the World Wide Web - Greg Prosl and Mark West
• MORE: Creating Classes and Objects - Ken Levy
• MORE: Efficient Client/Server Reporting - Kevin Quinn
• MORE: Object Oriented Programming in a Relational World - Rod Paddock
• PC: Object-Oriented Programming Tools - C++, OO Xbase, Smalltalk and More - Sames S. Shuster and Jack Hakim
• SPEC: End User Database Shoot-Out: Qualifying Heat 3 - R:BASE for Windows vs SALSA for the Desktop
• VB: Tapping the Windows API with Visual Basic - Paul Sheriff
• VdB: Understanding Windows Programming with Visual dBASE - Michael Gardner

11:30 - 1:00

• SPEC: Lunch and End-User Database Shoot-Out: Finals

Tuesday Afternoon, August 22, 1995

1:15 - 2:30

• AD: Introduction to Semantic Object Modeling - Dr. David M. Kroenke
• DB: Microsoft SQL Server 6.0 vs. Sybase SQL Server System 10 - Robert C. Bolt
• DEL: Intro to Database Programming Using DB/DBF Data - Martin Rudy
• MGMT: Process Maturity: Those Chaotic Teenage Years - Todd Wyder
• MGMT: The Role of End Users in the Successful Deployment of the Data Warehouse - Katherine Glassey
• MORE: Managing Business Change and Complexity with Magic - Arie Shen
• NOTE: Application Development Environments for Lotus Notes - Tony Parker
• PC: Access vs Visual Basic vs Visual FoxPro - Stan Leszynski, Paul Sheriff and Rod Paddock
• PDOX: Multi-Table Form Programming - Brian J Smith
• VdB: Object-Oriented Form Design in Visual dBASE- Fletcher Johnson

1:30 - 5:30

• WORK/AD: Advanced Object-Oriented Analysis and Design - Jack Hakim

2:45 - 4:00

• AD: Client/Server vs. File Server - Dr S Bing Yao, Mike Gardner and Ray Kiuchi
• DB: Tree Processing in SQL: The Correct Approach - Dr. David Rozenshtein
• DEL: Accessing Client/Server Data (Jet Engine and Interbase) - Martin Rudy
• FP: Moving from Procedural to Object Oriented with Visual FoxPro - Rod Paddock
• MGMT: Making End User Development Work for the Enterprise - Dr. David M. Kroenke
• MGMT: Team Programming (or Herding Cats) - Mike Gunderloy
• MSA: Creating Power Forms Using Microsoft Access - John Viescas
• PC: Client/Server Front-Ends: PowerBuilder vs SQLWindows - Alicia Good and Jeff Smith Almaas. Moderated by Robert C. Bolt
• PDOX: The ObjectPAL Event Model - Brian J. Smith
• SMALL: Visual Programming: The Other 90% (The Continuum Project) - Sames S. Schuster

4:15 - 5:30

• DB: Introduction to Textbases - Joe Celko
• FP: Upsizing a Visual FoxPro application to SQL Server - David T Anderson
• MGMT: How to Figure Out What Your Customers Want - Ken Florian
• MORE: SQLWindows Tips and Tricks - Jeff Smith Almaas
• MSA: Introduction to Access Basic - F Scott Barker
• MSA: Rapid Application Development Using Access Macros - Michael J. Hernandez
• PB: Introduction to PowerBuilder - Christoper A. Emerson
• PC: Delphi vs Paradox vs Visual dBASE - Michael Li, Tom Hovis and Jeff Winchell
• SMALL: Visual Programming In Smalltalk - PARTS - Sames S. Schuster
• VB: OLE Automation - Keith Pleas

*Seminars are subject to change due to Acts of God, incredible juggling acts trying to accomodate the whimsical requests of our staff, and because my lawyer said we had to put this in.