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Birmingham
Formed in April 2006. Aston Science park near the city centre hosts NxtGenUG Birmingham. A great meeting place to discuss technology and eat Pizza!
Cambridge
Having opened in September 2007, Cambridge will offer a unique insight into Microsoft Research.
Coventry
Coventry venue has a bar, leather chairs and a view of the runway. With great meetings every month, what more could you ask for? Serving the Coventry community since April 2006.
Hereford
NxtGenUG Hereford - Then there were six. Formed in February 2009 Hereford is the newest NxtGenUG Region. Run by local guys Ryan O'Neill and Richard Wilde.
Manchester
"It's a sunny paradise!" does not describe soggy Manchester; at least it has its own NxtGenUG region! Run by Steven Robbins and Andy Wilkinson, two northern guys with a passion for pizza/technology!
Oxford
Holding it's first meeting in November 2006, Oxford is headed up by Renowned speakers Barry Dorrans, and Chris Seary.
Southampton
By the seaside, in the warmth of the South, NxtGenUG Southampton is run by John McLoughlin and Richie Allen, local guys with a passion for technology! Southampton started in October 2007.
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Cambridge
Having opened in September 2007, Cambridge will offer a unique insight into Microsoft Research.
Meet the Coordinators
Allister Frost
My first encounter with any form of software development was with a ZX81 in 1982. However at four years old, I was just typing what Dad said. I guess I was an early starter in ‘Pair programming’!

Since then I’ve always had a hand in computing, software and hardware. I’ve setup a few companies, my first at 17, system building and websites. I’ve helped develop around 50 websites over the last 10 years from KP’s portfolio in 1998 to various charities in 2000 (NCDL, WaterAid & GreenPeace Int.) to a number of .COM ventures (article27 & blue-wire). My last big projects were working on Nestlés corporate website and helping to deliver Vodafone’s ground-breaking M-Pesa project, a mobile money transfer platform.

I’ve been consulting through my company Clarity IT Ltd, since 2003. I’ve worked throughout the UK and most of Europe. Mainly developing ASP.NET (C# preferred or VB) or mobile device projects (.NET CF).

What interests me now? I’m always fascinated by the latest developments in computing. Mobile, ‘lifestyle computing ‘, gaming etc. I’m also into streaming technologies (Mainly Windows Media) and the various HD formats (Though mostly Blu-Ray).

I’ve been known to fly on occasion at Cambridge airport, though I haven’t got anywhere near a PPL yet (I’m not sure if I trust myself!)
Chris Hay
Chris is regularly caught by his wife browsing internet sites at 2.00am in the morning. Sadly he is always looking at .NET sites rather than the haunts frequented by his peers.

Chris has worked on various large projects and is specialised in C#, ASP.NET, AJAX, SQL and various other acronymns. Having always tried to keep at the front of the technology curve, i guess it is time to share that knowledge around a little.

Simple tip, never mention Silverlight infront of him (if you are in a hurry).

You can catch him on his blog http://silverlightuk.blogspot.com
Stephen Oakman
Events: January, 2010
Drawing with SharePoint January 26
Back from Vegas, Dave McMahon NxtgenUG Co-Founder visits Cambridge to talk about SharePoint 2010 Visio Services a brand new capability to deploy with no code/little code Data Bound Vector Driven Diagrams written in Visio via Silverlight! Cool or what. Give your SharePoint Applications a makeover with Visio Services. Dave will also open the discussion up to a one about SharePoint 2010 in general. Pizza of course and swag of course ...!
Events: December, 2009
It's a Testing Time ... December 08
Heard of Test Driven Development? Wonder what the fuss is about? Want to check it out? This is the session for you then, as Oxford Co-ordinator Richard Hopton hops into the car and comes to Cambridge to unwrap TDD for you for Christmas, member nugget, Christmas Swag, Christmas Pizza
Events: November, 2009
Liam's Virtually (NOT) There . November 26
Open Mike night at the Tram Depot - NOTE the change of venue
Events: October, 2009
Credit Crunch Code October 20
'Time to Pay Back the Technical Debt' Technical debt is the cost of putting off good development practices. This debt, must be paid back to avoid the “interest payments” becoming crippling. This presentation will focus on a number of common developer (and project) anti-patterns that can lead to the build up of technical debt in a project and, having identified these behaviours, we’ll look at techniques to firstly quantify and then to mitigate against them. Bio: Gary Short works for Developer Express as the Technical Evangelist on the frameworks team. He has a deep interest in technical architecture, especially in the areas of technical debt and refactoring. Gary is a C# MVP and gives presentations at user groups and conferences throughout the UK. As well as C#, Gary also has an interest in dynamic languages such as Smalltalk, Ruby and Python.
Events: September, 2009
Take No Prism'ers' September 29
Southampton Coordinator John McLoughlin comes back to Camrbridge, and this time he's talking about PRISM - They'll also be a nugget, some pizza and maybe even the Swagometer's author will crank he up again and share some SWAG. NOTE : Date Change for this event - now on the 29th September!
Events: August, 2009
Silverlight 3 August 18
Microsoft's latest version of it's RIA cross browser/cross platform technology, Silverlight 3, has just been launched, and Richard Costall is here to talk about it, along with a couple of nuggets for a special guest. They'll also be a nugget and some SWAG and Pizza!
Events: July, 2009
The MVC Framework July 14
Gavin Osborn visits Cambridge to talk about the alternative to WebForms; Microsoft's ASP.NET MVC framework, plus they'll be a nugget, SWAG and some food.
Events: June, 2009
Generics with Kathleen Dollard June 18
Kathleen Dollard is over from the States and passes by to talk to us about generics and refectoring. We'll also be having Pizza, a nugget and some good old Swaggin' - Not to be Missed!
Events: May, 2009
Extendable MEF Apps May 19
NxtGenUG Member Ben Hall takes the short journey from RedGate to Microsoft Research to talk about MEF. We'll be Nuggetting, Pizzaing, and Swagging too..
Events: April, 2009
Design - A Tricky Business April 21
Richard Bassett from Tricky Business comes to Cambridge - Rich internet applications have changed the way that super-brands connect with their customers. If you want to compete in this cluttered marketplace it's essential that you evolve your product or service into a unique brand, creating a circle that people want to join. We also be having a nugget and giving out some SWAG and Pizza.
Events: March, 2009
Doing Software Large ... March 17
Join Alisson Sol from Microsoft Research to take a look at developing software in large organisations ... ** NOTE THIS EVENT IS NOW ON THE 17TH MARCH AND NOT THE 24TH AS ORIGINALLY ADVERTISED **
Events: February, 2009
A Change is a good as a REST! February 17
Alan Dean comes to Cambridge for a REST (based session) Separating REST Facts from Fallacies. He'll let us know what it is and why we should care. Come along the REST will do you good. Plus we'll be having a Nugget and the REST of the time will be spent easting pizza or giving out SWAG! - Make sure you attend. It will be of great InteREST!
Patterns, Patterns, Patterns.. February 03
WOW! - Not one, but two meetings in a month for Cambridge - Gary Short drops in on the Cambridge Region to talk about Design Patterns, plus we'll be giving away some SWAG and a second helping of Pizza!
Events: January, 2009
What's new in C# 4.0 January 20
The 'unofficial' Anders Hejlsberg stunt double, and Internationalization speaker, Guy Smith Ferrier comes to Cambridge to enlighten us on the innovations around C# - in it's next version: 4.0. We'll also be having a nugget, plus some pizza and SWAG giveaway.
Events: December, 2008
A Cloudy Event December 09
Chris Hay gives us the lowlown on the Microsoft Cloud Platform offering announced at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) - Windows Azure - plus they'll be Christmas pizza and swag!
Events: November, 2008
Make Patterns With Patterns November 18
You can draw nice patterns and stuff with WPF, but unless you get organised, your WPF application can soon deteriorate. "Vista Squad" founder Ray Booson and top UK Community man visits Cambridge and looks at creating simple data bound applications moving towards a practical framework for WPF projects.
Events: October, 2008
Not WifeSwap, Coordinator Swap October 07
What's going on here. Is this Southampton? No, but the Southampton coordinators John McLoughlin and Richie Allen, make the journey up from Southampton to talk about Workflow and provide a nugget as well. Perhaps I can get John Price to go to Nepal? (yep:jp) Plus we'll be having some Pizza
Events: September, 2008
SQL Server and the Sequel September 02
Andras Belokosztolszki of Red Gate tells us about Advanced TSQL commands in both SQL2005 and SQL 2005. We'll also be having a nugget and, goes without saying really, some pizza.
Events: August, 2008
The Entity Framework... August 12
Microsoft's Mike Taulty, bring his Famous Entity Framework session to Cambridge, and give us the low down on The Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services. We'll be showing a nugget and serving up the pizza!
Events: July, 2008
The Missing LINQ July 22
Ian Cooper, from the London .NET user group travels up to Cambridge to present his sessio on LINQ and Enterprise Applications. We'll also be having a nugget and some pizza too..
Events: June, 2008
Object Thinking? June 24
Alan Dean Completes his tour of NxtGenUG regions, with a trip to Cambridge to present his popular Object Thinking session, plus they'll be a nugget and a slide of the old, you know what!
Events: May, 2008
AtMOSSpheric Night May 27
As put so well by Russ Abbott - "I love a meeting with a happy AtMOSSPHERE". International Speaker, and NxtGenUG Co-Founder brings his "tales from the front" Highly Rated MOSS (Sharepoint) Session. Missing it will be a 'MOSStake', plus we'll have an IE8 nugget from Chris Hay and some Pizza too... No more cheap MOSS gags - we proMOSS!
Events: April, 2008
Astoriaroids April 29
It's actually called ADO.NET Data Services, but you try making a joke out of that. Formerly Astoria, but now ADO.NET data services, Guy Smith Ferrier, International Speaker, Author and Community Guy hops over to Cambridge to talk about this technology and how it will save developers 1,000's of lines of code and bring the big stick of power to Ajax and Silverlight Applications. Plus we'll be taking a new devliery of pizza and hopefully they'll be a nugget!
Events: March, 2008
In the Media Centre Spotlight March 25
John Price visits Cambridge, he don't pray to the demo gods - he taunts them. John will talk about media centre, XBOX 360, the 10 foot experience and the most important acronym of the night, the WAF. Whats' best served with this, not a TV dinner, but pizza and maybe a nugget. You might even get to drive the NxtGen Car! Anyone fancy challenging Rich Costall's son to halo 3?
Events: February, 2008
SQL Server 2008 February 26
The launch of SQL Server 2008 is just around the corner, so we decided to give the NxtGenUG members a head start by inviting Red-Gate's Architect Andras Belokosztolszki over to talk about what's coming in the next release. There's also bound to be a nugget and, of course, pizza!
Events: January, 2008
Testing, Testing, Testing.... January 15
Is this thing on? NxtGenUG Member Ben Hall shows us what Testing is all about with a demonstration of MBUnit and how we should factor testing in when designing and developing applications. Plus we'll have a nugget and of course Pizza and SWAG.
Events: December, 2007
I'm dreaming of a... December 11
I'm dreaming of a Silverlight Christmas. Just like the ones I used to know. Where the buttons glisten and attendees listen to hear, great demos in the show.I'm dreaming of a Silveright Christmas With every web Page I write. May your devs be merry and bright And may all your pages not be white. I'm dreaming of a Silverlight Demo With Chris and Rich on Stage. May your SWAG be expensive and bright And may all your Pizza be large. Chris Hay and Richard Costall will present a variety of Silverlight nuggets, aimed at highlighting the features and pitfalls with Silverlight 1.1. This will be a demo heavy session, so fasten your seatbelts.
Events: November, 2007
An Evening With The Greek One November 20
Is he the 'Special One'? Maybe, maybe not, but he is the self-styled 'Greek One'. Yes, Daniel Moth is on the road to Cambridge and he's bringing with him a barrel load of demos of the new Visual Studio 2008. We'll have a Nugget, Pizza of course and no doubt a bit of swag will be banded around, get yourself here, you won't regret it!
Events: October, 2007
XSLT - Why, How and When ... October 23
Watch out, Dave and Rich are in town, and Dave's got his XSLT hat on again, this time with knobs on! Yes its an evening with the NxtGenUG co-founders as Rich talks to his Vista in his award winning Nugget. Dave will be running through his XSLT 'Extreme' session which he will be giving at TechEd in November. Pizza and swag will abound as ever, don't miss it!
Events: September, 2007
Cambridge Launch Extravaganza! September 18
Come and join NxtGenUG for an unforgettable "Launch" meeting in Cambridge at Microsoft Research, we'll be having nuggets, presentations on Silverlight and F#, plus there'll be SWAG and pizza.
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