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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 and comfy chairs. 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 the prfessional and enthusiastic Richie Hopton and BI Consultant Robert Minchin
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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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.
Meet the Coordinators
Richard Allen
I have been developing software since 1996 starting with some good old MS Access database work using VBA. I soon moved onto using Borland C++ builder and Delphi until eventually settling on using .NET and C# in 2003 and still loving it.

I run a software development company, Conjurer Solutions Ltd based in Bournemouth specialising in the delivery of hosted content management systems, enterprise level software development consultancy and Agile coaching. I enjoy all aspects of software development and I believe that good communication is the key to the successful delivery of projects.

Outside of software development I have a keen interest in sleight of hand magic, hence the name of the company :-). You can check out my blog at http://richallen.blogspot.com.
John McLoughlin
I work for as a Technical Architect based out of Southampton and have been cutting code for over 10 years. Starting off in the Defence Industry playing with Fast Jets and RADAR, I soon got bored with the leisurely pace of technology change and the rigid development (20 year old technology considered risky!) and moved into the commercial sector. After a quick stab at Java, I moved into the .Net world and have never looked back. I specialises in C#, Winforms and Distributed Systems, with a keen interest in the patterns and practices of Software Development and the technologies we all use. You'll often see me lurking around at various MSDN and Community events.
Events: September, 2010
Grand Designs! September 16
Gary Short journeys down to our sunny south coast from the dark dark north to explain his Grand plan of Design Patterns. There'll be a nugget, pizza and knowledge!
Events: August, 2010
F# all the way August 19
Phil Trelford visits us in Southampton to give us an introduction to F#, and put it through its paces. There'll be a nugget and pizza to boot!
Events: July, 2010
How to become a Web slinger! N July 22
Web framework Guru and all round nice chap Seb Lambla won't be joinging us tonight, as he's stuck in Barcelona (lucky so and so). Instead Southampton Co-Ordinator Rich Allen will be hosting an Open Space session where everyone who turns up is the right person, and what ever we talk about will be the right subject. So come along and join us! There'll be swag, pizza and a nugget to boot!
Events: June, 2010
Terminal Velocity! June 24
Phil Pursglove heads down South to join us in Southampton to talk about Microsofts new distributed caching technology called Velocity that is apart of AppFabric. There'll be a nugget and pizza to boot too!
Events: May, 2010
Behaving during Development May 27
Liz Keogh heads down to the South Coast to enlighten us on BDD and give us some pointers on applying it to code we can bring along! There will be pizza and probably a nugget to boot to, what more coud we want?!
Events: April, 2010
VS2010 Launch & Silverlight 4 April 15
Visual Studio 2010 is being launched! To celebrate the launch we have 2 excellent speakers lined up. To open with have top chap Jason Zander over from Microsoft Corp. He'll be taking us through the exciting new features of Visual Studio 2010. Then Head NxtGenUG chap and Silverlight MVP Richard Costall joins us for the first time to talk about the exciting new features in Silverlight 4. There'll also be pizza and beer! :D
Events: March, 2010
The end of DBs as we know it?! March 18
Neil Robbins ventures back to the origins of his .NET Community involvement on the South Coast to talk to us about Document Databases. There'll be the normal pizza, swag and quite probably a nugget to boot!
Events: February, 2010
How to Sync by the seaside February 18
Creative genius of all the NxtGenUG game shows, John Price, travels down to the South Coast to give us a spin around the ADO.NET Sync Services. There be pizza and hopefully a nugget to!
Events: January, 2010
It came from Hyper-V! January 14
Liam Westley makes his first trip down South to show off Hyper-V and why Developers should be using it. Plus they'll be the usual Pizza, Swag and maybe even a nugget.
Events: December, 2009
Return of the McMahon ... December 17
Yet again ... "The Dorrans" is unable to make it the paltry distance from Oxford to Southampton, whereas poor old Dave Mc has to come all the way from Birmingham ... Yes, NxtGenUG Co-Founder Dave McMahon steps in to deliver a brand new session on the yet to be released Visio Services which are brand new in SharePoint 2010. Want to see a great combination of Silverlight, AJAX, Web and Office all working together to form an engaging, informative and exciting visual experience? This session is for you then. Get a sneak preview of a very exciting new concept in visualiing Data!
Events: November, 2009
SOA, WCF, SOAP, Oh my! NOT! November 19
NxtGen's own Richie Allen runs a slightly different session due to Barry not being able to make it at short notice. It'sll be fun and there'll be swag and Pizza as usual. The show must go on!!!
Events: October, 2009
To MVC or not MVC... October 22
Sebastien Lambla head down to the South Coast with a head full of ASP.NET MVC knowledge to share with our members. We'll be having some Pizza, a nugget and dishing out some SWAG.
Events: September, 2009
Securing the web September 17
Yossi Dahan swings by Southampton to talk about Microsoft new web security offering, the Windows Identitity Framework. We'll also be having a nugget, giving away some SWAG and consuming pizza.
Events: August, 2009
Testing the Web... August 20
well, not all of it, just your application. Seasoned NxtGenUG speaker Ben Hall visits Southampton to talk about Testing ASP.NET applications. We'll be having some Pizza, a nugget and dishing out some SWAG
Events: July, 2009
Web 4.0 - 2.0 is History July 16
Microsoft's Mike Ormond pops in to Southampton to enlighten and entertain the attendees on the latest iteration of Microsofts Web Platform ASP.NET 4.0 - We'll also be having a nugget, giving away some SWAG and consuming pizza.
Events: June, 2009
Guy on Silverlight June 18
Can it be true - Guy Smith-Ferrier presenting on Silverlight. You have to come along to hear this one. Guy visits the Southampton crew to talk about Internationalizing Silverlight Applications. They'll also be some Nuggetterring and some of the old Pizza and even older SWAG!
Events: May, 2009
Composition and Consumption .. May 14
Local Co-ordinator John McLoughlin takes the stage to talk about PRISM, the latest incarnation of the Composite Application Guidance from the MS Patterns and Practices team. Naturally a member nugget will take place as well as the customary consumption of Pizza and distribution of Swag ... Nice ...
Events: April, 2009
Mike's Parallel Universe April 16
Microsoft DPE and top Spaghetti Monster believer visits Southampton to talk about Parallel Extensions. We'll also have a Pizza Sampling evening and some more SWAG will be distributed via the infamous SWAG-O-Meter.
Events: March, 2009
Time to nHibernate March 19
Seasoned community speaker and Community guru Ian Cooper visits Southampton to talk about nHibernate, they'll be Pizza a'plenty and SWAG too
Events: February, 2009
By The Azure Sea ... February 19
Chris Hay (new MVP) gets another chance to walk the catwalk on the coast, parading his T-Shirts and telling us all about Windows Azure. Don't miss it! Swag, Pizza, Nuggets the usual great stuff!
Events: January, 2009
Grand Designs - Double Header! January 15
Tricky Business's Tricky Bassett Travels to Southampton to enlighten us about design practices and his experiences designing experiences for companies such as Alton Towers. He's also bringing along a friend - None other than the Dr himself - Dr Neil Roodyn - Microsoft Regional Director, MVP and International Speaker! We'll also be having some SWAG and eating Pizza!

NOT TO BE MISSED!
Events: December, 2008
Let's Twist Again ... December 11
Like we did last June 12th ... when Josh Twist a relatively unknown speaker from Microsoft knocked us all out with his gauges! Yes, the developer who can also do design returns to NxtGenUG for a rerun (plus a bit extra) of his top rated WPF Databinding session. Don't miss this one, it's a cracker!
Events: November, 2008
From Nelson's Column ... November 27
Ther's been a change of plan, unfortunately due to speaker booking issues, we've had to change in mid stream, and its now not a SQL exclusive session ... BUT as good , if not better, we've got the latest member of the UK Microsoft DPE Eric Nelson visiting to speak on .. well Microsoft stuff I guess. Eric's had a wide and varied background and he'll be speaking on some of the latest technologies coming out of Microsoft, might even mention Windows 7 or Windows Azure ...
Events: October, 2008
'Agile' Birthday To Us ... October 16
It's been a year since Southampton NxtGenUG came on the scene, so you're invited to our Birthday party, Plamen and Rich will be giving you that Agile feeling and talking about how to get Scrum and other Agile techniques working in your business. Pizza of course, Swag naturally!
Events: September, 2008
CLSA or Less Pub Time? September 11
Southampton NxtGenUG invite Andrew Hallmark to tell them how to get to the pub quicker by making use of the CLSA application framework made popular by Rocky Lhotka. Member nugget no doubt, Pizza, Swag and the usual antics from John and Rich will ensue ...
Events: August, 2008
It's Alive-Workflow Foundation August 21
Southamptons very own John McLoughlin steps into the limelight with a practical guide to Workflow Foundation, and like Dr Frankenstien the session will end with a living creation of workflow - minus the bolts. We'll also have a nugget and some Pizza too, for a change
Events: July, 2008
Silverlight Assault Course July 26
Silverlight 2.0 looks set to revolutionise web Development when it ships later this year. The NxtGenUG Southampton boys are proud to present in association with Developer Express (who have kindly provided the USB 2.0 Hard Drives), a one day workshop 'Silverlight Assault course' to be held on the 26th July 2008 in Poole, Dorset. We'll be having presentations from Richard Costall and Chris Hay, plus Hands-on-labs for you to get your hands dirty with experts on hand to answer your questions on the day. Register on the site in order to register for this event and we'll get in touch with a simple paypal link or invoice details. All payments must be made in full prior to the course date. This course is ideal for people who want to understand Silverlight 2.0. No existing knowledge of Silverlight is required. The day will comprise of many short presentations, and Hands-on-labs. Don't forget to check out the new FREE Silverlight Grid control from DevExpress from here Book Early as places are limited.
It Moss be time for Sharepoint July 17
NxtGenUG Co-Founder travels down to Southampton to tell the attendees about his collection of MOSS Experiences including ways to automate deployment and to extend Out of The Box functonality using stsadm, Features and Solutions, and other tales from frontline action in the MOSS trenches. We'll also be sampling pizza and partaking in a nugget too..
Click here here to download Dave's Slides and some of the demo code.
Events: June, 2008
Objections To Objects? June 19
Don't miss this one!! One of the best rated sessions of recent months is coming to Southampton. Alan Dean has gotten rave reviews about this session where he airs different views on teh world of Object Orientation. Member Nugget, Swag and Pizza also , I mean what else is there?
Events: May, 2008
Doing The BizTalk May 15
Yossi Dahan explains what BizTalk is, does and how it works, plus a member nugget, Pizza, Swag you know how it goes ...
Events: April, 2008
That's Entity-tainment! April 17
Mike Taulty, stalwart of the UK Microsoft Developer Platform Evangelist (DPE) Group, has decided he needs a bit of sea air, and so is heading for the South Coast to mix it up with those enthusiastic chaps of NxtGenUG Southampton. It looks like Mike and Daniel Moth are trying to collect the full set of NxtGenUG regions! Mike tonight talks about the new Microsoft Entity Framework and NxtGenUG member and Ready Steady Speak! 'Hero' Neil Robbins delivers his second nugget this time on IIS 7.0. Rockin'!
Events: March, 2008
Launch/InstallFest March 13
Before they were "Guitar" heroes - 2008 Launch Event and Install Fest Join the southampton crew for a night packed full of 2008 launch action. Our very own co-ordinators Rich and John will be joined by fellow community member Neil Robbins in a heroic triad of presentations covering the top 5 things you need to know about VS2008, SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008. But wait it doesn't end there though, this night will be starting a little earlier and finishing a little later to fit in our very own fun packed "Install Fest". What's an install fest I hear you say, well with the usual pizza and ti-swag-tanic amount of VS2008 products to give away we invite you to bring your laptops or desktops along with you and we'll have a mass install of the product. Whilst everyone is watching that little progress bar go up and up there will be various games including a special "XBox 360 - Guitar Hero 3" competition in which more prizes can be won. If you can only make one launch event this Easter, make it the Southampton launch event and join us for what will be the most exciting 2008 pre-launch event that the south coast will see this year!
Events: February, 2008
On the .Net ship Enterprise February 21
MVP, Author, Speaker and 'Software Legend' Alex Homer makes his debut in Southampton to talk about Enterprise Library in ASP .NET. We'll also be beaming up some pizza, and Richie Allen with be giving a reading from the Captain's log of 'Code Standard' Nugget - In Space nobody hears you code!
Events: January, 2008
I've seen the Silverlight... January 17
Man of loud Shirts, and Cambridge Coordinator, Chris Hay shows us the brightest thing, not his shirt, but Silverlight 1.1 - a revolution in web development! Plus we'll have equally loud pizza and a nugget - please bring your sun-glasses.
Events: December, 2007
We wish you a mobile Christmas December 13
We Wish you a Mobile Christmas, We wish you a Mobile Christmas and a CodeSmith Nugget. Microsoft's Mobile Legend Marcus Perryman takes us on a sleigh ride of mobile development, and John McLoughlin examines CodeSmith. Ho. Ho. Ho.
Events: November, 2007
VS2008 & NET 3.5 With The Moth November 15
NxtGenUG keep the excitement rolling on the South Coast. This time, John and Richie have kidnapped Microsoft UK's "The Greek One". Yes, none other than Daniel Moth is in town to show you the highlights of the forthcoming Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework Version 3.5. If the 'Launch Event' is anything to go by this should be another great event. Pizza and Swag will feature again of course ...
Events: October, 2007
Southampton 'LAUNCH Event'! October 18
Then there were 5! Two months, two new regions, first Cambridge now Southampton. So we're having the mandatory 'Launch' extravaganza featuring Top UK speaker Guy Smith-Ferrier and NxtGenUG's own Dave McMahon. It's going to be informative and fun! 'Astoria' will be covered by Guy and Dave will get one of his Nuggets out on SQL ... We'll have swag, pizza, chat, everything a User Group ever needed. See you there for a never to be repeated event!
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