I have submitted a session proposal to MIX 2010. The title of my session is 'Real-world multi touch applications on Surface and Silverlight'.

In order to be elected to present your session a voting system is put into place. Out of 150 proposals 10 get to  present their proposals. So if you can spend a couple

of minutes, just follow this link and vote for my session (search for 'boris' and click on the session title).

Should I get elected I will make sure you receive the link to the video-feed. That way you can have a look at the session as well ;-)

Thanks !

boris

By the way: this is the abstract for the submitted session: 

The Microsoft Surface Computing platform is a compelling new technology that introduces new ways of interacting with software applications. Although the hardware platform is excellent, it’s the software running on it that makes the Surface computer come to life. This session will talk about exactly that: how to create ‘real-world’ multi touch applications for the Microsoft Surface platform.

In this session we will discuss ‘real world’ usage of Microsoft Surface, on the commercial, organizational and technical levels. We’ll investigate why our customers are interested in Surface computing and what is holding them back. Furthermore, we’ll have a look at what technical, physical and commercial burdens need to be surpassed to sell and create a successful Surface project. What problems we face when using Surface computers (e.g. in a television studio or in a public place) and what issues come up when designing and developing for the Surface platform. We will also focus on our experiences in trying to create user interfaces that require no prior knowledge and almost no learning curve from our users.

We will focus on a number of projects, one of which combines Surface and (multi-touch) Silverlight/WPF technologies. Based on customer demand we created a set of applications that run on Microsoft Surface and on Silverlight/WPF. We will explain why and how we came to the proposed solution and how we could accommodate the customer’s wishes.

On the technical level we will have an in depth look at this application and the problems we faced during the creation thereof. How we designed the application taking into account that it must be available both on Surface and Silverlight without losing the specific features of both platforms.