I am privileged to kick-off first ever Chicago SharePoint Developer Group with introductory session on the overview of the SharePoint 2010 development on Thursday 6/21, 6-8 PM. Chicago SharePoint Developers User Group planning to meet once a month (usually the third Thursday of each month) for about 2 hours in the evening to provide stage for learning and networking opportunities for Chicago area SharePoint Developers. This is much needed initiative in the chicago land area. I am really thankful to group organizers – Doug Hemminger (@DougHemminger) and Kris Wagner (@SharePointKris) to giving me opportunity to kick off developer group with my session which would hopefully set the stage for in-depth SharePoint development sessions for SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint vNext.

Title – An Odyssey Into the SharePoint Development World

Abstract – Nik Patel, Solutions Architect from Slalom Consulting will take you on a whirlwind tour of the SharePoint 2010 development world–from a quick overview of SharePoint 2010 development to advanced options available for accessing data in SharePoint. This session will provide a great learning base for seasoned ASP.NET programmers getting their feet wet with SharePoint and a reaffirmation of best practices for seasoned SharePoint developers. This session will set the stage for future deep dive sessions hosted by the Chicago SharePoint Developers User Group.

If you are really interested, please follow @ChDevSPUG on twitter and feel free to join me to attend this event by registering here – http://chdevspug.com/?ai1ec_event=meeting&instance_id=3

Hoping to see you all out there.