| 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
Early Registration |
| 7:00 am - 8:00 am |
Registration and Demo Lab with Morning Refreshments sponsored by Res Software |
| 8:00 am - 8:30 am |
Opening Keynote: State of the Desktop Virtualization Industry in 2010, with Brian Madden |
| 8:30 am - 8:45 am |
Moving Break – Demo Lab is open |
| 8:45 am - 10:00 am |
Advanced Hyper-V Architecture in a VMware World, with Michael Burke |
Backup and Restore of VDI: The Topic No One Talks About, with Brad Maltz |
The "AppSense VUI" - The Infrastructure Solution to User Virtualization, with Simon Rust
Sponsored Session with AppSense |
BYOPC
– IT Panacea or Management Nightmare? with John Whaley and TJ Purtell |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am |
Moving Break – Demo Lab is open |
| 10:15 am - 11:30 am |
Resolving Brian's
Paradox: How to Increase VDI Desktop Density to Rival Terminal Services User Density in 3 Easy Steps, with Chetan Venkatesh & Brian Madden |
Thin Clients: Fundamental Flaws and Opportunities…a Discussion, with Jeroen van de Kamp, Moderated by Shawn Bass
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Troubleshooting and Monitoring your XenApp Environment with EdgeSight, with Mike Nelson |
What's Really in a Thin or Zero Client: Believing the Wrong Vendors can Really Screw up Your VDI Installation, with Jeff McNaught
Sponsored Session with Wyse |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm |
Demo Lab with Lunch sponsored by Xiotech |
| 11:50 am - 12:20 pm |
Lunch and Learn
Session sponsored by VMware
Desktop World of 2015 – What Does Your Enterprise Desktop Environment Look Like in 2015 and What Types of Platform(s) Will Evolve to Deliver It? with Scott Davis,
VMware Desktop CTO |
| 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm |
Advanced Web Interface Customizations, with Sam Jacobs |
Performance Monitoring Windows Servers: the Next Generation of Built-In Windows Tools, with Ian Parker |
The Best Freeware Tools for Application Virtualization Administrators, with Wilco van Bragt |
Ask the Experts Panel Discussion, with Brian Madden, Rick Mack, Shawn Bass, and Patrick Rouse
Sponsored Session with Quest Software |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm |
Demo Lab and Afternoon Refreshment Break |
| 2:45 pm - 4:00 pm |
Remoting Protocols Turned Inside Out, with Benny Tritsch & Shawn Bass |
The Client Hypervisor: A Deep Dive into Type 1 Virtualization on Client Devices, with Roy Tokeshi & Steve Greenberg |
Mandatory and Default User Profile Tuning, with Jon Wallace |
Desktop Transformation: From a Static Desktop to a Dynamic Workspace! with Max Ranzau
Sponsored Session with RES Software |
| 4:00 pm - 4:15 pm |
Moving Break – Demo Lab is open |
| 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm |
Server Virtualization – Success! VDI? Not so Much. Why VDI Adoption Has Been Slow and How Desktop Virt Will Change in the Future, with Ron Oglesby |
An Intro to PowerShell and Why you Need it, with Brandon Shell |
Honey, I Shrunk the Storage, with Chetan Venkatesh
Sponsored Session with Atlantis |
Microsoft Licensing in a Client Virtualization Environment, with Nathan Coutinho |
| 5:45 pm |
Transportation Pickup for Lucky Strike Evening Event |
| 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Lucky Strike Evening Event sponsored by Wyse and RedHat
Interact with your peers over some bowling and billiards, and enjoy complimentary pizza, finger foods, as well as open bar! (Transportation to/from the Hilton Chicago Hotel will be provided.) |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Demo Lab with Morning Refreshments sponsored by Quest Software |
| 8:30 am - 9:45 am |
Large Farm Design Considerations For XenDesktop: Real World, Enterprise Scaling, with Nick Rintalan |
XenApp 6 in a VDI World, with Joe Shonk |
Windows 7 and the Virtual Desktop Revolution, with Daniel Feller |
20 Common Myths and Useful Facts about the PCoIP Protocol, with Ziad Lammam
Sponsored Session with Teradici |
| 9:45 am - 10:45 am |
Demo Lab and Morning Refreshment Break
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| 10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Profile Streaming vs. Profile Segmentation, with Benny Tritsch, Kevin Goodman & Shawn Bass |
MFCOM to PowerShell: How to Make The Transition, with Jason Conger & Brandon Shell |
Citrix Provisioning Server Survival Track Reloaded, with Thorsten Rood |
Revelations of a Thin Client Technologist, with Tom Flynn
Sponsored Session with HP |
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
Demo Lab with Lunch sponsored by AppSense |
| 12:20 pm - 12:50 pm |
Lunch & Learn Session sponsored by VMware
Virtual Desktop Workload Considerations - What Should You Look for in a Workload Tool? with Fred Schimscheimer,
Sr. Technical Marketing Engineer
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| 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm |
Microsoft’s RemoteFX: Rich Windows Desktop Experience for VDI and Session Virtualization, with Eric Han |
The Top 10 Reasons Why Remote Desktop or XenApp Projects Fail, AND the Top 10 Reasons VDI Projects Fail, with Claudio Rodrigues |
Get Under the Hood of Citrix XenClient Technology, with Harry Labana and Tom James
Sponsored Session with Citrix/Intel |
Live Demo: Installing & Implementing Citrix VM Hosted Apps and Microsoft RemoteApp for Hyper-V, with Wilco van Bragt |
| 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm |
Moving Break – Demo Lab is open |
| 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm |
A Complete Application and Desktop Delivery Solutions Overview (2010-2011 version) with Ruben Spruijt & Shawn Bass |
Cloudbursting XenApp: Hype or Reality? with Rick Dehlinger & Jim Moyle |
Understanding and Optimizing Disk Access Patterns for Desktop VM Workloads, with John Whaley and TJ Purtell |
Simplifying Storage Management in a Virtualized Environment, with Peter Selin and Chad Bittner
Sponsored Session with Xiotech |
| 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm |
Demo Lab and Afternoon Refreshment Break |
| 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm |
Towards a New Desktop: The Future of Client Computing, with Martin Ingram & Brian Madden |
App-V vs ThinApp: Head to Head, with Michael Burke & Tim Mangan |
Citrix XenClient Deep Dive - Release Candidate Review, with Thorsten Rood |
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops: Introduction, with Chuck Dubuque
Sponsored Session with RedHat |
| 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Geek Out Event sponsored by HP, Citrix and Intel
Geek Out is a light-hearted "geek" game show where we choose participants from the audience. Match your wits and test your skills during this exciting evening event, taking place in the Exhibit Hall. (Drinks will be served.) |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Demo Lab with Morning Refreshments sponsored by Symantec |
| 8:30 am - 9:45 am |
Best Practices in Virtualizing Terminal Services and Virtual Desktops – THE Virtual Reality Check, with Ruben Spruijt & Jeroen van de Kamp |
Apps Gone Wild: Useful Tips and Tricks for Troubleshooting Application Issues in Your Environment, with Michael Thomason & Kevin Goodman |
Birds of a Feather |
Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop with App-V, with Tim Mangan |
| 9:45 am - 10:45 am |
Demo Lab and Morning Refreshment Break |
| 10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Lessons Building User Experience Technology and Future Trends, with Harry Labana & Brad Pedersen |
USB Device
Redirection for VDI with RemoteFX, with Nelly Porter |
Why is Desktop Virtualization so Complex? Pulling Out the Complexity, with Martin Ingram |
Application Delivery in VDI: Install, Deploy, Click: The Easy Button, with Michael Thomason
Sponsored Session with Symantec |
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
Demo Lab with Lunch sponsored by Teradici |
| 12:20 pm - 12:50 pm |
Prize Giveaway and Lunch & Learn Session sponsored by NetApp
How to Optimize Storage for Performance and Capacity: A Bottom-up Strategy for Desktop Virtualization Success, with Chris Gebhardt,
Reference Architect |
| 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm |
Streaming Smackdown 2010, with Ruben Spruijt |
Live Debate Smackdown: Virtualization vs Bare Metal for XenApp and RDS Workloads, with Steve Greenberg & Joe Shonk |
Migrating to Windows 7: A Perspective Approach, with Kevin Goodman & Jeroen van de Kamp |
The Client Hypervisor: How Many Degrees of Separation Do You Need Between You and Your Hardware? with Doug Coombs |
| 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm |
Moving Break |
| 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm |
Take Control of Your Software Vendor Relationship! Follow These Steps to Get Your Vendor Working for You! with Kevin Goodman & Michael Thomason |
Citrix XenDesktop and VMware View: Head to Head, with Mike Nelson & Joe Shonk |
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Building a Low Cost Home Lab, the Virtual Way with Simon Gallagher |
| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm |
Move to Closing Keynote Presentation |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Closing Keynote Presentation |
