Photos of September Delphi Events: London and Utrecht

Over the past few weeks I spoke at a Delphi user group event in London and a Delphi conference in Utrecht. Here are some pictures and notes.

Delphi User Group Meeting, London

A couple of weeks ago I was in London for personal reasons and teamed up with the UK Developers Group to attend their monthly meeting and talk about Delphi. I offered an introductory talk, some in depth on RAD Server compared to other web service technologies, plus some FireMonkey and VCL insights, and a deep dive on some advanced features of the Delphi language.

This was a very nice event set up in a pub (and including the pub's food) in Camden. Here are a couple of pictures taken by the organizers -- and thanks a lot for the invite. I'll be back!

Delphi Conference, Utrecht

Later in September I traveled to the Netherlands, Utrecht to be precise, for a large Delphi conference organized by Embarcadero partner Barnsten. The turnout was very significant, with over hundred attendees, and there was also a very nice group of speakers beside myself (see photos below). It was a nice event, and attendees were happy to see a large crowd -- a good sign of the health of the Delphi community in Europe.

At the conference I gave a keynote on the status and plans for Delphi, and a technical session focused on RAD Server. Again, here are some assorted picture I took or including myself.

Coming Next, EKON 22

Next I'll be at EKON 22 in Dusseldorf, Germany, early November.

Thanks for posting these...I love to see these. It helps re-affirm that Delphi is alive and well. I'd love to see more live events in the United States. You might have to send Jim on some major city road trips. :-) Microsoft was always good with MSDN Live Events, and Developer Express did the same with their developer tools. It was good to go to an event in person, even if you had to travel a couple of hours to get there, just to meet the program managers, and fellow developers. I still use these tools daily because of these introductory events. It was also nice to get a T-Shirt or hat, etc. I wear that stuff all the time and get comments on it and that always leads to a discussion. It just helps spread the love of the tools that I use. I'd love to get some Embarcadero shirts, hats, stickers, etc, etc. - just to show my love for the product. Might be some benefit from a marketing perspective too. Thanks again for posting pictures of these events!

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