From the Editor

Welcome to TechWave 2006! The structure of the conference has changed significantly this year.

The two- and four-day a.m. education courses are gone, at least in that format. This year what were the two-day classes are given in a single five-hour session on either Monday or Tuesday afternoon. What were the four-day a.m. courses are given in a single 10-hour session all day Tuesday.

What were originally just p.m. courses are now given as both a.m. and p.m. courses, given on Wednesday (all day) and Thursday morning (no p.m. sessions other than education courses on Monday or Tuesday).

The keynote sessions are longer. Or perhaps, more accurately, they're as long as they've been in prior conferences, but the schedule has finally been adjusted to officially indicate their length. Keynotes are from 8 a.m. to noon on Monday and Tuesday.

The Tech Support Solution Lab has been moved out of the Exhibit Hall and now has additional hours. In particular, it opens at 6 a.m. and runs until the start of the keynotes or morning sessions (8 a.m.). It also stays open until 9 p.m. on Monday, 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 6 p.m. on Wednesday, and 1 p.m. on Thursday.

The ISUG Enhancement Session is now on Wednesday evening (just prior to the special event) rather than Thursday morning. They are also being run separately (there are no afternoon sessions scheduled at the same time).

Where's TeamSybase
Sort of the TechWave equivalent of "Where's Waldo?" Find the really geeky guys (and gal) among a crowd of, well, other geeky guys (and gals). So where will TeamSybase be at:

Test Your Sybase IQ Gameshow
Sunday, August 6: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

A Jeopardy style game show between TeamSybase and Sybase in which the audience (you) win prizes. It's a grudge match as a result of last year's blowout (http://teamsybase.net/blogs/?p=49).

Tech Support Solutions Lab
Monday, August 7: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Tuesday, August 8: 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday, August 9: 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday, August 10: 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Tech Support Solutions Lab is located off the Exhibit Hall and directly across from the Registration and Information Center on the fourth floor, Palace Ballroom Foyer. TeamSybase will be supporting Sybase support staff as they answer your tech support questions for free. This year there are extended and early morning sessions (which will include breakfast) in order to accommodate your schedules.

Exhibit Hall
Monday, August: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Tuesday, August 8: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., 2:30 to 4:00 p.m., and 6:00 to 8:00 p.m,
Wednesday, August 9: 12:00 to 2:00 p.m.

Either hanging out at the ISUG Booth, the PBDJ Booth (for those who are PBDJ authors and editors) or at their own Sponsor Booth (PowerObjects).

Presentations

• Monday, August 7: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
  "Adaptive Server Enterprise Tips and Tricks" by Rob Verschoor, Roman Ballroom, Salon IV
• Tuesday August 8: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
  "PowerBuilder Tips and Tricks" by John Strano, Roman Ballroom, Salon III
• Wednesday August 9: 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
  "Using PowerDesigner - A Case Study" by Michael Nicewarner, Pompeian Ballroom, Salon III
• Wednesday, August 9: 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
  "Advanced DataWindow.NET" by Dave Fish and Bruce Armstrong, Genoa
• Thursday, August 11: 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
  "PowerBuilder: Services Are the Key to Reuse" by Jeff Pryslak and Bruce Armstrong, Roman Ballroom, Salon IV
• Wednesday August 9: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
  "Using PowerBuilder to Develop Applications for Oracle: Special Considerations" by Bruce Armstrong, Florentine Ballroom, Salon IV
• Wednesday, August 9: 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
  "PowerBuilder Foundation Classes (PFC): The Open Source Project" by Boris Gasin, Terry Voth, and Bruce Armstrong, Florentine Ballroom, Salon IV
• Wednesday August 9: 2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
  "Building a Web Application Engine Using the Sybase DataWindow" by Dean Jones, Florentine Ballroom, Salon IV
• Thursday, August 11:, 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
  "Tips, Tricks & New Features in ASE" by Rob Verschoor, Roman Ballroom, Salon III

Enhancement Sessions
This year the enhancement sessions will be held on Wednesday August 9, at 4 p.m. There are no other sessions scheduled for that time, so pick the topic nearest and dearest to you and stop in to discuss the future of your favorite Sybase products!

ISUG Annual Meeting
ISUG will be holding its annual member meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the end of TechWave 2006. Please join us on Thursday, August 10, after the morning sessions. Grab your boxed lunch and join us for a review of ISUG business and, of course, the ISUG member raffle.

Speaking of ISUG: Important Changes
The following is from the ISUG President's newsletter. See in particular the highlighted section. There's really no excuse anymore for folks not to be participating in the ISUG enhancement process:

ISUG Announces New Membership Benefits Pricing and Renewal Promotion
Last month ISUG announced changes to our member benefits structure. We wanted to take this opportunity to give you a second look at the changes.

There are now three benefit packages available to our members:

• Basic: Access to the members-only Website, including full participation in the ISUG Enhancements process (i.e., with voting rights), and ability to see featured articles from the expanded Technical Journal. This is especially ideal for students and those on a limited budget.
• Journal: Basic package, plus a subscription to the ISUG Technical Journal (print and online editions) - perfect for anyone who doesn't require the free Sybase/iAnywhere software benefits. Also includes a 20% discount on a subscription to PBDJ.
• Complete: Journal package, plus access to all the free NFR and developer-edition software benefits, and all the discounts.

Membership benefits package pricing is as follows:

• Basic: $20.00 (USD)
• Journal: $70.00 (USD)
• Complete: $95.00 (USD)

In addition, the price for Corporate memberships has changed as follows:

• Workplace Corporate (up to 6 members): $375
• Enterprise Corporate (up to 12 members): $600

You can change your level of benefits when you renew your membership, but the change will not take effect until the expiration of your original membership. If you wish to upgrade your benefit level during your membership year, please contact membership@isug.com. Please note that no refunds or partial refunds will be issued for your current year's level of benefits.