Sessions and Speakers Overview

The Conference begins at 10am on Wednesday, October 17th, 2012; Registration opens at 8am. There will be 3 days of solid sessions with lunch and breaks provided. Dinner and evening activities will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, October 17 and 18th. The conference sessions will wrap up on Friday by approximately 1pm, but attendees should expect activities through as late as 4 or 5pm on Friday, Oct 19th.

Sessions are held back-to-back, maximizing content and packing in all that we can. No worries, however, there's plenty of breaks and networking time as well.

Sessions are organized into:

• Sessions Chairs
• Joint Sessions
• Developer Track
• IT Track

Joint sessions are given to the joint developer/IT audience. Breakout sessions are given in either the developer or IT tracks. To keep things fast-paced and action packed, MacTech Conference uses our QuickTalk™ format -- 5 minute sessions that give you all that you need to know. While session start times may not align between tracks, attendees are welcome to attend either track, space permitting.

Note: All times are approximate. All sessions, speakers and descriptions are subject to change at any time without notice.

Edward R. Marczak, MacTech Magazine
Conference Sessions Chair and IT Track Sessions Chair

Ed is the Executive Editor of MacTech Magazine, the author of several books, and Worldwide Mac Operations Dude at Google. Ed heads up overall conference session content, as well as the IT track.

Steve Troughton-Smith, High Caffeine Content
Dev Track Sessions Chair

Steve is an indie developer and part time investigative hacker. Steve runs High Caffeine Content, a small development shop that builds apps for iOS, Mac and other platforms. He was one of the many developing apps for the iPhone a year before the SDK and App Store existed. Originally dubbed the ‘poster child’ for iPhone development in Ireland by the media, these days Steve is also the programming half of the Grace App for Autism team, and Mobile Architect at Tethras.

MacTech Conference organizers have the call for speakers and inverse call for speakers applications open right now. If you want to get an idea as to the caliber and type of speakers that MacTech Conference has, see the MacTech Conference 2011 speakers and sessions line up.