Speaking

Jason frequently speaks at local Pittsburgh community events and at Microsoft events. Use the contact page to inquire about speaking engagements.

Microsoft Mid-Atlantic CIO Summit, April 2014 (Microsoft, Hershey, PA)
- Presented on Windows 8 Store App Development
- Got to play around with a 55″ Perceptive Pixel device 😉
Visual Studio 2012 Launch Event in Pittsburgh, December 2012 (Microsoft)
- Presented “Elevate Quality: Moving from Quality Assurance to Quality Enablement”
- Worked the Microsoft “booth” for demonstrations and Q&A
Delivered “Silverlight: Cloud Connected” at a Microsoft Fire-starter event in Pittsburgh, 2009 (Microsoft)
Several webinars for CEI:
- Creating SPPS Web-Parts to Drive Business Decision Making
- AJAX programming for the .NET 2.0 Framework
- Windows Presentation Foundation
- Service-Oriented Architecture

.NET Reactive Extensions – Pittsburgh TechFest 2013
- Demonstrated how to Create worry-free, asynchronous, reactive programs using the .NET Reactive (Rx) Extensions
iOS Best Practices: Avoid the Bloat – Pittsburgh TechFest 2012
- Presented a handful of techniques to help avoid bloated Objective-C and to write more maintainable code
Developing an iPhone application (for Code Camp) – Pittsburgh Code Camp (April 17, 2010)
- Track lead for the Code Camp
- I demonstrated the creation of an iPhone application at and FOR the Pittsburgh Code Camp
Xul vs. Xaml: A head-to-head comparison of declarative programming languages – Pittsburgh Code Camp (April 14, 2007)
- Track lead for the Code Camp
- The goal was to compare the existing open-source XUL declarative model with the (then) brand-new Microsoft XAML language
Creating .NET solutions with OSS tools – Pittsburgh Code Camp (April 8, 2006)
- Co-organizer, track lead for the Code Camp
- Demonstrated that it is completely possible to create .NET solutions (specifically an ASP.NET web application) using free and open source tools

Jason Agostoni