.NET Conf 2024 - Newcastle upon Tyne

Venue

Haylofts, 5 St Thomas’ Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LE

You'll find Haylofts just over the road from Haymarket Metro Station or around the corner from Haymarket Bus Station just behind Oxfam, it is up a cobbled arched alleyway with a Haylofts sign above so you'll know you're in the right place.

If coming by car there's a few car parks nearby including the Eldon Square Multi Storey Car Park but it is not possible to use the on street parking outside the venue as it is permit holders only from 6:30pm also there is a Football Match on in the evening so make sure you arrive in plenty of time and park further away if needed.

Agenda

18:00 - 18:45 - Pizza courtesy of Waterstons, drinks courtesy of Cluarantonn along with Tea and Coffee courtesy of Haylofts
18:45 - 19:00 - .NET Conf 2024 Overview - Peter Bull
19:00- 19:10 - What is Native AOT and how to use it with .NET 9 - Michael Nee
19:10 - 19:20 - OpenAPI in .NET 9 - Nigel Hope
19:20 - 19:30 - .NET Aspire Improvements in .NET 9 - Michael Nee
19:30 - 19:40 - Hot Design™ in Uno Platform - Peter Bull
19:40 - 20:00 - General Discussion & Close

Summary

.NET Conf 2024 was the virtual event celebrating the release of the latest .NET version, .NET 9, and at .NET Conf 2024 - Newcastle upon Tyne you'll get a overview of what was announced along with a chance to deliver or attend lightning talks about .NET with North East Dev Community.

The event will be hosted at the historic Haylofts venue in Newcastle upon Tyne which is a former stables that has been transformed into modern workspace and the event is sponsored by Cluarantonn and pizza courtesy of Waterstons.

There's six ten-minute lightning talk slots up for grabs where you can talk about anything .NET from C# to F# or .NET Aspire to Blazor, or .NET MAUI to WinUI or the broader ecosystem such as Uno Platform, Avalonia or anything else .NET related!

About Event

• Drinks + Pizza: Start the evening with drinks courtesy of Cluarantonn and pizza courtesy of Waterstons along with Tea and Coffee courtesy of Haylofts.
• .NET Conf 2024 Overview: Join Peter Bull, Microsoft MVP for .NET and Windows Development, as he gives an overview from .NET Conf 2024 with the first lightning talk of the evening.

About Lightning Talks

• Lightning Talks can be up to ten minutes including questions but can be shorter if you want.
• You can use the official .NET Conf 2024 template for your slides which you can download.
• There will be up to six talks but if there aren't enough we'll do general discussion the rest of the time.