Elevate 2021 Call for Papers is now open

The initial proposals are due by October 22nd.  Elevate 2021 will be on online event starting on December 6th at 9AM US Eastern.

https://www.appeon.com/elevate/call-for-presenters/register

Elevate 2020 Report

Well, this year's conference was definitely different.  As a result of COVID Elevate 2020 was entirely online.  As a result, no breakfasts, lunches, evening events, happy hour, etc. so they won't be part of the review this year.

Summary

I thought it went quite well, particularly given it was Appeon's first attempt at doing an entirely online conference.

ISUG Board of Director's nominations are now open

Half of the board is up for election every year. The offices currently up for election are Vice President of Finance, Vice President of Membership, Communications Director, Social Media Director, Regional Director - Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and Regional Director - North America.  The positions are open for nomination until October 16th.

https://www.isug.com/news/24-board-of-directors-2021-2022-term-nominations-period

Elevate 2020 Call for Papers is now open

The deadline for submission is September 30, 2020.  The conference, which will be a "digital conference" this year do to COVID concerns, will be held November 16 and 17th, 2020.

https://www.appeon.com/elevate/call-for-presenters/register

Elevate 2019 Report

Summary

The event was held at the same location as last year, except that last year it was a Sheraton and this year it's called Philadelphia Marriott Old City,  (Marriott bought out Sheraton in 2016 and has been upgrading the old Sheraton hotels since.)  The event ran from Oct 28th to 30th.  This is the third year Appeon did it themselves, and they really seem to have worked out all the kinks.  It was an excellent conference.

Webcast: PowerServer 2019 and PB C# Web API integration: Why, When, How

In this community webinar, Marco Meoni, Appeon MVP, will show you how to utilize new features of PowerServer 2019 (in conjunction with PowerBuilder 2019) to free your apps from the desktop and limitations of client/server architecture. You will learn about how to thin out your application by deploying business logic as C# Web APIs utilizing the new .NET DataStore of PowerBuilder 2019. And then convert your application UI into a Web app that consumes your C# Web APIs utilizing the new REST features of PowerServer 2019. Since majority of the work is automated by the migration engines in PowerServer and PowerBuilder, this Webinar will focus on the manual work that is involved.

Recording of the Webcast will be sent to all registrants, so we recommend you register even if you can’t attend. 

Presenter: Marco Meoni, Appeon MVP

Webcast: PowerBuilder 2019 Release

In this official Appeon webinar, Appeon will walk you through the key new features of PowerBuilder 2019, with a special focus on codeless enhancement of application UI and a practical approach to cloudify (a little or a lot) your existing projects. This webinar includes quick-start tutorials and a Q&A session so you are ready to benefit from PowerBuilder 2019 in the shortest amount of time. Join us at this live event to get valuable knowledge in an action-packed 60 minutes!

Recording of the Webcast will be sent to all registrants, so we recommend you register even if you can’t attend. 

Presenters: Armeen Mazda, Appeon CEO; Bruce Armstrong, Appeon MVP