Adobe MAX 2009 is right around the corner and I'm extremely excited for it. Aside from the fantastic opportunity Adobe MAX provides to see the newest advances with the software we use to make a living, learn new skills at the labs and presentations, network, and hang out with old friends, this year I am happy to announce that I will be presenting two Gaia sessions at Adobe MAX 2009 in Los Angeles.

One is an Adobe MAX Lab and the other is a presentation for the FITC Unconference at MAX.

Here are the details:

Gaia Framework for Adobe Flash: Revolutionizing Your Workflow
Wednesday, October 7th – 11:00am – Room: 518 – BYOL Lab
I am teaching a hands-on lab that will introduce Gaia's pragmatic approach to developing with Flash and get your feet wet with real-world examples. In this 90 minute lab, we'll be covering the fundamentals of Gaia development and best practices. Sign up while there are still seats available. This is a BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop) lab.

Advanced Tips and Tricks with the Gaia Framework
Monday, October 5th – 11:30am – FITC Unconference Room
I am also giving an advanced Gaia presentation at the FITC Unconference at MAX 2009. In this presentation, I will be digging in and demonstrating how to leverage some of Gaia's more advanced features, such as Event Hijacking, Sound Groups and Custom Assets. You'll learn how Gaia makes it easy to develop specialized transition control, mp3 players, render strict XHTML in Flash using Gaia's runtime font loading, SEO and StyleSheet assets, as well as how to create your own custom assets using Gaia's extensible architecture.

If you haven't purchased tickets, now is the time to do it because the early bird tickets are only available until September 18th. MAX is taking place in sunny Los Angeles, CA this year, and the attendance is expected to be bigger than ever!

If you've never gone to MAX and you're on the fence, you definitely should consider going. In addition to the conference during the day, it's an extremely fun time at night. The parties are a blast and you meet a ton of great people. If you've already been, well, you already know!

Can't wait to see you there!