I took a minute to dig out some of the exciting looking topics/sessions being covered at Apollo Camp coming up in March. In addition I harvested a few of the big name companies who will have people attending the event. Exciting to imagine how some of the major players are planning on leveraging Apollo.

Flex / Apollo Answer Room

• Get answers to your questions about Apollo and Flex
• Get help setting up your Apollo development environment
• Get help with Apollo and Flex development issues
• Get Help porting existing Flex applications to Apollo

ApolloCamp Keynote (Kevin Lynch)

• Overview of Apollo and how it fits into the Flash Platform.

Building your First Apollo Application with Flex (Mike Chambers)

• Installing  the Apollo Runtime
• Installing and configuring the Apollo SDK
• Installing Flex Builder
• Creating an Apollo Project in Flex Builder
• Creating a Hello World Application in Flex Builder
• Creating an Apollo Application from an existing Flex Application
• Testing and Debuging Apollo Applications from Flex Builder
• Packaging and distributing Apollo Applications

Using HTML and Script Bridging within Apollo (Christian Cantrell)

• Introduction to HTML support within Apollo
• How to use HTML within Flex / Flash based Apollo applications
• ScriptBridging between ActionScript and JavaScript

Using the File API within Apollo

• File API Overview
• Asyncronous versus Syncronous APIs
• Reading and Writing Text Files
• Reading and Writing Binary Files
• Serializing and Deserializing ActionScript Objects
• Tips and Tricks

Mini Session : Building an Apollo Based Mashup with Yahoo APIs

• Charles Freedman – Yahoo! Flash Platform Team

Mini Session : effectiveUI / Ebay

• Sean Christmann from effectiveUI demos and dissects Ebay’s Apollo Application.

Managing Windows within Apollo

• Native Window API Overview
• Window Chrome
• Initializing Windows
• Controlling Windows
• Creating and Managing new Windows

Cookbook / Tips and Tricks Session (Danny Dura)

• Covers Tips and Tricks for doing common tasks when developing Apollo Applications

Some of the major companies who will have people present:

• frog design
• eBay Inc.
• Kodak Imaging Network
• Charles Schwab & Co
• Getty Images
• Sony Corporation of America
• Boeing Aerospace Operations
• Amexican Express
• Kaiser Permanente
• Microsoft
• CNN
• Teknision
• CNET Networks
• O’Reilly Media
• The Walt Disney Company
• Oracle Corporation
• HP

More information, schedule, etc. here: http://apollocamp.eventbrite.com/