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Evening dinners were:

Tuesday July 18:  Base Bistro Bar   http://www.basefoods.com/main.html

Wednesday July 19: Angelo's Hellenic Restaurant

Thursday July 20: Caffe Uno  http://www.caffeuno.co.uk/

The 2006 UK Excel User Conference was held on July 19th and 20th at the University of Westminster - Marylebone Campus, in London, England. July 19th was directed towards the intermediate users and July 20th had topics for the advanced users.  Add-on classes were available for an additional fee.

Conference Day 1: Beyond the Basics - July 19th, 2006

Whether you are a new user or have been using Excel for a few years, "Beyond the Basics" is for you. Like most of us regular users of Excel, you may have the feeling you are using only a fraction of the full power Excel can offer. "Beyond the Basics" is designed to take the average user to the next level. All of the sessions will provide proven tips and strategies to make you more productive from Excel experts, including Microsoft Excel MVPs, who share their knowledge regularly in various online forums.

Beyond the Basics will put you on the road to a place where Microsoft Excel starts working for you instead of you working with the spreadsheet.

Conference Day 2: Advance to the Next Level - July 20th, 2006

Martin Green is a freelance developer, trainer and writer specialising Excel and Access. His spends most of his time building applications with VBA and teaching others how to do the same in the classroom and through his Office Tips web site. When not sitting at the computer he can often be found in the kitchen pursuing his quest for the perfect blueberry muffin, or working to improve his famous Iron Man chilli.  Martin's Website


Nick Hodge has been fortunate to be awarded MVP status, by Microsoft for 6 years and makes his living entirely out of the IT industry, working as Managing Director of the UK arm of US Company Northern Tool + Equipment Co, MN.      Nick's Website


Simon Murphy is dedicated software developer specialising in extending Excel using a range of database technologies and programming environments. His skills have been honed over 15 years commercial development experience as a consultant and contractor across Europe and across industries and business functions. He also contributes regularly on the Excel-L developers list, Microsoft.Public.Excel.Programming, and Eusprig (European Spreadsheet Risks Group).  Simon's Website


Patrick O'Beirne BSc MA FICS is Managing Director of Systems Modelling Limited. He is the current chair of the European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group (www.EuSpRIG.org). He has provided consultancy services, written extensively, presented conference papers, and run courses in industry and academic institutions on modelling, software testing, process improvement, and quantitative management. He is the author of "Spreadsheet Check+Control: 47 key practices to detect and prevent errors" . Patrick's Website


Bob Phillips Bob Phillips is currently an IT Consultant, having spent 25 years in the Finance industry. Although mainly an applications designer, he has been working with spreadsheets since 1981, starting with Visicalc, moving onto to Lotus 1-2-3, and finally with Excel. He is an also a Microsoft Excel MVP, and maintains an Excel focused website at http://www.xldynamic.com/ 

Andy Pope is a software developer for a data processing bureau in London. He has been awarded MVP status by Microsoft for the last 3 years. Andy's website, http://www.andypope.info/index.htm

Charles Williams worked for IBM in Europe and the US in: * Decision Support Systems Software Development, Business and Planning Management. * European Software Forecasting Management. * PC Product Management and Opportunity Analysis. * Sales Incentive Planning and Modelling. * Product Marketing and Planning, Decision Support and End-User Computing. * Operations Research Analysis and Programming.      Charles' Website

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