Microsoft XNA Event : Trinity College Dublin

This event was very well organised, Steve Collins formally of Havok spoke about the industry and how Ireland has achieved allot for such a small nation. The day was based around XNA and trying to get people in computer science courses to use it. As I was already using it, they didn't need to sell it to me. It was very interesting seeing the people who actually designed XNA. All of the speakers were a pleasure to listen to and I felt everyone came away from the event feeling good and upbeat about XNA. They spoke on length about the upcoming release of XNA 2.0.

Taito Corportation gives its support to the XNA Ireland Challenge 2008
Taito Corporation have given permission to the XNA Ireland Users Group to honour SPACE INVADERS 30th Birthday on the 13th March 2008. The XNA Ireland Challenge 2008 will run in parallel to Robocode Ireland. The event is already attracting entries from schools and colleges across the country.

Competition Schedule
The competition schedule for XNA Ireland Challenge is as follows:
November ’07 to March ’08, Schools Colleges and Universities should select the students or team to represent their institution. The selection mechanism should be in manner deemed appropriate by that institution. It is suggested that an internal challenge competition be held to select XNA Ireland Challenge qualifiers.
February 3rd, Schools, Colleges and Universities officially register for the competition by emailing xna[AT]tippsoc[DOT]ie . A stipulation is that the subject line should contain the following "[institution name] would like to register for XNA Ireland Challenge 2008"
March 7th, Schools, Colleges and Universities to submit the entry form, XNA Ireland Challenge entry project source code and documentation as in Get Registered.
March 13th the XNA Ireland Challenge Final will be held at Tipperary Institute, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.