World-renowned SharePoint Guru in town

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World-renowned SharePoint guru Bjørn Furuknap will share his vast experience and knowledge at the Colombo SharePoint Camp scheduled to be held on 28 March.

Exclusively for SharePoint Geeks, the programme will be conducted free of charge and will bring together more than 50 of Sri Lanka’s SharePoint experts in a highly interactive and hands-on forum. Participants will also be able to discuss the latest trends in SharePoint and also share a variety of SharePoint industry secrets and practices.

Bjørn Furuknap has been a Senior Solution Architect and SharePoint Developer for the last 16 years, offering technology consulting for the top league players in the global industry including Microsoft, EDB, Norwegian Military, Telenor, Ergo Group, DnB and more.

He is also a professional speaker and attends numerous conferences around the world in lieu of diversifying the spread and reach of SharePoint Technology. Furuknap has domain experience in a number of industries such as the banking, telco, energy, retail, government and the military industry with a passionate background in marketing and business.

Furuknap is also the author of ‘Building the SharePoint User Experience,’ one of the best-selling publications in the SharePoint Industry while he is also the Lead Editor and author of the SharePoint Magazine (http://sharepointmagazine.net) the world’s largest magazine for SharePoint and the world’s second largest community site for SharePoint.

The Colombo SharePoint Camp is just one of a series of workshops organized by the Colombo Code Camp Community an independent community founded by dedicated IT professionals in an effort to improve the competency and professionalism of the Sri Lankan IT industry. The group conducted the first-ever Colombo Code Camp last year while the highly successful Colombo Agile Camp was conducted last month. Both events attracted a remarkable demand from the Industry and received positive feedback from all participants.

Those who wish to participate are requested to register with the event website www.colombosharepointcamp.