Sessions at Objective-Cologne on Tuesday 11th September

You may arrive as of 8:30am.

We'll be sure to provide coffee/orange juice to all of you, and this is also a good time to start networking!

I will briefly introduce you to the location & give some organisational advice.

Many have sought to understand the mind of Steve Jobs, but few have gone through the effort of working at Apple, taking psychedelic drugs, or stalking Joan Baez. Mike Lee has done at least two of those things.

Join the World's Toughest Programmer for an inspiring and poignant exploration of who Steve Jobs was—not just how he was, but why. We'll watch archival footage of and about the man himself, and we'll ask the hard questions that other biographers have not.

We'll learn about the effects of chronic, long-term sleep deprivation on the brain. We'll find out what it takes to recruit and retain the smartest people in the world. We'll go beyond merely thinking different, and seek out the underlying truths behind Apple's meteoric success.

To learn about Steve is to learn about life and, ultimately, to learn a little something about ourselves. Don't miss this one-of-a-kind look at the Genius of Cupertino, and the genius in us all.

iOS 5 introduced exciting new APIs for customizing standard controls such as buttons, slider, tool- and navigation bars.

iOS 6 added a lot to the game.

We'll discuss how to leverage this API and work around some shortcomings.

Learn how to more effectively use Xcode's powerful debugger and performance tools. We'll look at debugging and analyzing your own code, and then talk about using the the debugger to drill down and explore system APIs.

Learn how to use UIAutomation to incrementally test your apps for problems while at the same time making them accessible. Find out about other ways in which you can use UIAutomation to eliminate repetitive tasks.

Localization is often regarded as a painful part of software development and therefore often postponed until ... forever. However, postponing is the problem itself. By considering potential problems at an early stage, localization can be integrated almost seamlessly into software and business development. Instead of prescribing painkillers, we show you when and how to integrate localization into the software and the business development process – making it a less costly and less painful experience not worth worrying about.

Remember "Evening at Adler"? I certainly do, and I miss those kind of "panels" at Cocoa Conferences, so I'll be sure to prepare some questions and throw them at the speakers! :-)

600m away from the "Alte Versteigerungshalle" is the "Küchen Loft", where "Porschen Art Cooking" will wait for us starting at 6pm for the "Welcome Drink" and we'll have dinner at 7pm.

All drinks are on ObjCGN, this means as well beer and wine. Starting at 6pm as well, the Chef will start cooking Live for you! We'll most probably as well walk around with camera and microphone and we might even stream the evening.

Why would we stream (if we can)? Just so the world knows how cool ObjCGN is and to motivate those who stayed at home to join us next year!