I'll be giving a presentation (in french) on VB.Net at the next GVBM meeting on december 4.
This meeting will be held in Montreal (sorry for all other cities).
You can have more details at the GVBM site:
http://www.gvbm.org/Default.htm
Éric Moreau, MCPD, Visual Developer - Visual Basic MVP
Conseiller Principal / Senior Consultant
Moer inc.
http://www.emoreau.com