Happy August everyone!  As promised, we're going to get to hear from a salesforce.com engineer about force.com Canvas.  It should be interesting.  We'll be hearing from Chris Jolley a Principal Engineer from salesforce.com and local to the Denver area.  

Here's a description for our meetup:

Learn about Force.com Canvas (currently GA in Summer '13), an exciting new platform service that allows any app, in any language, to run inside of the Salesforce user interface with unified identity, secure access to records, and collaboration via the Chatter social graph. Legacy apps, such as SAP, can be transformed into social front ends creating a seamless experience for users.

Topics Covered:

• Force.com Canvas fundamentals and use cases

• The steps for creating a Canvas app using a Heroku Quick Start, the Canvas JavaScript SDK, and Force.com app management screens

• New features added to the SDK and additional places to surface your canvas apps.

• What resources are available to help you learn more about Force.com Canvas