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The Social Events and General Conference Vibe at TechEd NZ

If you're attending the Girl Geek dinner, Bloggers dinner, the conference itself, the Ask The Experts evening, the farewell drinks or any of the other social events happening at this year's TechEd NZ Conference, be sure to keep an eye out for our roving photographer & video interview team - we want to make you famous!

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Session videos
Full session videos with speaker and slides/demos dual feed live:

WEB309 (Silverlight 2)
WEB304 (Panel - Web Futures)
DAT302 (SQL Server 2008)
SVR315 (WS2008 Hyper-V)
SEC305 (Virtualisation security)
SVR319 (Active Directory in WS2008)

Presentation Downloads
Presentations from TechEd 2008 sessions are ready for download from the Presentation Download Tool.

bgeek.net - 04 Sep 2008

Code Camp & TechEd 2008

Owen Evans reviews Code Camp and TechEd 2008, and Scott Hanselman.

NZ Herald - 04 Sep 2008 - 04:00am

IT whiz spells out the future

We fail if there is a "disruptive discontinuity" in the market that we couldn't see far in advance. That's when Steve Ballmer comes to us and canes us.

James Newton-King - 04 Sep 2008 - 04:00am

TechEd 2008 Summary

TechEd NZ 2008 is over! These are my thoughts and experiences of this year's TechEd.

NZ Herald - 04 Sep 2008

Tech event a hit

The country's largest IT industry gathering had to put out the "full house" sign again this year...

TVNZ - 02 Sep 2008 - 7:28am

Kiwi IT industry discussed

Microsoft's NZ country manager Kevin Ackhurst talks to NZI Business host Corrin Dann on the state of the local IT industry as key players from the local and international IT industry gather in Auckland for TechEd.

Geekzone - 01 Sep 2008 - 5:26pm

Day One Roundup

Really good day so far. Lots of friendly faces and, um, food, heh. All of the presentations I attended so far...

Chris Auld - 31 Aug 2008 - 9:58am

The Brain On Tour

We've got the PDC 'Brain in a Jar' and we're taking it on a world tour. Here it is on the New Zealand leg...

Darryl Burling - 21 Jul 2008 - 1:04pm

Girl Geek Dinner at Tech Ed NZ

This year we've decided to take it to the next level by holding a Girl Geek Dinner at Tech Ed on Monday September 1 at 8pm. The evening will be hosted by Amanda Jackson (Girl Geek Dinners, Auckland) and Brenda Wallace (Girl Geek Dinners, Wellington) and will feature two speakers.

	BronwenZ - 03 Sep 8:00pm says back in our hotel...teched is over. Had a really good time. thanks to @darrylb for inviting us. #tenz8

	JamesNK - 03 Sep 11.50pm My #tenz8 summary blog post - http://tinyurl.com/5bapnk

	kunalk2 - 03 Sep 9:55pm qik highlights from #tenz8 - tech fest (op shop) fantastic,IT in the next 10 yrs (Miha Kralj),Security (Steve Riley),dashboards (SQL,cubes)

	kiwitwitter - 03 Sep 7:45pm says tenz8 is a wrap. thanks everyone you've been grand

	darrylb - 03 Sep 7:51pm says @folleso 3hanks for being @ tenz8 - great sessions!

	krismcg - 03 Sep 5:23pm says #tenz8 is over, but for me... techedlive.co.nz continues, I need a drink

	kiwitwitter - 03 Sep 4:08pm says maybe it is just the sessions i chose to attend but damn the speakers at tenz8 are really good this year!

	hilsdb - 03 Sep 2:48pm is consistently amazed at what people will do for a free phone! #tenz8

	robinm - 03 Sep 11:40am says Regretting my decline of my manager's offer to attend tenz8

	JamesHip - 03 Sep 8:35am #tenz8 Good morning Lord (at least it's better than "good lord, it's morning!) 5.5 hours sleep not enough

	brettrob - 03 Sep 8:33am says is looking forward to another day of TechEd-ification #tenz8

	tenz8 - 02 Sep 7:07pm @freitasm says cool Microsoft closed all bars at Princes Wharf for us! #tenz8

	techedlive - 02 Sep 6:11pm Remember your glo-sticks as it's your ticket into TechFest then down to Princes Wharf for a 6.30pm start. Grab any lost geeks on the way too

	techedlive - 02 Sep 3:47pm Congratulations to Martin Brooks from IAG, the winner of the second HP Mini Note on the Microsoft stand!

	hilsdb - 02 Sep 2:56pm is at TechEd 08, SCVMM - seeing if Stu will bring the sexy back to management #tenz

	BronwenZ - 02 Sep 2:50pm Watched @shanselman session on making my blog suck less. T'was good..wish I had seen the 2 hr version last night #tenz8

	dwnz - 02 Sep 2:01pm Iis at hands on lab again. love this place. #tenz8

	JamesHip - 02 Sep 12:25pm #tenz8 just realised: unlike 2005, have no time for labs, too many good sessions

	BronwenZ - 02 Sep 11:01am Had a great GGDinner last night. Have been running into a lot of the attendees this morning...v. cool #tenz8

	robfe - 31 Aug 6:39pm Best CodeCamp ever, not cos i got to speak. Really coherent - i was mesmerised. @shanselman and @follesoe were so good... @tenz8

	robfe - 31 Aug 6:38pm Best CodeCamp ever, not cos i got to speak. Really coherent - i was mesmerised. @shanselman and @follesoe were so good... @tenz8

	freitasm - 31 Aug 5:15pm cool Ace is providing coffee this year... coffee! #tenz8

	techedlive - 31 Aug 2:03pm Registration for #tenz8 is now open at SKYCITY Convention Centre. Come try out the dual screen Hands on Labs and get your Tech Ed bag!