Information and resources for journalists covering and/or attending Microsoft-sponsored and other technology industry events. You can also find transcripts of recent Microsoft executive speeches.
| • | Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008
July 7–10, 2008, Houston, Texas
The Worldwide Partner Conference is Microsoft Corp.’s premier event for the partner community where strategy and resources are shared to enable partners to build innovative solutions, grow their business, drive profitability and deliver customer satisfaction. Over 10,000 partners, industry experts, speakers, exhibitors and Microsoft executives are expected to attend the 2008 conference.
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| • | Imagine Cup 2008 Worldwide Finals
July 3-8, 2008, Paris, France
Now in its sixth year, Imagine Cup has grown to be a truly global competition focused on finding solutions to real-world issues, with more than 200,000 students from over 100 countries and regions in the world registering for the 2008 competition. |
| • | Enterprise 2.0 Conference
June 9–12, 2008, Boston, Mass.
From June 9–12, business decision-makers, tech enthusiasts and members of the press will gather in Boston to experience the latest trends in Enterprise 2.0 technology by visiting demo booths, listening to keynote addresses by Enterprise 2.0 experts and participating in breakout sessions, including a session by Microsoft Office Labs on Thursday, June 12.
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| • | Tech•Ed 2008 North America
Orlando, Fla.
June 3–6: Developers
June 10–13: IT Professionals
Microsoft Corp.’s premier technical education conference for developers and IT professionals.
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| • | HealthVault Solutions Conference
June 9–10, Bellevue, Wash.
The Microsoft Health Solutions Group, led by Peter Neupert, is joined by nationally recognized medical providers, health-management device manufacturers and patient advocacy organizations whose common mission is to help enrich people’s lives through better health.
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| • | advance08
May 19-21, 2008, Redmond, Wash.
The advance08 Advertising Leadership Forum brings together the most influential thought leaders of the global advertising community with the goal of working together to advance the future of digital marketing. Building on the successful format of SAS, advance08 will provide enhanced opportunities to engage with industry visionaries in a more personal setting at the Microsoft Corporate Headquarters. Discover, discuss, and debate the techniques and trends that are reshaping the landscape of advertising media. Featured presenters include iconic pioneers in advertising, business, entertainment, and communication arts. |
| • | Microsoft CEO Summit 2008
May 13-15, 2008, Redmond, Wash.
Microsoft Corp.’s 12th annual CEO Summit, a premier thought leadership forum that unites the world’s business leaders to discuss the most pressing issues affecting global business today. From May 13 to May 15, more than 115 CEOs from Global 1000 companies in 26 countries will gather on Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., campus for discussion, debate and interactive sessions in topics that include decoding financial markets, establishing cultures of execution and exploring how the Internet will evolve over the next five years. |
| • | The Government Leaders Forum—Asia (GLF Asia 2008)
May 8-9, 2008, Jakarta, Indonesia
The Government Leaders Forum—Asia provides an exceptional opportunity to bring together leaders in the Asia Pacific region to exchange experiences and discuss issues related to governance, education, healthcare and sustainable economic growth, as well as to examine the role that information and communications technology (ICT) plays in achieving success in these areas. This year’s theme, “Serving the Citizen: The Transformative Power of Information Technology in Delivering Government Services,” will be addressed through interactive panel discussions, practical case studies and visionary keynote presentations. |
| • | Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2008
April 28-May 2, 2008, Las Vegas, Nev.
MMS 2008 is the year’s premier technical event for IT professionals. As IT environments become more complex, more virtualized and more connected to the success of the business, organizations are increasingly looking to build dynamic infrastructures. To do so, organizations must rely heavily on IT management and security software, best practices, and extensible solutions that simplify, automate and integrate IT operations. Members of the media who are unable to attend MMS 2008 can follow the event news and information on this site.
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| • | Microsoft 2008 MVP Global Summit
April 14-17, 2008, Seattle, Wash.
Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) are technical community leaders from around the world who are honored for voluntarily sharing their high-quality, real-world expertise in offline and online technical communities. Microsoft MVPs are a highly select group of experts who represent the technical community's best and brightest, and they share a deep commitment to community and a willingness to help others.
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| • | Government Leaders Forum—Americas (GLF Americas 2008)
April 3-4, 2008, Coral Gables, Florida
The Government Leaders Forum—Americas is a dynamic discussion platform for government, business and education leaders from across the Americas. Now in its tenth year, The Forum is an exceptional opportunity to bring together leaders to exchange experiences and discuss issues related to governance, education, local economic development and the knowledge economy, as well as to examine the role that information and communications technology (ICT) plays in achieving success in these areas.
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| • | CTIA 2008 Wireless
April 1–3, 2008, Las Vegas, Nev.
CTIA's spring trade show is the premier venue for all things wireless. This trade show has the distinction of being the largest and most comprehensive in the industry.
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| • | Microsoft Small Business Summit 2008
March 24-27, 2008, Redmond, Wash.
Microsoft’s third annual Small Business Summit is a free, online, nationwide event for the small-business community, featuring presentations by Microsoft executives and successful entrepreneurs, and webcasts on how small businesses can benefit from new technologies.
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| • | Convergence 2008
March 11-14, Orlando, Fla.
Microsoft's annual Convergence customer conference highlights the company's strategy for business applications and detailing its enhanced technology road map to partners and customers. |
| • | MIX08
March 5-7, Las Vegas, Nev.
MIX is an annual event that brings together professionals in the consumer Web space - Web developers, designers, business and digital marketing professionals - to explore new ways to build next-generation Web experiences. |
| • | TechFest 2008
March 4-6, Redmond, Wash.
Innovations from Microsoft Research are on display at TechFest 2008, an annual event held in Redmond that brings researchers from around the world together with people from across the company. |
| • | CeBIT 2008
March 4-9, Hannover, Germany
At CeBIT 2008, Microsoft will feature products and solutions for companies and private users under the motto of "people ready software", including Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, Visual Studio 2008 and Windows Home Server. |
| • | Microsoft Office SharePoint Conference 2008
March 3–6, Seattle, Wash.
Over 3,000 are expected to gather in Seattle see demos, informational sessions and keynote addresses by Bill Gates and Kurt DelBene about Microsoft Office SharePoint. |
| • | Heroes Happen Here: Enterprise IT Launch
Feb. 27, Los Angeles, Calif.
Microsoft launches the biggest wave of enterprise IT products in company history, with new versions of Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008. |
| • | Mobile World Congress 2008
Feb. 11–14, Barcelona, Spain
Information on Microsoft's presence at the 2008 Mobile World Congress, an industry convention that brings together some of the world leaders in mobile devices. |
| • | Government Leaders Forum - Arabia
Jan. 27-28, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The Government Leaders Forum—Arabia aims to improve cooperation between businesses; local, regional and central governments; and educational leaders to develop and encourage ICT solutions that have a positive impact on governments in the region and how they interact with and support their citizens. |
| • | Government Leaders Forum - Europe
Jan. 22-23, Berlin, Germany
The 2008 Government Leaders Forum—Europe (GLF) is an event designed to allow government, business and education leaders from across Europe to exchange experiences and discuss issues related to governance, education and the knowledge economy, as well as to examine the role that information and communications technology (ICT) plays in achieving success in these areas. |
| • | Virtualization Deployment Summit
Jan. 22, Redmond, Wash.
The Microsoft Virtualization Deployment Summit is a private technical conference of 300 Microsoft customers and partners that are early adopters of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and the next version of System Center Virtual Machine Manager.
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| • | 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Jan. 7–10, Las Vegas, Nev.
Details surrounding Microsoft's presence at the 2008 International CES in Las Vegas.
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| • | Microsoft EMEA TechEd Developers and TechEd IT Forum 2007
Nov. 5-9 & Nov. 12-16, Barcelona, Spain
Microsoft's premiere event for Europe, Middle East, and Africa for IT Pros and Developers to receive updates and deep technical training and guidance on Microsoft's developer tools, server products and solutions and services.
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| • | Microsoft SOA and Business Process Conference 2007
Oct. 29 - Nov. 2, Redmond, WA
During four days of breakout sessions, chalk-talk discussions, hands-on labs, peer networking and social events, you will learn about both Microsoft’s current portfolio and long-term strategy for SOA and Business Process initiatives. Also, Robert Wahbe, Corporate Vice President for the Connected Systems Division, and Don Ferguson, Technical Fellow in Platforms and Strategy in the Office of the CTO, will deliver keynote addresses at the event.
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Worldwide Innovative Teachers Forum and School of the Future World Summit
Oct. 27-30 and Oct. 31 - Nov. 1, Helsinki, Finland
Approximately 500 teachers, school administrators and education policymakers from more than 50 countries are in Helsinki, Finland, for two global events: the third annual worldwide Innovative Teachers Forum and the School of the Future World Summit.
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| • | Educause 2007 Conference
October 23-26, Seattle, WA
Oct. 22, at a symposium with more than 400 of its higher education customers, Microsoft announced the integration of Microsoft Office Live Workspace into the Microsoft Live@edu suite of services for higher education institutions.
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| • | Interop Las Vegas 2007
May 20-25, Las Vegas, Nev.
Find out more about Microsoft's participation in Interop Las Vegas, an industry event where IT Professionals come to learn about ideas, information and solutions to build an integrated, responsive infrastructure that responds to business needs.
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| • | WinHEC 2007
May 15-17, Los Angeles, Calif.
Information for journalists covering the Microsoft Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2007 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
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| • | Microsoft Forefront, Microsoft System Center Launch Event: “You’re in Control”
May 2, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft System Center together provide a security and IT management solution to help improve productivity, simplify administration, and integrate existing infrastructure. |
| • | Microsoft Silverlight Platform
2007 National Association of Broadcasters Conference
April 14 - 19, Las Vegas, Nev.
Microsoft Silverlight is a new cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications. Microsoft is unveiling Silverlight at 2007 NAB and at MIX07, Microsoft’s conference for Web designers, developers and decision-makers.
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| • | 3GSM World Congress 2007
Feb. 12–15, Barcelona, Spain
Virtual pressroom for journalists covering Microsoft's presence at the world's leading mobile-communications conference. Microsoft’s comprehensive approach to mobility spans devices, software and networks.
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| • | RSA Conference 2007
Feb. 5–9, San Francisco, Calif.
Details surrounding Microsoft's presence at the 2007 RSA Conference, the annual industry event for information security professionals.
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| • | Windows Vista/2007 Microsoft Office System: Worldwide Release to Consumers
Jan. 29–30
Details surrounding launch events for Windows Vista and 2007 Office System.
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| • | Press Conference: Microsoft and HP Solutions for the People-Ready Business
Dec. 13, 2006, Redmond, Wash.
Officials of Microsoft and HP announce an expansion of their alliance to provide comprehensive offerings for enterprise customers. |
| • | “New Day for Business” Launch Event
Nov. 30, 2006, New York, N.Y.
Join Steve Ballmer and industry-leading customers and partners to hear about the latest versions of Exchange, Office and Windows. Launching together for the first time in 10 years, these releases will invigorate the IT industry while enabling businesses to fully utilize their greatest resource: their people. |
| • | PASS Community Summit
Nov. 14-17, 2006, Seattle, Wash.
An annual industry conference dedicated to Microsoft SQL Server education, featuring over 200 Microsoft SQL Server product managers, developers, testers and members of the support team. |
| • | Supercomputing 2006
Nov. 11-17, 2006, Tampa, Fla.
Background information and announcements regarding Microsoft's involvement in SC|06, the international conference for high-performance computing, networking, storage and analysis. |
| • | Microsoft Visual Studio & .NET Connections.
Nov. 6–9, 2006, Las Vegas, Nev.
News, conference material, fact sheets and content from industry partners for the Microsoft Visual Studio & .NET Connections conference, held Nov. 6–9 at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas.
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| • | Microsoft Research 15th Anniversary
Sept. 26, Redmond, Wash.
From wide-ranging enhancements for the upcoming Microsoft Windows Vista operating system to data-mining innovations in SQL Server to powerful anti-spam filters in Microsoft Office Outlook, Microsoft Research teams have delivered hundreds of product innovations to Microsoft customers since 1991.
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| • | Zune Unveiling
Sept. 14, Redmond, Wash.
Marking the next big milestone for its Connected Entertainment vision, Microsoft unveiled details of the first products to be released under its Zune brand -- designed to create new ways for consumers to connect and share entertainment experiences.
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| • | Security Standard Conference
Sept. 6-7, Boston, Mass.
An industry conference designed to explore the most pressing cultural, political, business and technical challenges facing security professionals today.
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| • | Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting 2006: Image Gallery
July 27, Redmond, Wash.
Images from Microsoft's annual gathering for the financial-analyst community. |
| • | Government Leaders Forum Africa
July 10–11, Cape Town, South Africa
A gathering of world leaders to focus on the theme "Working together for a Competitive Africa," the event includes keynotes by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and former U.S. President Bill Clinton. |
| • | Microsoft Leadership Update
June 15, Redmond, Wash.
A news conference announcing Bill Gates' plans to transition out of a day-to-day role in Microsoft effective July 2008 to spend more time on his global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and continue to serve as the company’s chairman and an advisor on key development projects.
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| • | Get Net Safe Tour
May 16-Dec. 11, Various Locations
Information on the Get Net Safe Tour, a U.S.-wide tour sponsored by leading technology, government and advocacy organizations to raise awareness of computing security and Internet safety among PC users.
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| • | Sharepoint Conference 2006
May 15-17, Bellevue, Wash.
A four-day global conference specifically for architects and senior IT professionals to get an in-depth view of the innovations in the latest release of SharePoint products and technologies.
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| • | European Commission and Microsoft: Hearing Before Court of First Instance
April 24-28, Luxembourg
Information for journalists covering Microsoft’s appeal to the Court of First Instance of the European Commission's antitrust decision.
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| • | Visit of President Hu Jintao to Microsoft
April 18, Redmond, Wash.
Media information regarding the visit of the President of the People's Republic of China and his delegation to Microsoft's corporate headquarters.
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| • | Storage Networking World Spring 2006
April 3-6, San Diego, Calif.
An overview of Microsoft's participation in this annual conference designed for IT Managers, storage architects and infrastructure professionals.
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