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Microsoft Research’s annual TechFest event showcases solutions to some of the world’s most challenging technical problems and provides a strategic forum for Microsoft researchers to meet with the broader group of Microsoft employees and product managers. Hundreds of researchers from Microsoft’s worldwide labs in China, England, India and the United States gather at the company’s headquarters in Redmond to exchange ideas with colleagues, show off their latest innovations, and shine a light into the future of computing. In many cases, it is through the partnerships formed at TechFest between researchers and product teams that innovations begin making their way directly into products for Microsoft customers.