Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2005 VPR: Events

Published: August 12, 2005 | Updated: September 13, 2005
Keynotes

Speaker:

Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Corp.

Title:

Day 1 Keynote

Date:

Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2005

Time:

8:30–11:30 a.m. PDT

Transcript:

Transcript & Webcast

Speaker:

Jim Allchin, Microsoft Platforms Group Vice President, Microsoft Corp.

Title:

Day 1 Keynote

Date:

Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2005

Time:

8:30–11:30 a.m. PDT

Transcript:

Transcript & Webcast


Speaker:

Eric Rudder, Microsoft Servers and Tools Senior Vice President, Microsoft Corp.

Title:

Day 2 Keynote

Date:

Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005

Time:

8:30–10:30 a.m. PDT

Transcript:

Transcript & Webcast


Speaker:

Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft Office Senior Vice President, Microsoft Corp.

Title:

Day 2 Keynote

Date:

Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005

Time:

8:30–10:30 a.m. PDT

Transcript:

Transcript & Webcast


Speaker:

Bob Muglia, Microsoft Windows Server Division Senior Vice President, Microsoft Corp.

Title:

Day 3 Keynote

Date:

Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005

Time:

8:30–9:30 a.m. PDT

Transcript:

Transcript & Webcast


Agenda and Sessions

For the agenda and sessions, please visit the PDC site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/pdc/agenda/default.aspx.


Title:

Women and Technology: Dream, Code, Run. Room 402AB

Date:

Tuesday, Sept. 13

Time:

11:45 a.m. PDT

Description:

This panel will cover how women have used their intelligence and creativity to excel in the software industry. Hear from women IT professionals who are successful in a male-dominated industry. Learn, connect and engage at this networking panel, where your questions drive the agenda, and hear tips and tricks on how to succeed as a woman developer or technical professional in the computer sciences and technology marketing. Both men and women are invited to join in the conversation, and learn from each other about how to grow diversity in the IT industry. The panel will be moderated by Esther Schindler of Ziff-Davis and will include women from Microsoft, consulting and analyst firms.

Panelists:

Angela Mills, Microsoft
Anne Thomas Manes, Burton Group
Dee Dee Walsh, Microsoft
Kate Gregory, Gregory Consulting
Michele Leroux Bustamante, IDesign Inc.
Shoshanna Budzianowski, Microsoft

Events

Title:

Day 0 Event for U.S. and International Press and Analysts, Press Room Theater in Exhibit Hall B

Date:

Monday, Sept. 12, 2005

Time:

10 a.m.-3 p.m. PDT

Description:

The Day 0 Event is available for U.S. and international media and analysts.

Agenda:

10 a.m.: Platform Strategy Overview — Tim O’Brien, Senior Product Manager Platform Strategy
10:55 a.m.: Connected Systems: The New Application — Ari Bixhorn, Director of Web Services Strategy
11:45 a.m.: Lunch
12:15 p.m.: Windows Vista: Delivering IT & Developer Value
1:05 p.m. Visual Studio 2005
1:55 p.m.: Security "State of the Union" Update
2:45 p.m.: Closing Remarks