From April 14-16, 2009, Microsoft Corp. will host Worldwide Public Safety Symposium at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Wash.

The Worldwide Public Safety Symposium will bring together worldwide leaders responsible for homeland and internal security, crisis and disaster management, intelligence and investigation, and criminal justice, to facilitate collaboration and information sharing among the diverse audience groups.

The speaker lineup includes the following:

• B. Kevin Turner, Chief Operating Officer, Microsoft Corp.
• Linda Zecher, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Worldwide Public Sector
• Tim Bloechl, Managing Director, Worldwide Public Safety and National Security, Microsoft Corp.
• Richard A. Falkenrath, Deputy Commissioner of Counterterrorism, New York City Police Department
• Bernd Busemann, Lower Saxony Department of Justice
• Thomas Fuentes, President of Fuentes International LLC
• Tim Pippard, Associate with the Government, Security and Energy Practice of Jane’s Strategic Advisory Services (JSAS), the consultancy division of Jane’s Information Group Inc.
• Jeff Vining, Research Vice President, Gartner Research Inc.