Tech·Ed New Zealand 2008
A whistle-stop tour
“We are ultimately the buffer between the hype of
Microsoft and the reality of our clients”
Strategy & Innovation
Monday 1st September to Wednesday 3rd September
8:30 am to 5:30 pm each day
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Deeper Technical Content
Better Food
More Free Stuff
What would make you come to TechED?
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Catching up on email
Reading the latest news
Using social networking sites
What will you do most during TechED while you're online?
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A new job
Technical Education
Meet new people
What would be your top priority at TechED this year?
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Looking for a potential partner
Dancing
Drinking
What will you be doing at TechFest?
What does it cost?
Individual Registrations
Single delegate $1,860
Corporate Registration Packages
Up to 5 delegates $6,000
Up to 10 delegates $10,200
Up to 20 delegates $18,600
Up to 40 delegates $34,800
Up to 75 delegates $55,200
Up to 120 delegates $72,000
Over 2000 tickets in
less than 3 weeks!!!
11 tracks, 140 sessions,100+ national and
international speakers, Hands on labs……………………...PRICELESS
Ticket to the conference………………………………….......$2000
Flights and accommodation……………………………….....$1200
TechEd Agenda
Sunday – Free Code Camp
Monday – Day One
Keynote
Sessions
Ask the Experts
Girl Geek Dinner
Bloggers Dinner
Tuesday – Day Two
Sessions
TechFest
Wednesday – Day Three
Sessions
Key Themes
VirtualizationJust released Windows Hyper-V
Cloud ServicesMicrosoft will make major announcements in late October
Currently Shipping Bits.NET 3.5, Vista, SQL 2008
Day One Big Sessions
Overview of SQL Server 2008 – new featuresJeremy Boyd
ADO.NET Data Services – The zen of RESTfulness and
the art of “Astoria”Scott Hanselman
Virtualisation and Security: What does it mean for me?Steve Riley
Extending the application development platform with
cloud servicesChris Auld
Ask the Experts
Girl Geek Dinner
Bloggers Dinner
Day Two Big Sessions
21st Century networkingSteve Riley
How IT will change in the next 10 years and why should
you care?Miha Kralj
Web futures – the next 18 monthsExpert Panel chaired by Chris Auld
Creating content centric publishing sites with MOSS 2007Mark Orange + Zac Smith
TechFest
Day Three Big Sessions
Silverlight 2 for DevelopersJonas Folleso
Do these 10 things or get 0wn3dSteve Riley
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 IDE tips and tricksKirk Jackson
C# tips and tricksJeremy Boyd + John Daniel Trask
Hands On Labs
Market Place
Getting Involved
Attendee
Speaker
Voice of the Customer
Technical session
Sponsor/Exhibitor
Other Key Events
Microsoft PDCEvery 2-3 years
Future roadmap looking out up to 36 months
Generally in Los Angeles
Broad Microsoft platform coverage
Microsoft MixYearly in Las Vegas
Focus on Web technologies and rich applications
Microsoft platform plus more general sessions
Other Key Events
Microsoft Convergence
Over 4000 attendees
Annual Microsoft Dynamics Conference
CRM
NAV
AX
Office
Copenhagen
and Orlando