Microsoft PressPass - Event Information

Security Standard Conference
An industry conference designed to explore the most pressing cultural, political, business and technical challenges facing security professionals today. Sept. 6-7, Boston, Mass.

Imagine Cup 2006
Aug. 6-12, Agra and Delhi, India
The Imagine Cup, now in its fourth year, is an annual global technology competition Microsoft sponsors to help show students the real-world opportunities that are available through technology.

Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting 2006: Image Gallery
July 27, Redmond, Wash.
Images from Microsoft's annual gathering for the financial-analyst community.

Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference
July 11–13, Boston, Mass.
Details surrounding the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2006.

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.

Tech•Ed 2006
June 11–16 in Boston, Mass.
The definitive Microsoft conference for building, deploying, securing, and managing connected solutions.

WinHec 2006
May 23 - 25, Seattle, Wash.
Information for journalists covering the Microsoft Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2006 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center.

CEO Summit 2006
May 16-18, Redmond, Wash.
More than 100 CEOs from Global 1,000 companies will gather to discuss this year's theme, "The Next 10 Years," and topics such as information management in the face of information overload and “underload,” the difficulty employees face trying to act on information once they have found it.

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.

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.

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.

Microsoft Management Summit 2006
April 24-28, San Diego, Calif.
Microsoft Management Summit 2006 explores the latest in IT management solutions, providing a forum to exchange tips and tricks and experience the newest technologies and products in the hands-on labs.

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.

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.

Convergence 2006
March 25-28, Dallas, Tex.
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.

Microsoft Office System Developers Conference 2006
March 21-23, Redmond, Wash.
A conference focused on helping developers learn about the new features and development opportunities 2007 Microsoft Office provides.

MIX06
March 20-22, Las Vegas, Nev.
Web developers and designers discuss and explore ways to build enhanced customer experiences on the Web with peers, Microsoft and other industry players.

Government Leaders Forum Americas
March 14 - 15, Washington, D.C.
The GLF features keynote speakers and interactive panel discussions that will address some of the most challenging and complex issues faced by policymakers today.

Microsoft Small Business Summit
March 14 - 17, Bellevue, Wash.
Microsoft will detail its latest small-business innovations while gathering customers and industry luminaries to discuss best practices for small businesses to thrive in today’s economy.

3GSM World Congress
Feb. 13 - 16, Barcelona, Spain
Information on Microsoft and industry partner's participation in 3GSM World Congress, an annual event focused on mobile technology.

RSA Conference 2006
Feb. 13–17, San Jose, Calif.
Details surrounding Microsoft Corp.'s presence at the 2006 RSA Conference, the annual industry event created for information security professionals.

Microsoft Government Leadership Forum (GLF) Europe 2006
Jan. 31–Feb. 1, Lisbon, Portugal
This year’s European GLF will focus on the theme of “Driving Global Competitiveness through Local Innovation”, and will examine the opportunities and challenges that leaders across the region are facing in the new global economy.

2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Jan. 5–8, Las Vegas, Nev.
Details surrounding Microsoft Corp.'s presence at the 2006 International CES in Las Vegas.

Microsoft Government Leaders Forum Asia 2005
Dec. 5-7, 2005, New Delhi, India
The Microsoft Government Leaders Forum (GLF) Asia 2005 brings together government leaders from across the Asia Pacific region who represent more than half the world’s population and — in the near future — will represent more than half the world’s gross domestic product.

Supercomputing 2005
Nov. 12-18, 2005, Seattle, Wash.
Background information and announcements regarding Microsoft's involvement in SC|05, the international conference for high-performance computing, networking, storage and analysis.

SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006 Launch
Nov. 7, 2005, San Francisco, Calif.
Background information and announcements regarding the launch of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, and BizTalk Server 2006 launch.

Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager Launch Virtual Pressroom
Sept. 27, 2005, Redmond, Wash.
On Sept. 27, Microsoft announced the immediate general availability of Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM), the next step forward in the company's Universal Distributed Storage strategy.

Microsoft Professional Developer's Conference (PDC) 2005
Sept. 13-16, 2005, Los Angeles, Calif.
Microsoft will unveil the next wave of Microsoft platform technologies at its premier developer event, one designed by developers for developers.

Microsoft Business Summit 2005
Sept. 7, 2005, Redmond, Wash.
On Wednesday, Sept. 7, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will each address the first Microsoft Business Summit, a gathering of customers from midsize businesses and their Microsoft partners from around the world.

Microsoft Office Information Worker Board of the Future
June 19-23, 2005, Budapest, Hungary
To gauge the technology needs of the next generation of information workers, Microsoft Corp.’s Information Worker group created an advisory board composed of university students from around the world. Hailing from 10 countries around the world, this year's board will gather June 19–23, 2005, in Budapest, Hungary.

Microsoft CEO Summit 2005
May 19-20, 2005, Redmond, Wash.
More than 100 CEOs from the top Global 1000 companies gathered at Microsoft's Redmond campus for the ninth annual Microsoft CEO Summit for two days of discussion, debate and interactive sessions regarding this year's theme, "Pathways to Growth — The New World of Work."

National Association of Broadcasters 2005
April 16–21, 2005, Las Vegas, Nev.
Details about Microsoft's presence at this year's National Association of Broadcasters convention.

Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005
April 18, 2005
Background information and announcements regarding the launch of Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Beta 2 and the April Community Technical Preview (CTP) of SQL ServerTM 2005.

Windows Hardware Conference 2005
April 25–27, Seattle, Wash.
WinHEC shows the future of the Windows platform and gives guidance to the hardware community on how to deliver on the promise of the Third Decade of Windows.

VSLive! San Francisco 2005 and Microsoft Windows Anywhere
Feb. 6-10, 2005, San Francisco, Calif.
Information about Microsoft's involvement in Fawcette Technical Publications' VSLive! San Francisco 2005 and Microsoft Windows Anywhere - The Tablet and Mobile PC Developer Conference.

Microsoft Office System Developer Conference
Feb. 2-4, 2005, Redmond, Wash.
Over 800 professional developers and architects with ISV, SI and enterprise customer companies will attend the event to learn how to build mission-critical, enterprise-class solutions using Microsoft Office Professional Enterprise Edition 2003 and the other Microsoft Office System products and enabling technologies.

2005 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Jan. 6–9, 2005, Las Vegas, Nev.
Details surrounding Microsoft Corp.'s presence at the 2005 International CES in Las Vegas.