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Worldwide Partner Conference New Orleans
T-11Pre-briefing, July 2nd
Mille, Mechelen
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• BELUX 2009
– 69 individuals of partners– 49 partners organizations– 20 Microsoft employees– 27 GM/CEO/Managing partner level– 2 people of press (IT Pro, Datanews)– Only 2 women…
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Attendee Overview
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• Overview participants– More then 4800 partners registered – WE partner registration: 824– 109 countries represented
Attendee Overview
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Time Activity8am – 8pm Registration Opens 10am – 5pm Connect meetings can be booked – Tables located in
Hall B, next to Regional Lounges1pm – 5pm Day of Giving Activities 5pm – 6pm International Association of Microsoft Certified
Partners (IAMCP) Membership Meeting 6pm – 8pm Microsoft and Partner Meet and Greet @
Convention Center
Sunday July 12: Arrival – first activities
Best thing to do: Register on Sunday
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Day of Giving Activities• Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Wall of Hope
Help paint predesigned murals alongside teachers, students, and local artists. This will be combined into a “Wall of Hope” and installed at Carver High School when complete
Location: Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Time: 1:00–5:00 P.M., Central Time
• Offsite Rebuilding Activities in the 9th Ward of New OrleansHelp a local elementary school (Arise Academy Charter at Charles Drew) with classroom rehab—assisting in their computer labs and installing a wireless network, outdoor painting, landscaping
Sunday July 12: Arrival – first activities
Interested? Update your registration & bring appropriate clothing
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Evening activity8:00 PM – .... Jean Lafitte’s blacksmith shop• Authentic bar• Bourbon Street• Oldest building still standing in the entire Mississippi Valley• In the past: a ‘front’ for more lucrative, extra-legal pursuits• Live Jazz Band!
Sunday July 12 – Warming up ....
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Time Activity7am – 8pm Registration Opens 7am – 8:15am Breakfast
8:30am – 11am Vision Keynotes Allison Watson,
Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Partner Group Bill Veghte,
Senior Vice President, Windows Business Group Bob Muglia,
President, Server and Tools Business Stephen Elop,
President, Microsoft Business Division
Monday July 13: 1st Conference Day
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Time Activity11m – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:30 Solutions Value Keynotes Chris Capossela,
Senior Vice President, Information Worker Product Management Group Bob Kelly,
Corporate Vice President, Infrastructure Server Marketing Todd Peters,
Corporate Vice President, Mobile Communications Marketing Group Rich Reynolds,
General Manager, Windows Marketing
Monday July 13: 1st Conference Day
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Time Activity12:30 PM – 2 PM Lunch
2 PM – 3 PM Solutions Value Keynotes (Ctd.) Kirill Tatarinov,
Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Business Solutions Neil Charney,
General Manager, Application Platform and Development Jason Zander, General Manager, Visual Studio, Developer Division
Monday July 13: 1st Conference Day
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Time Activity3 PM – 6 PM Solutions Tracks Breakout Sessions
(Includes 30 minute breaks between sessions)
Application Platform (6 sessions) Business Leadership (3 sessions)
Business Productivity (6 sessions) Core Infrastructure (6 sessions) Microsoft Dynamics (6 sessions)
Mobility (2 sessions) Sales and Marketing (3 sessions)
Small and Midsize Business Solutions (2 sessions) Software-plus-Services (4 sessions)
Monday July 13: 1st Conference Day
Go To Schedule Builder
and choose your sessions
up-front
Evening activity5:00 – 5:30 pm Pick up at Convention Center for ‘historic’ Sightseeing Tour6:30 pm Arrive on Canal Street , board Natchez7:00 - 9:00 pm Cruising down the Mississippi river with
music, drinks and diner9:00 pm Natchez Docks Portside Bourbon Street9:00 pm- .... .....
Monday July 13: Exploring New Orleans
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• 350 (!) Sessions available• Different types of sessions
– Breakout Session [228] – Business Model Keynote [4] – Hands-on Lab (Self Paced) [41] – Instructor Led Lab [47] – Value Keynote [9]
• Different entry points for searching sessions
Schedule Builder
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Schedule Builder: www.digitalwpc.com
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• You can easily synch with Outlook• Select a session and add them to you outlook calendar!• No seating guarantee, first come, first serve
Schedule Builder – Create personal agenda
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Time Activity7am – 8:15am Breakfast
8:30am – 11am Vision Keynotes Allison Watson,
Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Partner Group Steve Ballmer,
Chief Executive Officer
Tuesday July 14: Day 2
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Time Activity12:30 – 2 PM Lunch
11:30 – 12:30 Solutions Value Keynotes Chris Capossela,
Senior Vice President, Information Worker Product Management Group Bob Kelly,
Corporate Vice President, Infrastructure Server Marketing Kirill Tatarinov,
Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Business Solutions Rich Reynolds,
General Manager, Windows Marketing Neil Charney,
General Manager, Application Platform and Development
Tuesday July 14: Day 2
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Time Activity12:30pm – 2pm Lunch 12:30pm – 6 pm Expo Hall opens2pm – 6pm Solutions Tracks Breakout Sessions
Application Platform (7 sessions) Business Leadership (3 sessions) Business Productivity (3 sessions) Core Infrastructure (8 sessions) Microsoft Dynamics (9 sessions)
Mobility (3 sessions) Sales and Marketing (4 sessions)
Small and Midsize Business Solutions (3 sessions) Software-plus-Services (4 sessions)
Tuesday July 14: Day 2
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Evening activity6:00 – 7:00 pm Happy hour in Sheraton7:00 – 7:30 pm Depart Sheraton for Swamp Tour7:30 pm Arrive at Manchac 7:30 – 11:00 pm Authentic Creole Dinner at Frenier’s Landing &
Swamp tour11:30 - … Arrive at Sheraton Hotel or Afterparty Location
Tuesday July 14: Haunted Night
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Time Activity7am – 8:15am Breakfast
8:30am – 11am Vision Keynotes Allison Watson,
Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Partner Group Jack Welch (guest speaker)
Author, Business Visionary, and former CEO of General Electric Kevin Turner,
Chief Operating Officer
Wednesday July 15: Day 3
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Time Activity11am – 11:30am Break 11:30 – 12:30pm Segment Value Keynotes
Simon Witts, Corporate Vice President, Enterprise and Partner Group
Steven Guggenheimer, Corporate Vice President, Original Equipment and Manufacture Division
Linda Zecher, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector
Martha Béjar, Corporate Vice President, Communications Sector
Birger Steen, Vice President, Worldwide Small and Midsize Business & Distribution
Wednesday July 15: Day 3
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Time Activity
12:30pm – 2pm Lunch 12:30pm – 6 pm Expo Hall opens2pm – 6pm Segment and Industry Breakout Sessions
Enterprise Partner (12 sessions) Industry – Manufacturing and Resources Sector, Fin services, Distribution (3 sessions)
Industry – Distribution and Services Sector (3 sessions) Industry – Communications Sector: Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment
(6 sessions) Industry – Communications Sector: Hosting (3 sessions )
Original Equipment Manufacturers (3 sessions) Public Sector – Education, government, healthcare (10 sessions)
Small and Midsize Business Partner (9 sessions) Certified Partners for Learning Solutions (2 sessions)
Wednesday July 15: Day 3
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Evening activity6pm – 7pm Happy Hour @ Sheraton7pm Walk from Sheraton to French Quarter7.30pm – 10.30pm PAM Dinners
Wednesday July 15: PAM Dinners
Tonight, get the best dining in New Orleans!
You have the chance to eat in one of the best restaurants New
Orleans has to offer.
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Time Activity7am – 8:45am Breakfast 9am – 10:30am Regional Keynotes (Western-Europe)10:30am – 11am Break 11am – 12pm Business Model Keynotes 12pm – 1:30pm Lunch 1:30pm – 5:30pm Business Model Breakout Sessions
Certified Partners for Learning Solutions (4 sessions) Digital Agency (3 sessions) Independent Software Vendor (3 sessions) LAR's Distributors and SAM Partners (7 sessions) System Integrator (3 sessions) Web Development (3 sessions)
Thursday July 16: Day 4
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Agenda4pm – 4:15 pm Welcome & gathering4:15pm – 4:35pm Introduction by Steven Stokmans &
Wolfgang Ebermann4:35pm – 5:20pm Preview of Belux priorities FY105:20pm – 5:50pm Q&A Belux & WE management5:50pm – 6:00pm Belux awards & Wrap-up6:00pm – 7:30pm Jazz Fest7:30pm - …. Belux Celebration
Thursday July 16: Belux Meeting @ Convention Center
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A valuable WPC: it’s in the preparation...
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www.digitalwpc.com!
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• Networking Opt-In – Must opt in to participate; book meetings or invited to meetings
• Personalized Calendar – Create your free/busy schedule– Synchs with Session Scheduler
• Networking Profile– Populated with Registration Data– Unique sets of Partner and Microsoft data records– Ability to modify data for WPC Connect purposes only
• Arrange a Meeting– Search for attendees, review free/busy schedules– Determine location for the meeting, book the meeting
• Meeting Summary – Summary view of all meetings you have booked and attendee status
WPC Connect = Networking @ WPC
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WPC Connect Log In Screen
Need Windows Live ID you used
during Regisration
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WPC Connect Overview Screen
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Create your own personalized calendar to show your Free & Busy times
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Schedule a meeting
• Betsy, George, Rita?• One of the oldes cities in the States• Founded may 1718• 469,605 households or 88.1% of its pre-Katrina levels• Hot, humid summers• Located on the banks of the Mississippi River• Mardi Gras (fat Tuesday)• Famous ‘French Quarter’• Jazz fest • ‘Best restaurants’ in the United States• The most vulnerable city in the States, when it comes to hurricanes
New Orleans in a nutshell
More info in the WPC Booklet!
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• Who is your buddy?– Check it out in the Belux WPC Booklet– Part of your personal info
• Contact your buddy:– When you forgot where to be @ what time– Whenever you have other practical questions on Belux
acivities– When you are lost & lonely
Catching Up – Your Microsoft ‘Buddy’
Make sure you have your buddy’s phone number for any practical questions
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Catching Up – Meet us in WE Launge
And watch out for the Belgian
flags when seating for the
keynotes!
• July 12, 8pm Walk from Convention Center to Jean Lafitte’s
• July 13, 5pm Pick up out of Convention Center (out of hall C /D)
• July 14, 6pm Happy Hour @ Sheraton – Haunted Night• July 15, 6pm Happy Hour @ Sheraton – PAM Dinner• July 16, 4pm Belux Afternoon Session @ Convention
Center (room #345, 3rd floor)
Catching Up – Belux Activities
New this year: Belux page on ‘Digitalwpc’Follow-us on Twitter: Beluxwpc
Catching Up – Belux Activities
• Your bag for New Orleans– Belux Jacket
• Will keep you warm • Easy to find other Belux attendees
– WPC Booklet Belux Delegation• More info on New Orleans• Overview of Belux Delegation (MS + partners)• Overview shuttle services• In-flight entertainment
Prepare your trip... Only 11 days to go
Take it with you for you & your colleagues when you leave tonight
• Check your International Passport– Must be more than 6 months valid– Register online: https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov
• Opt-in & profile yourself in WPC Connect• Schedule your agenda (Schedule Builder)• Plan your meetings (WPC Connect)• Accept the Belux calendar invites• Pack your bags• Be mentally prepared for a trip you will never forget!
Prepare your trip... Only 11 days to go
