We'll be watching that, for sure. I actually have a community panel setup to help filter through the sessions, and believe me, there's a couple on the panel that are very good at catching that and just throwing them out.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marcum, John Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 3:52 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [mssms] OT: Help shape the content for IT/Dev Connections... Will the content be "fresh"? I'm not knocking any of the MMS speakers in any way, they are all great. However a lot of the content was recycled from year to year. The session title and screen shots may have changed but under the hood it was the same content. Maybe it was How to do XYZ with Product Version 2012 and the next year it was How to do XYZ with Product Version 2013 and the next How to do XYZ with Product Version 2014. I think that was part of the downfall of the conference. Let's see some "This is brand new stuff" sessions. From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rod Trent Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 2:21 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [mssms] OT: Help shape the content for IT/Dev Connections... Yeah, this is a real deal. Full week, with sessions all day long in various tracks. Its unique in the fact that it's actually like 5 different conferences going on at the same time. There's a Windows conference (which includes Windows/System Center/Cloud, etc.), SharePoint conference, Exchange conference, Dev conference, and a SQL conference. Each conference has its own sessions and tracks. One registration gives you access to all of them, so you can actually "jump" conferences if you want. For example, if you hear something about SQL in the Windows conference, and then see that there's more about that specific topic at the SQL conference, just adjust your schedule on the fly. Sessions are recorded. Plus, there's some cool things that happen during the week. One example is that Windows Weekly records live. I was on as a guest last year from the event. :) The event discount for the hotel is $179 per night. You can find most of that in the FAQ: http://www.devconnections.com/dev14/Public/FAQManagement.aspx Microsoft will be on hand in various ways, much like last year. We're targeting around 2500 attendees for this year, bumping the number just a bit from last year. That's probably where we'll stay, ensuring that it continues to retain the User Group feel. As for vendor sponsorships.I don't know yet on that. I'm sure I'll hear a number soon, but that's really not my area. From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marcum, John Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 3:05 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [mssms] OT: Help shape the content for IT/Dev Connections... I wish I'd been paying closer attention to the details of this event. I thought it was much shorter. I probably would have rather done this than TechEd but I've already paid for and booked a plane to TechEd. Rod.. How many sessions will be per day? How much are the hotel rooms? What's the expected number of guests? How many vendors are signed up? Will there be any sponsorship by Microsoft? From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rod Trent Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 12:46 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] OT: Help shape the content for IT/Dev Connections... The call for sessions and speakers is already live, but we'd like help shaping the finished session catalog. http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2014/03/12/help-shape-itdev-connections-wit h-your-vote-on-content/ _____ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. _____ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. _____ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. _____ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and then delete it from your computer.
