That's being discussed, but it's early days. Would love to get back to the Europe and Australia events.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Wilcock Sent: Friday, May 9, 2014 2:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mssms] OT: IT/Dev Connections sessions catalogs are going live... We need a Dev Connections Europe! (only because I went to Vegas far too many times :-) -----Original Message----- From: Marcum, John Sent: Friday, May 9, 2014 7:02 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [mssms] OT: IT/Dev Connections sessions catalogs are going live... +1 I will be there next year if not this year. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Hemsell Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 11:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mssms] OT: IT/Dev Connections sessions catalogs are going live... I want to go now. :-) On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote: > I have something posted somewhere, but can't find it right now. Too > flustered packing up for TechEd. > > This event has been going on for over 15 years. But, when I came on > board last year, I decided to change things up because it had become > stale, and geared primarily toward dev. With MMS dead, IT/Dev offered > the perfect time to reboot and the Penton folks were kind enough to > let me have the reins. Last year is what I call year 1, or the "Computing > Edge/Swynk" > year. Great event. Smaller and highly technical. No sales or > marketing. We brought on many of the familiar speakers and redirected > content to be more applicable. Last year was awesome, and really did feel > like MMS year 1. > Sessions were like User Group meetings. A few more notable sessions > were actually led (unintentionally) by audience questions. It has a > very comfortable feel, allowing attendees to get exactly what they > need out of it. If an attendee doesn't leave with pages full of > solutions, they did it wrong. :) > > This year, you'll see we're expanding a bit more. More sessions, more > familiar faces. I expect 2014 to be along the lines of the Naples > year, except, of course, in Vegas. We're also working to pull in some > very identifiable support, sponsorship, and keynote speakers this > year. We're in the final stages of negotiations, but once revealed, > there'll be very little difference between the early years of MMS > (when it was still a technical community event) and IT/Dev > Connections. I'm spending time next week (with some Microsoft folks) > on how we work together better in the future for IT/Dev, particularly > on how we expand the "Windows" track. If you look at it today, all > Cloud/System Center/Etc falls under a "Windows" > umbrella. That will change for 2015. Who knows...? Maybe a "MMS" type > track all by itself (it's been discussed). :) > > But, the real goal here is to bring back a true technical, > community-based event. Sure, we'll have our RockStar speakers, but > then we'll also be able to help those future RockStars get their start > (like we did in the old days). There are no 101 type sessions. When > Day 1 starts, it's deep dive technical info. We do host an online > pre-event that does provide the 101 (or overview) sessions, so those > interested (but not experienced) in a specific topic can get a good overview > prior to attending. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Hemsell > Sent: Friday, May 9, 2014 10:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [mssms] OT: IT/Dev Connections sessions catalogs are > going live... > > Do you have a synopsis of what this event is? we have some folks that > could not go to TechED. I would like to send them here instead. > > On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote: >> http://windowsitpro.com/connections/itdev-connections-sessions-catalo >> g >> -ready-public-consumption >> >> > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ 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.
