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	Yes No	Planning is Priceless, Plans are Useless Ryan McMinn, Microsoft Office Agile has gone from the fringe to the mainstream in created a whole new class of small businesses th... READ MORE Agile has gone from the fringe to the mainstream in created a whole new class of small businesses that can act big while staying small. With great power comes great responsibility; this talk will discuss how software development changes when 1% of your audience becomes 10,000's of people or more. Back-End Programming / Databases, Front-End Programming, Web Apps / Widgets
	Yes No	Bing! All You Need is Twitter & Sass Betsy Aoki, Microsoft Reading about Bing on Techcrunch makes people forget our humble beginnings as @live_search with a $... READ MORE Reading about Bing on Techcrunch makes people forget our humble beginnings as @live_search with a $5 budget. Join us and decidedly non-Microsoft guests for tips on what to do when you are the underdog or just starting out on twitter. Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Case Study, Community / Online Community, Search
	Yes No	Tweeting is Nice, But Beer Speaks Louder Than Words Aya Zook, Bing, Microsoft Detailed account on why sponsoring small local events or big honking events IN PERSON actually matte... READ MORE Detailed account on why sponsoring small local events or big honking events IN PERSON actually matters in the age of digital distance. How the event space/meatspace is changing even as online makes it easier to “meet” people. Blogging, Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Case Study, Community / Online Community
	Yes No	Bada-Bing! Microsoft’s Bing: The Engine That Could Ian Schafer, Deep Focus One of the most anticipated, high-profile product re-branding and re-launch efforts of this past yea... READ MORE One of the most anticipated, high-profile product re-branding and re-launch efforts of this past year, Microsoft’s Bing didn’t just gain mind- and search-share, it earned it through unique positioning and a holistic social media marketing strategy. An informative, entertaining look into how the right advertising and social media marketing efforts made something very big even bigger -- by feeling and acting smaller. Advertising, Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Community / Online Community, Search, Social Networking
	Yes No	Motion User Interface: Design Strategies Mason Dixon, Motion Graphics Festial New interface technologies like Flash, Ajax and Microsoft Surface enable a new breed of rich-applica... READ MORE New interface technologies like Flash, Ajax and Microsoft Surface enable a new breed of rich-applications that merge animation with interactivity. This panel considers from two angles: technically, what can be done with this new software, and how should we re-think traditional UI and HCI design theories because of them. Animation / Cartoons, Front-End Programming, Interface Design, Online Video, User Experience
	Yes No	Social Media and Cyberculture on PLATO in the 1970s Brian Dear, PLATO History Project Before Google. Microsoft. Apple. The Web. AOL. The Internet. Before it all, there was PLATO: the fir... READ MORE Before Google. Microsoft. Apple. The Web. AOL. The Internet. Before it all, there was PLATO: the first online community. The network that time forgot. The birthplace of blogs, instant messaging, chat rooms, MUDs and multiplayer games, personal publishing, screen savers, flat-panel plasma displays, emoticons, and a lot more. Amazingly, 2010 is PLATO's 50th anniversary. Community / Online Community, Content, Education, History of Technology, Online Relationships
	Yes No	Web Mail - Is There Room Left to Innovate? Dan Lewis, Microsoft Web mail has been around the block, and everybody’s got it. Its role may be narrowing to the place... READ MORE Web mail has been around the block, and everybody’s got it. Its role may be narrowing to the place you manage online bills, shopping, travel, and photos with mom, with conversations migrating to social networks and IM, but companies are still pounding the digital pavement for new users. If web mail isn't going anywhere, where does it go from here? User Experience
	Yes No	Immersive Spaces And The Future: How Virtual Worlds Will Change Our Lives Zain Naboulsi, Microsoft Conference calls, sex, money, user groups, and so much more! People are starting to see the value o... READ MORE Conference calls, sex, money, user groups, and so much more! People are starting to see the value of immersive 3D spaces in their lives. What does the future hold for communication and collaboration in this emerging area? Come find out in this session! Community / Online Community, Education, Green / Environmental, Social Networking, User Experience
	Yes No	Protecting Your Service from Internet Terrorism John Scarrow, Microsoft Historically, the enemy launched their attacks from far away from populated areas – you could dete... READ MORE Historically, the enemy launched their attacks from far away from populated areas – you could detect them and nuke the entire area. They are getting smarter, moving into apartment buildings and no one likes nuking apartment buildings. In this panel, leaders in internet service abuse prevention will invite you into the “situation room”. User Experience, Web Apps / Widgets
	Yes No	HD Video Streaming Server using PHP and Silverlight Mark Brown, Microsoft A dash of PHP, a pinch of Silverlight and a smidge of IIS and you can easily make an HD video stream... READ MORE A dash of PHP, a pinch of Silverlight and a smidge of IIS and you can easily make an HD video streaming server. Check out this session as we'll build a fully functional HD video streaming server and then give you the code so you can use it yourself. As a bonus we may even show on the fly encoding so you can make your very own HD version of YouTube with user generated content. Digital Distribution, Front-End Programming, Online Video, User Generated Content, Web Apps / Widgets
	Yes No	Exploiting Chaos -- How to Spark Innovation During Times of Change Jeremy Gutsche, TrendHunter.com One of North America's hottest keynote speakers, the founder of TrendHunter.com, reveals powerful st... READ MORE One of North America's hottest keynote speakers, the founder of TrendHunter.com, reveals powerful strategies for thriving in any economic climate. DID YOU KNOW THAT Hewlett-Packard, Disney, Hyatt, MTV, CNN, Microsoft, Burger King, and GE all started during periods of economic recession? Periods of uncertainty fuel tremendous opportunity, but the deck gets reshuffled and the rules of the game get changed. As Guy Kawasaki notes, "EXPLOITING CHAOS is a quintessential roadmap for all those who seek opportunity during times of change." Advertising, Blogging, Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, New Technology / Next Generation
	Yes No	User Acquisition Smackdown: Email Raiding, Stream Polluting or Instant Messaging? Angus Logan, Microsoft Getting people to your website is critical (D’uh!). New people. Old people. A constant flow of sha... READ MORE Getting people to your website is critical (D’uh!). New people. Old people. A constant flow of sharing and content discovery is required to succeed.Some people are sneaky using address books, others publish to the stream - which one is best? User Experience
	Yes No	2+2=? - Measuring Social Media Stefan Weitz, Bing/Microsoft With a new social media meme and a tool for measuring it launching every 10 days, what is a poor mar... READ MORE With a new social media meme and a tool for measuring it launching every 10 days, what is a poor marketer to do? Join Bing as we show you what we use to engage and track, what we tried and how we failed, how we talk to traditional marketeers internally about SM, and how you can justify a new 30" screen for your office to track what's being said about you. Advertising, Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Community / Online Community, Journalism 2.0, Social Networking
	Yes No	RIA Throwdown Heidi Dailey, Sun Microsystems, Inc. With tons of open, flexible Web 2.0 APIs and powerful tools from runtime vendors like Adobe, Microso... READ MORE With tons of open, flexible Web 2.0 APIs and powerful tools from runtime vendors like Adobe, Microsoft, and Sun, developers can create exciting content faster and easier than ever. Come see key players talk about differences in their offerings and shy you should develop your next project with their platform. Content, Content Management, User Experience, User Generated Content
	Yes No	Social Network Interop Dare Obasanjo, Microsoft Portable contacts, life streaming and various ‘Connect’ offerings have begun to break down the s... READ MORE Portable contacts, life streaming and various ‘Connect’ offerings have begun to break down the silos and walled gardens that are social networks. Come hear a panel of experts discuss some of the technologies, design issues and future direction of this trend. Accessibility / Web Standards
	Yes No	That Game Feels Nice: Tomorrow’s Touch Interfaces Phil Glofcheskie, Fuel Games Join Microsoft staff and Fuel Industries, the creators of the first Win7 touch games, for a unique c... READ MORE Join Microsoft staff and Fuel Industries, the creators of the first Win7 touch games, for a unique client/developer presentation about the creative concepts, technical challenges and future promise of touch-based user interfaces, as they discuss, debate and brainstorm on the current and future potential of Touch desktop OS interface for both gaming and productivity. Design Thinking, Interface Design, New Technology / Next Generation, User Experience, Video Games
	Yes No	You Build It, They Come, Your App Scales Josh Holmes, Microsoft A startup’s biggest hopes - and fears – are hitting it big, and having to scale to 100,000 users... READ MORE A startup’s biggest hopes - and fears – are hitting it big, and having to scale to 100,000 users overnight. See how PHP combined with Cloud computing provides the best of both worlds - low entry barriers, low startup costs and the ability to scale rapidly to meet demands. Cloud Storage / Delivery, Geolocation, Green / Environmental, Information Architecture, New Technology / Next Generation
	Yes No	Embedding Richer Fonts on the Web: Beyond swfIR Simon Parsons, Intridea The arrival of Firefox 3.5 means that now all the major web browsers support @font-face, the CSS for... READ MORE The arrival of Firefox 3.5 means that now all the major web browsers support @font-face, the CSS for embedding fonts beyond the few Websafe faces. This talk will cover the basics of embedding fonts, demonstrate free fonts, licensing proprietary fonts, and help untangle the hurdles of Microsoft's EOT format. Accessibility / Web Standards, Interface Design, New Technology / Next Generation, User Experience, Visual Design
	Yes No	Digital Distribution 10 Years After Napster Christina DeRosa, Microsoft/Xbox LIVE It’s been ten years since Napster brought the digital distribution of entertainment into the mains... READ MORE It’s been ten years since Napster brought the digital distribution of entertainment into the mainstream. How far has it come? Where is it now? And what opportunities lie down the road? A "state of the union" discussion in the digital entertainment space, from music to movies, games and more. Cloud Storage / Delivery, Digital Distribution, History of Technology, Online Video, Video Games
	Yes No	Maintaining Creative Vision From Ideation Through Deployment Sara Summers, Microsoft Corporation Learn best practices for how some of the top creative digital organizations are maintaining the inte... READ MORE Learn best practices for how some of the top creative digital organizations are maintaining the integrity of their creative vision from ideation through to deployment. Hear perspectives from a diverse group of panelists with backgrounds in digital design to information architecture to development. Design Thinking, Information Architecture, Interface Design, New Technology / Next Generation, User Experience
	Yes No	Making Your Rich Internet Application (RIA) Scream Tom Messbauer, Neudesic / Microsoft You have a great idea. You need to get it prototyped quickly, but you can’t sacrifice long term sc... READ MORE You have a great idea. You need to get it prototyped quickly, but you can’t sacrifice long term scalability, extensibility, or performance. We will present best practices for building RIAs (html, javascript, Flash/Flex, Silverlight/WPF, iPhone/mobile) from prototype to production with focus on both creative and technical tracks. Back-End Programming / Databases, Content Management, Front-End Programming, New Technology / Next Generation
	Yes No	Accessibility In Microsoft Silverlight Cynthia Shelly, Microsoft Microsoft Silverlight enables you to design, develop, and deliver powerful applications and experien... READ MORE Microsoft Silverlight enables you to design, develop, and deliver powerful applications and experiences for the web. This presentation will demonstrate the built-in accessibility features of Silverlight, and how to code with them to create accessible interactive user interfaces and media experiences. Accessibility / Web Standards, New Technology / Next Generation, Online Video
	Yes No	Securing Web Behemoths – Web Applications That Are Large Deepak Manohar, Microsoft As the trend of ‘webifying’ continues, the smallness and simplicity of web applications will bec... READ MORE As the trend of ‘webifying’ continues, the smallness and simplicity of web applications will become a thing of the past. This raises the challenge of securing these web behemoths. An industry panel of Security engineering managers will discuss the approaches they use to secure their web behemoths. The attendees will gain awareness into the panelists’ security engineering programs & gain access to tools that they could apply at their companies. User Experience, Web Apps / Widgets
	Yes No	Multi-Platform Online Massively Multiplayer Silly Games for Babies Scott Hanselman, Microsoft In this technical presentation, Scott Hanselman will show how, using only knowledge of C#, he was ab... READ MORE In this technical presentation, Scott Hanselman will show how, using only knowledge of C#, he was able to write a game for his children (BabySmash) and port it to Silverlight, a Surface, a Mobile phone, the Cloud, and an embedded hardware device. Front-End Programming, Mobile Applications, Open Source, Other / Out There, Web Apps / Widgets
	Yes No	Listening in the Social Media Era Nestor Portillo, Microsoft Corporation Staying in tune with individual markets, increase customer satisfaction by interacting with them in ... READ MORE Staying in tune with individual markets, increase customer satisfaction by interacting with them in the way they want to interact with you, monitor your brand and quickly containing unanticipated issues before these get out of hand is a challenge today. At Microsoft we are using Social Media tools and influencer programs (MVPs) to demonstrate that we are actively listening, solving customer’s issues, and answering as fast and accurately as possible. Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Case Study, Community / Online Community, Social Networking
	Yes No	Building Social Strategies at Fortune 100 Companies Jim Storer, The Community Roundtable Companies of all sizes are adopting social media and community, but large organizations have some un... READ MORE Companies of all sizes are adopting social media and community, but large organizations have some unique challenges and opportunities. This panel will uncover best practices through stories told by social media leaders from Ford, Nationwide, IBM, Microsoft, SAP and Dell. Blogging, Case Study, Community / Online Community, Online Relationships, Social Networking
	Yes No	The Stream Has Become A Tidal Wave Dare Obasanjo, Microsoft The stream is overflowing. How do you make sure the stream is still useful when there is SO MUCH get... READ MORE The stream is overflowing. How do you make sure the stream is still useful when there is SO MUCH geting pushed into it? User Experience
	Yes No	Understanding Lies, Deception, and Truthiness in Social Media danah boyd, Microsoft Research / Harvard Berkman Center If you take most social media profiles at face value, you might assume everyone's from Lake Wobegon... READ MORE If you take most social media profiles at face value, you might assume everyone's from Lake Wobegon. Profiles are often filled with inaccurate (or perhaps deceptive) content. This panel will examine how, why, and when people lie and who (if anyone) they might be trying to deceive. Community / Online Community, Online Relationships, Social Issues, Social Networking, User Generated Content
	Yes No	The Art Of Success Joyce Schwarz, THE ART OF SUCCESS MEDIA SERIES What if you could have your imagination do all the work. Forget the 24/7/365 work weeks. Forget all ... READ MORE What if you could have your imagination do all the work. Forget the 24/7/365 work weeks. Forget all that left-brain thinking and follow in the footsteps of famous designers and artisans like Disney & DaVinci by crafting your life using art. What if you could life your dream of being a full-time artist and not worry about money or other responsibilities? See dozens of case histories of how Joyce's clients have sold projects to the New Hollywood & beyond (museums, games companies & even major names like Disney, Nintendo & Microsoft using their creativity not just technology! Can human psychology and intuition really pay off? Find out! ARGs, Art, Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Career / Work Concerns
	Yes No	Best (and Worst) Practices Building Rich Internet Applications Josh Holmes, Microsoft Seen a good RIA lately? A bad one? Because RIAs provide a similar user experience to desktop applica... READ MORE Seen a good RIA lately? A bad one? Because RIAs provide a similar user experience to desktop applications (with the ease of a web/browser-based deployment), confusion results from potentially conflicting practices depending on whether one approaches the RIA as a desktop or a web application. Let’s stop the madness. Front-End Programming, Interface Design, New Technology / Next Generation, User Experience, Web Apps / Widgets

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