Microsoft Tech.Ed 2005 to be held in five cities
By Mumbai: | 02 Jun 2005
The event will commence in Bangalore on June 14, 2005, followed by Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and New Delhi. This year, the event will include over 60 sessions delivered by more than 45 speakers over three days in each city. Approximately 4,000 participants are expected to attend from the Indian subcontinent. The speakers at the event include experts from the industry, Microsoft's partners, Microsoft Redmond and Microsoft India.
This is the ninth year of the event, which this year is being supported by Intel, Dell, Sapient, Accenture, GrapeCity, and Avocent International, among others.
At this year's event, Microsoft is hosting a lunch session for women in technology to provide women developers, server professionals and architects an informal environment to engage and interact with experts from the industry.
Sheila Gulati, director, developer and platform evangelism, Microsoft India said, "Based on the past successes of Microsoft Tech.Ed, we have widened the scope of the event this year — included a special track for architects; invited IT professionals from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka as well as increased the numbers of sessions at the event."
Gulati added, "Microsoft Tech.Ed is an unparalleled platform to empower developers, server professionals and architects in organisations with the know-how and tools needed to develop effective software solutions, deploy state-of the-art server infrastructure and design integrated solution and system architectures. It is a meeting ground where technology professionals interact with thousands of peers, discuss the challenges they face in their work, explore solutions with the experts and add value to their organisation's IT investments."
Event Content:
Sessions at Tech.Ed India 2005 include:
- Building Bluetooth applications with WinCE 5.0 / Windows Mobile
- Basic considerations for mobile PC application development
- Technical perspective and Overview on Linux and 'open source software'
- Managing software life cycle with VS 2005 team system
- First look at Indigo
- Introducing Avalon and the future of UI
- Microsoft IT: How Microsoft Enables Secure Remote Access for its Employees
- Speech enabled mobile devices solutions
City | Date | Venue |
Bangalore | June 14 16, 2005 | Grand Ashok, Kumarakrupa High Grounds |
Chennai | June 20 22, 2005 | Hotel Taj Coromandal, 37, Mahatma Gandhi Road |
Mumbai | June 23 25, 2005 | Renaissance, No. 2 & 3B Near Chinmayanand Ashram, Powai |
Hyderabad | June 27 29, 2005 | Shilpakala Vedika, Shilparamam Campus, Madhapur |
New Delhi | June 30 - July 2, 2005 | Amity Campus, South Wing, Sec. 44, Noida |