Owkay. Been a wile, again. I’ve been to Seattle for the WWEE summit (World Wide Enthusiast Evangelists) to meet up with the colleagues and prepare for the next quarters of the fiscal year. It’s been very interesting and also very fun. There’s a bunch of pictures on Flickr if you want to check them out.
Then I’ve been travelling back and forth between the Dutch sub in Amsterdam and the Belgian sub to coordinate events and network with the right people in the right departments so I can get the things done I really want to do. And I think I’m getting there. A bit more slow then expected, but still.
So. Upcoming is an event for the Belgian sub, the Belgian blogosphere and the Belgian influencers. It is called Circle of Media, because the audience consists of journalists, bloggers and people who have some sort of channel to broadcast their experience. I’ve done my best to engage as much employees as I could to come talk on the event, hoping the program would be satisfying everyone that will attend. Let’s take a look at what will be presented:
- 2 PM : Welcome
- 2.30 : Keynote Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft Corp. + Demo Microsoft Surface (Live streaming from Switzerland)
- 3.30 : What’s new in Windows Live? by Sylvie Irzi, Country Manager OSB, Microsoft Belux & Jean-Benoit Van Bunnen, Product Marketing Manager, Microsoft Belux
- 3.50 : Windows Home Server by Miel Van Opstal, Enthusiast Evangelist, Microsoft Corp.
- 4.10 : Halo 3 + Xbox Madness by David Merzel, Country Manager Xbox, Microsoft BeLux
- 4.30 : Online Gaming & Advertising by Geert Desager, Sales Manager, OSB, Microsoft BeLux
- 5.00 : Windows Mobile 6 - Windows Live Mobile and WL Mobile for Nokia devices by Kris Hoet, Consumer Marketing Manager Microsoft EMEA & Wim Van Winghe, Windows Client Manager, Microsoft BeLux
- 5.20 : Walking dinner / fun with gadgets / deep dive talks with speakers
During and after the dinner, there is time for networking with the other attendees and the speakers. We’re fixing 5 Arcade consoles so everyone who wants to can try out Halo 3. There’s also going to be RoundTable, a pretty cool conferencing device AND we’re getting things ready to setup a HomeServer/MediaCenter/XBox360 demo so you can explore the possibilities of all these things working together.
Mmmk. That’s about it for now. Tomorrow I’ll be in Amsterdam again to get a few things sorted out for some pretty awesome events there. I’ll write about that really soon.
