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Registration for the First-Ever Microsoft
Business Intelligence Conference is Now Open!
We are pleased to announce that registration for the Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference 2007 is now open! We invite you to join us for the first-ever Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference 2007 which will showcase Microsoft’s market-leading business intelligence (BI) products, solution expertise and customer successes.
The Conference will be held at from May 9 – 11th at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in downtown Seattle, Washington. The fee to attend the Conference is $1095 USD, but if you register before March 15th, you qualify for the early bird rate of $895. Register today and save over 18%! We are expecting a sell-out crowd of over 2,000 paid attendees, so please encourage your customers to register as soon as possible!
The event will feature keynote addresses by Dr. Robert Kaplan, Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School; Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft; Jeff Raikes, President, Microsoft Business Division; and Ted Kummert, Corporate Vice President of Data and Storage Platforms Division. Registered partners are invited to attend the Partner Track to learn Microsoft’s vision for BI, the Microsoft BI value proposition and partner opportunities. The “new day for BI” has arrived and represents new ways for partners to deliver dramatic customer value and significantly grow their business in the process.
We hope you and your customers will join us in Seattle in May. Click here to register!
Be a Part of the Inaugural Conference!
As a key Microsoft partner, we are pleased to offer you a variety of marketing sponsorship and exhibit opportunities at the first-ever Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference. Sponsorship and exhibit packages are now available! If you haven’t done so already, please contact Terri Dunlap for more information at (480) 907-5805 or v-terdu@microsoft.com, or visit the Sponsors & Exhibitors page on the Conference Website. Sponsor & Exhibitor packages come with an allotment of full conference and exhibit booth staff passes so you don’t need to register now if you are planning to sponsor or exhibit.
Call for Presentations Has Now Ended
Thank you to everyone who submitted session ideas for the Conference! The level of interest was amazing, so thanks for helping us spread the word. We will be notifying everyone who submitted a proposal as soon as possible. We are working on finalizing the list of breakout session and will make it available on the Conference website in the coming weeks.
First-Ever Microsoft Business Intelligence Customer Awards Program
For the first time ever, we will be recognizing our customers for their outstanding solutions built on the Microsoft Business Intelligence product family and the benefits their organization has realized as a result. We are now accepting award entries on the Conference website. Nominations are due April 1, 2007. Click here for more information.
Why should you encourage your customers to submit an application?
- Award finalists will receive a FREE pass to the Conference!
- Partners included in the nomination of winning applications will be recognized along with their customer
- Award winners will be recognized in front of peers, leading industry analysts and influencers, the press and Microsoft employees and executives
- Winning organizations will be recognized on the Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference and Microsoft.com/bi websites with a summary of the project and a link to your organization’s homepage.
Important Dates to Remember:
- Sponsorship & Exhibitor packages are now available for purchase
- Conference Registration is live as of today!
- Submissions for the BI Customer Awards Program are due on April 1, 2007
- The Conference begins on May 9, 2007!
Thank you for your interest in the Conference. We hope you will consider sponsoring or exhibiting at the Conference and please encourage your customers to register today!
Thank you,
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