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Microsoft ® Collaboration Technologies Seminar
November 8, 2006, 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Westin South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, CA
To register: http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?culture=en-US&eventid=1032307898&x=13&y=13

Find out how to empower your organization to work together more effectively at an event designed for technology executives and professionals. Microsoft® Unified Communications and Collaboration solutions enable people to work from anywhere so they can exchange ideas and information more effectively across multiple channels. This special event will include a keynote presentation by a specialist from Forrester research, and informative presentations from Microsoft. The planned agenda for this event includes:

Time Session

• 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast and Registration
• 9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks, Ken Gosselin, Microsoft Corp.
• 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Keynote Presentation: “Developing An Enterprise Collaboration Strategy For Today―And The Future”
  What is a collaboration platform? Hear Forrester Research’s perspective on collaboration and its role, and a summary of Forrester’s 10-step collaboration strategy work plan.
  Presented by Erica Grimes, Research Analyst, Forrester Research
• 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break
• 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Enterprise Content Management: Secure and Manage Content
  What are the challenges and trends facing organizations in managing content, and ensuring that the right people have the right access to the right information? In this session, you’ll learn about challenges and opportunities, and technologies which can help you securely manage your organization’s intellectual assets.
  Presented by: John Lee and Charles Maxson, Microsoft Corp.
• 11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Unified Communications & Collaboration: Simplify Working Together
  The number of ways in which people work together and share information continues to grow, providing organizations with opportunities to enable people to collaborate across time and distance boundaries. At this session, we’ll provide insight into Microsoft’s communication and collaboration strategy and vision.
  Presented by: JB Blevins and Chandler Bootchk, Microsoft Corp.
• 12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m. Lunch will be served
• 12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (Session presented during lunch)
  Introducing the 2007 Microsoft Office System: Increasing Capabilities, Efficiency, and Productivity
  In today’s business environment, time equates to money, and studies show that employees today lose time in searching for information they need. See how Microsoft Office Groove 2007, Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 and Microsoft Outlook 2007 add capabilities to create a solution that helps information workers collaborate and work more efficiently.
  Presented by: Leo Loro and Charles Maxson, Microsoft Corp.
• 1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Closing Session, Ken Gosselin, Microsoft Corp.

Time/Date:
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
8:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.

Location:
Westin South Coast Plaza
686 Anton Boulevard, Costa Mesa, California 92626
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1002

Registration:
To register: http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?culture=en-US&eventid=1032307898&x=13&y=13
Or, visit http://www.microsoft.com/usa/events, and search on Event ID 1032307898.