On the value of attending a conference... Microsoft Conferences for 2007

jose — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:36:00 GMT

If you search around you might encounter different opinions on the value of attending a conference.

In this day and age of fast communications and the ubiquitous internet, you might think that you can get all the information in electronic form without going trough the hassle of travel, lodging and local transportation.

But I think you might be missing the element of peer networking which I think has the highest value in terms of sharing experiences, new ways of looking at old problems, and proven shortcuts for daunting problems.

There are some interesting conferences coming up this year:

MIX07

http://www.visitmix.com

MEDC 07

https://www.medc2007.com/public/home.aspx

TECHED 07

http://www.microsoft.com/events/teched2006/default.mspx

PDC 07

http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/pdc/

MEDC is a mobile oriented conference and it is happening at the same time as MIX07 (a web oriented entanglement)

TechEd has something for everyone, and PDC07 shows some highlights of the future in programming in the MS platform

Blog on!

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On the value of attending a conference... Microsoft Conferences for 2007