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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.technet.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Microsoft Empower Programme : Events</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/archive/tags/Events/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Events</description><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>Office Business Applications  (OBA) Technical Briefing</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/archive/2007/10/15/office-business-applications-oba-technical-briefing.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:24:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2177178</guid><dc:creator>Empower</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/comments/2177178.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2177178</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=2177178</wfw:comment><description>This two day technical briefing explores an emerging category of applications, known as Office Business Applications (OBA). It explores the technologies that underpin them, in particular Microsoft Office 2007, Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Office...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/empower/archive/2007/10/15/office-business-applications-oba-technical-briefing.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2177178" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/empower/archive/tags/Events/default.aspx">Events</category></item><item><title>MSDN Events Pt 3</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/archive/2007/10/15/msdn-events-pt-3.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:36:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2177069</guid><dc:creator>Empower</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/comments/2177069.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2177069</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=2177069</wfw:comment><description>and yet more dates.... - 25 October 2007, Reading: MSDN : Demand Good Service - 06 November 2007, TVP: MSDN: Developing on the Windows Live Platform - 08 November 2007, London: MSDN: Building Dynamic Web Applications with Microsoft Silverlight - 20 November...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/empower/archive/2007/10/15/msdn-events-pt-3.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2177069" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/empower/archive/tags/MSDN+Mailer/default.aspx">MSDN Mailer</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/empower/archive/tags/Events/default.aspx">Events</category></item><item><title>MSDN Events Pt2</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/archive/2007/09/21/msdn-events-pt2.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:06:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2007846</guid><dc:creator>Empower</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/comments/2007846.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2007846</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=2007846</wfw:comment><description>Hi All, More dates booked in for the nationwide MSDN Events. If you have any questions please email me (Danny!) v-dcale@microsoft.com or ukmsdn@microsoft.com 2 Oct 07, Reading: MSDN: What's New in Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Fx 3.5 for the Web Developer...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/empower/archive/2007/09/21/msdn-events-pt2.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2007846" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/empower/archive/tags/MSDN+Mailer/default.aspx">MSDN Mailer</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/empower/archive/tags/Events/default.aspx">Events</category></item><item><title>Innovation Day 18th January 2007</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/archive/2006/12/08/innovation-day-18th-january-2007.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:21:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:548210</guid><dc:creator>Empower</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/comments/548210.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/commentrss.aspx?PostID=548210</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=548210</wfw:comment><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"&gt;For all of you that wanted to come to our last Innovation Day in Manchester but could not make it, now is your chance to come and meet us at our offices in TVP (Thames Valley Park), Reading.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"&gt;We have the full Demo facility booked for the entire day so this is our main opportunity to connect with our non-managed ISV Partners and welcome you to Microsoft HQ. So, please put a place holder in your diaries for Thursday 18&lt;SUP&gt;th&lt;/SUP&gt; January 2007 and book your place using the link below. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"&gt;We will be focusing on the latest product releases, Microsoft Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, business planning, lead generation and creating effective strategies &lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;to drive growth.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"&gt;After the event, please join me for drink, meet a number of key Microsoft executives and network with other Partners.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #984806; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt 144pt"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #984806; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;A href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032319338&amp;amp;Culture=en-GB"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #984806"&gt;Register here now!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"&gt;I look forward to meeting you here at TVP in the New Year!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #1f497d; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: dark2; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB"&gt; &lt;SPAN lang=EN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align=right&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB"&gt;Posted by: Rob Morley&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=548210" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/empower/archive/tags/Innovation+Day/default.aspx">Innovation Day</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/empower/archive/tags/Events/default.aspx">Events</category></item><item><title>Innovation Day</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/archive/2006/10/24/innovation-day.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:478201</guid><dc:creator>Empower</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/comments/478201.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/commentrss.aspx?PostID=478201</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.technet.com/empower/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=478201</wfw:comment><description>&lt;P mce_keep="true"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-themecolor: dark2"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;Our first Innovation has now been confirmed and will be taking place at the Lowry, Salford Quays, Manchester on Tuesday November 7&lt;SUP&gt;th&lt;/SUP&gt;. This is the first time that Microsoft has been able to reachout to the Registered Member space – usually where the exciting new stuff comes from!&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;We plan to have three or four of these Innovation Days this Fiscal Year (June-June for us). Don’t worry if you can’t make it to Manchester this time as we are planning host these events in different locations each time – we don’t want to cast any geographical dispersions!!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi"&gt;The day starts at around 9.30am and will finish around 4.30pm. &lt;/SPAN&gt;This event is a great opportunity for us to meet you, find out more about your offerings and for us to demo some of our new Vista and Office technologies – afterall we are introducing $20Bn worth of R&amp;amp;D onto the market this year! This event is an absolute must for all serious active Empower Members.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;A href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032312647&amp;amp;culture=en-gb"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"&gt;Click here to register&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt; - I look forward to seeing your there!&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:PersonName w:st="on"&gt;&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align=right&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;Posted by:&lt;STRONG&gt; &lt;st1:PersonName w:st="on"&gt;Rob Morley&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=478201" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/empower/archive/tags/Innovation+Day/default.aspx">Innovation Day</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/empower/archive/tags/Events/default.aspx">Events</category></item></channel></rss>