Johann recently did a short interview with Colin Lee who is a speaker at TechEd 2008 about the Unified Communications track. Have a watch below.
So our Track Owners are busy working on making TechEd 2008 the best experience for you in terms of deep and relevant technical content. Here are a few blog posts with some of the proposed sessions, feel free to leave them comments around what you would like to see.
Jeff Alexander - Windows Server Track Planning
Rocky Heckman - Security Track Planning
Johann Kruse - Unified Communications Track Planning
Robbie Upcroft - Small Business Server Pre Day Planning
Andrew Coates - WOW! The Technology of TechEd Track Planning
Nigel Watson - Architecture Track Planning
Alistair Speirs - Office System Track Planning
Darryl Burling - Web Technology Track Planning
You can also chat to the track owners online
Dont forget to join the TechEd Australia 2008 Events Page on Facebook. 
As mentioned before TechEd 2008 will be held at the Sydney Convention Centre during September 2nd-5th. TechEd is the opportunity to get on top of the latest development trends and gain hands-on experience with the newest tools and platforms. Connect with new people, get new ideas, be a part of the experience. Tech.Ed 2008 features multiple hands-on learning and social opportunities to help you advance your career and expand your horizons. 
Our earlybird discount ends on the 27th June. With the earlybird discount you get $250 off the normal price so you only pay $1749. Make sure you also take part in the online poll on the site to help us shape TechEd this year. We will update the questions weekly.
We are offering something new this year on the website, its the opportunity for you to chat directly to the Track organisers online. We have enabled this using Windows Live IM Control. If your unsure about a particular track or session feel free to ask them a question about it. 
The TechEd site is Silverlight enabled so make sure you have the latest version of Silverlight installed.
I walked past our foyer during lunch and saw the following:
Xbox 360 and Game have teamed up to offer this as a prize to a lucky person. Pretty cool prize, imagine cruising around in that!
Competition details http://www.game.com.au/choppercomp
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