Microsoft confabs 2009

Here’s a list of some of the conferences and events in 2009 where Microsoft will likely show and/or release new products.

1/8 - 1/11 CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2009 - Las Vegas (Ballmer keynote is 1/7 at 6:30 p.m. PT)
1/28 - 1/29 Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference 2009 - Redmond (Expect more Oslo info to be on the agenda)
2/3 - 2/7 TED - Palm Springs (Don’t be surprised to see a glimpse of some Live Labs or Microsoft Research project)
2/9 - 2/11 FASTforward ‘09 Microsoft enterprise search conference - Las Vegas
2/16 - 2/19 Mobile World Congress - Barcelona (Perhaps the venue for a Windows Mobile 6.5 sneak peek?)
2/24 Microsoft Research TechFest 2009 - Redmond (For Softies, press and invited guests only)
2/24 - 2/26 VSLive 2009 - San Francisco (Could this be the Rosario team-system launch pad?)
3/1 - 3/4 Microsoft MVP Summit - Seattle (for Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals and invited guests only)
3/10 - 3/13 Microsoft Convergence 2009 - New Orleans
3/18 - 3/20 Microsoft MIX 09 - Las Vegas
4/20 -4/24 RSA - San Francisco (Might be a good place for a Morro security service and/or a “Stirling” security suite update.)
5/11 - 5/15 Microsoft TechEd - Los Angeles (Microsoft has re-integrated the developer and IT pro tracks and cut back the show to a week. Huzzah!)
5/26 - 5/28 D7 conference (The Wall Street Journal confab where Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will no doubt yet again be on the Q&A hot seat.)
7/13 - 7/16 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference - New Orleans (Yet another opportunity for Microsoft to try to convince its hosting partners that it’s not trying to compete with them with its Online services.)
7/?? - 7/?? Microsoft Research Faculty Summit 2009 (educators, researchers and invited guests only)
7/30 Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting (Wall Street analysts and invited press only)
9/22 - 9/24 Intel Developer Forum (IDF) – San Francisco (Good time for an update on Windows client and server)
11/9 - 11/13 TechEd EMEA - Berlin
11/17 - 11/20 Microsoft Professional Developers Conference ( PDC ) 09 - Los Angeles. (Office 14 might be the star at this one)