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Envision 2016 Sessions Announced, Microsoft Pushes Partner Incentives for Drawing Attendees

by Dann Anthony Maurno
Assistant Editor, MSDW

In case you missed it, Microsoft on Friday unveiled the session calendar for its inaugural Envision conference, running April 4 through 6 in New Orleans.

As Microsoft promised in its surprise January announcement, Envision is a different animal from Convergence, which was dedicated largely to product roadmaps and features. Envision is a strategy-oriented event, aimed at decision makers.

Thus far, many sessions are planned, but most still have no speaker attached. The announced sessions will be delivered by a mix of Microsoft employees, industry experts, and sponsors. Among them:

  • Numerous State of the Industry sessions, largely delivered by solution providers. The Sports and Entertainment session will be delivered by Davide Vigano of Sensoria, Inc., about technology transforming sports; also digital media strategist Robert Tercek co-delivering a Travel and Hospitality session, alongside a Travel Weekly editor.
  • Product-specific sessions, including the entire Dynamics portfolio, but also Azure IoT Suite, Delve, Bing, Skype for Business, Power BI, etc. Of the nine AX sessions, eight are vendor-driven and one is a customer story. Azure revealed two sessions, including Cognizant: IoT retail solution (RetailMate) on Microsoft Dynamics 'AX7' powered by Azure and Run business apps in the cloud.
  • Business-challenge specific sessions, a good many of which are led by event sponsors and focus on their own solutions.
  • Industry specific sessions. Interestingly, there were but three matches for Manufacturing, one a State of the Industry session, the other two ISV led.
  • Leadership sessions segmented by ...

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About Dann Anthony Maurno

Dann Anthony Maurno is a seasoned business journalist who began his career as International Marketing Manager with Lilly Software, then moved on as a freelancer to write for such prestigious clients as CFO Magazine; Compliance Week;Manufacturing Business Technology; Decision Resources, Inc.; The Economist Intelligence Unit; and corporate clients such as Iron Mountain, Microsoft and SAP. He is the co-author of Thin Air: How Wireless Technology Supports Lean Initiatives(CRC/Productivity Press, 2010).

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