ISTANBUL, Turkey, February 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- From 3 February to 15 April the workshops will take place across
Europe, Middle East and Africa with the participation of leading partners and
key industry speakers.

What:       Empowering Excellence in Manufacturing & Resources Through 
                Innovation - EMEA Road Shows
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                Join Microsoft Corp and key business partners at these 
                workshops to learn how, in times of economic uncertainty, 
                leading-edge technologies can help firms realise cost 
                savings, increase efficiency, enable change and foster 
                innovation. The sessions dedicated to IT and business 
                decision-makers will highlight the state-of-the-art solutions 
                empowered by Microsoft technologies:

                Manufacturing operations. How to help ensure operational 
                excellence through flexible and integrated manufacturing 
                operations with high quality, low cost and tools for securing 
                regulatory compliance. 

                Business insight and visibility. How to accelerate insight, 
                increase transparency and manage risk at all levels to reduce 
                time to decision and locate and analyse inefficiencies. 

                Collaboration and communication. How to manage innovation and                 
                accelerate collaborative product development across global 
                design teams to improve time to market and reduce costs.

                Consumer-centric approach. How to observe and serve consumers 
                and customers globally with insight into their specific needs 
                and drive profitable revenue growth


    Who:        These speakers from Microsoft will be featured: 
                -- Jon C Arnold, managing director, Worldwide Utilities, 
                   Microsoft 
                -- Nick Barnett, EMEA Industry Solution manager, 
                   Manufacturing Operations, Microsoft
                -- Norbert Braendli, worldwide managing director, Automotive 
                   and Industrial Equipment, Microsoft 
                -- Karel Crombach, industry market development manager EMEA, 
                   Worldwide Manufacturing and Resources Sector, Microsoft
                -- Ruediger Dorn, managing director, Worldwide Life Sciences 
                   Industry Group, Microsoft
                -- Albrecht Ferling, managing director, Worldwide Oil and Gas 
                   Industries, Microsoft
                -- Bill Gerould, senior director, Worldwide Marketing, 
                   Manufacturing & Resources Sector, Microsoft
                -- Charles Johnson, worldwide general manager, Manufacturing 
                   and Resources Sector, Enterprise Partner Group, Microsoft
                -- Sanjay Ravi, managing director, Worldwide High Tech and 
                   Electronics Industry, Microsoft
                -- Gunter Rester, Worldwide Director PLM Solutions, Microsoft
                -- Don Richardson, director, Global Innovation and PLM 
                   Industry Strategy, Worldwide Solution Management, 
                   Microsoft


    Dates and
    Locations: 

     3 Feb 2009, Istanbul, Turkey             
     18 Feb 2009, Stockholm, Sweden           
     19 Feb 2009, Goteborg, Sweden            
     25 Feb 2009, Johannesburg, South Africa  
     5 March 2009, Barcelona, Spain           
     6 March 2009, Madrid, Spain              
     10 March 2009, Oslo, Norway              
     13 March 2009, Schiphol, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
     16 March 2009, Helsinki, Finland
     17 March 2009, Paris, France
     19 March 2009, Moscow, Russia
     20 March 2009, Moscow, Russia
     25 March 2009, Cologne, Germany
     26 March 2009, Vienna, Austria
     6 April 2009, Reading, UK
     7 April 2009, Midlands, UK
     8 April 2009, Vedbaek, Denmark
     15 April 2009, Dubai, Gulf States

More Details: More information is available at
https://microsoft.crgevents.com/empoweringworkshops/Content/Home.aspx

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