Tech Conferences, Inc.'s ``Connections Europe'' to Include Four Co-Located Technology Conferences
Friday February 24, 11:19 am ET
Conferences include Microsoft's ASP.NET Connections, Visual Studio Connections, SQL Server Magazine Connections, and Microsoft Exchange Connections 2006
LOVELAND, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2006--The president of Penton Media's (OTCBB: PTON - News) Tech Conferences, Inc. (TCI), Shirley Brothers, announced that registration has begun for Connections Europe, a four-part technology conference taking place 24-26 April at the Nice-Acropolis Convention Centre in Nice, France. The event will be produced by TCI in partnership with Penton's Windows IT Media group, and is co-sponsored by Microsoft. This event marks the expansion of the paid, deep-content Connections-branded conferences to Europe.
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"Our 'Connections' technology conferences are very successful in the United States," said Brothers. "We expect this launch in Europe to be the start of a series of successful events overseas." Brothers continued: "Attendees will hear directly from Microsoft architects and industry gurus about the next generation of software advances, and Microsoft program managers and architects will provide insights into the future of the .NET platform and products. We will have more expert speakers at Connections Europe than at any other event of its kind."
Connections Europe consists of four distinct tracks offering 100 in-depth sessions for every technological discipline and interest. The sessions and workshops are timed and co-located to facilitate registrants attending sessions from any of the four conferences at no extra charge.
Connections Europe is also offering pre-conference workshops on Monday 24 April for each of the four conferences. Highly regarded industry experts and Microsoft representatives will make the presentations at the sessions and the workshops. Any delegates who register by 1 March for the conference and any optional workshop will receive a free room night at one of the host hotels (based on a three-night stay.)
For more information and to register for Connections Europe, go to:www.DevConnectionsEurope.com.
About Windows IT Media and TCI
Penton's Windows IT Media, the largest independent Windows IT community in the world, includes flagship print publication Windows IT Pro, three monthly paid subscription print newsletters, 12 direct-request email newsletters, and a Web-site resource for more than 2.5 million IT professionals each month. First published in 1995, Windows IT Pro is the editorial leader in its field and has a paid subscription base of 105,000. The magazine is published in 13 languages and has an international reach into 160 countries. Windows IT Pro UPDATE, the group's flagship email newsletter, is the only e-newsletter to make BtoB Magazine's Media Power 50 list.
Windows IT Media also includes SQL Server Magazine, with 30,000 paid subscribers and two email newsletters sent to more than 130,000 opt-in subscribers. The two publications' Web sites generate more than nine million page impressions. Their email newsletters have more than one million opt-in subscribers. Windows IT Media is the world's leading producer of custom roadshows, paid conferences and paid workshops for Windows and SQL Server IT professionals.
TCI is a co-partner of Windows IT Media. TCI produces conferences serving the IT professional and developers market and is well-known for its Connections conferences. TCI began producing events for computers programmers in 1993.
For more information visit www.windowsitpro.com/pressroom/ , www.sqlmag.com; www.DevConnections.com and www.penton.com.
Contact:
Tech Conferences, Inc.
Shirley Brothers, 508-737-5519
shirley@devconnections.com
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