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TechMentor - In-Depth Training for IT Pros

TechMentor Orlando 2010 is being held March 8-12, 2010 at the Hilton Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. This is the only IT conference that focuses on real-world solutions that can be used now, for the technologies we already have as well as for those that are just around the corner.

There are no corporate shills trying to sell products that aren’t available, and no time is spent "teaching" technologies that don't exist yet. Attendees learn from the real gurus who are in the trenches, the authors, columnists, bloggers, and instructors that continue to make TechMentor one of the most technically powerful IT events on the planet.

At TechMentor Orlando, attendees learn:

how to use today’s server technology

At TechMentor Orlando, attendees learn:

  • how to use today’s server technology
  • how Microsoft’s R2 technology really works for your environment
  • advanced virtualization topics, without the vendor bias
  • how to prevent a major disaster with one’s Active Directory
  • enhancing automation skills with PowerShell as well as common tools

and leave with dozens of new and free tools that make the job easier

Focus Topics include:

Windows PowerShell
Virtualization
Exchange and Unified Communications
Security
Deploying and Managing Windows Servers and Clients
Remote Users and Offices


Speakers include:

Don Jones, TechMentor Conference Chair
Rhonda Layfield, Setup and Deployment MVP, DDPS
Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert

Three main tracks are featured:

Deep Dive Sessions are extra-length sessions where attendees learn to automate Active Directory management, add high availability to Hyper-V, perform packet analysis on your network, or optimize Group Policy for their environment.

Prep School Sessions are exclusive half-day presentations covering complex, core topics like Windows PowerShell, Remote Desktop Services, and Deploying & Managing Windows Servers and Clients. While not required, these sessions are strongly recommended for all attendees, to help with learning valuable new skills and to give a better foundation for the main conference sessions. These are intense, information-packed sessions.

Grad School Sessions
are in-depth, resume-building meetings where, in just half a day, attendees learn to support SQL server and "speak" the SQL language, deploy Windows client and server operating systems, and prepare their environment for Exchange Server 2010.

The sessions cover such material as:

Stop Working Nights and Weekends: 10 Tips You Can Immediately Implement
Windows 7 Virtual Deployment Solutions
Eliminate Application Compatibility Issues with Windows 7's XP Mode
The Windows PowerShell v2 No-Scripting Crash Course
Moving to Windows 7: From Vista or XP, Quickly, and Using FREE Tools!
Mastering System Recovery - How to Recover from any System Failure
Eliminating Malware, Inappropriate Software, and Most IT Problems with AppLocker

Between the intensive learning and the tremendous opportunities for networking and sharing with other IT peers and colleagues, this event has had high praise from previous attendees, and this year’s event promises to deliver again.

For more information, go to http://techmentorevents.com.   

TehMentor Orlando 2010
March 8-12, 2010

The Hilton at the Walt Disney World Resort
1751 Hotel Plaza Blvd
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830

407-827-4000

I-deco Istanbul 2010 Fair

I-deco Istanbul Decoration and Design Fair is being held during March 3-7, 2010, at CNR Expo in Istanbul, Turkey. I-deco Istanbul is a selective event for contemporary furniture design and upscale home fashion.

Around 400 brands are exhibited each year at the show, which is attended by more than 25,000 visitors from around the world.

The event bills itself as the only event in Eurasia focusing on contemporary design and upscale decoration, and is set to exhibit recent collections of global brands and widely known designers. Professional visitors, mainly from the Middle East, the Turkic Republics, North Africa and Eastern Europe, will attend panels on topics including the future of design and decoration. Industrial-design seminars will also be held.

The exhibitors are selected by a  committee composed of opinion leaders in the field. Designers on hand in the I-DEAS Hall, the trend area where contemporary design furniture is exhibited, are:

Hans De Pelsmacker
Jason Miller
Jeff Miller
Luca Nichetto
Mikko Laakkonen
Roberto Lazzeroni
Samuele Mazza
Stefan Diez
Tomita Kazuhiko
Arif Özden
Atilla Kuzu
Aziz Sarýyer
Erdem Akan
Rasit Karaaslan
Ron Kemnitzer
Eoro Mietinen

Tanju Özelgin
Can Yalman
Aykut Erol


Young designers are selected and invited to take place in a different concept every year in Design Camp, the area for promising talent to set future trends in decoration and design.

For more information, visit www.idecoist.com

I-deco Istanbul 2010
March 3-7, 2010

CNR Expo
Istanbul, Turkey

GoingGreen East

AlwaysOn's second annual GoingGreen East—Greener Pastures for Global Business—is being held March 8th-10th, 2010, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, MA. GoingGreen East is where cutting-edge greentech CEOs meet top investors and the movers and shakers from the biggest industries on earth. This executive event features CEO presentations and high-level debates on the most promising emerging green technologies and new entrepreneurial opportunities.

At GoingGreen East, the GoingGreen Top 50 Private Companies will be honored. Up to 50 greentech CEOs will also pitch their market strategies to a panel of industry experts in the "CEO Showcases."

Cleantech remains in transition, with 2010 bringing an uncertain political climate and relentlessly emerging technologies as disruptive as ever. From next-generation solar to new wind energy innovations to a diverse array of energy storage technologies to smart grid and smart cities, GoingGreen East will bring the most interesting CEOs, the most interesting companies, the most promising technologies—and no fluff. No other event delivers a lineup of cleantech superstars with as much depth and diversity as GoingGreen East.

Some of the topics are:

The Green Energy of Tomorrow
The Green City
Green Consumer Products
Alternative Fuels - Landfill Waste, Animal Fat, Plant Fiber
Water Entrepreneurs
Mega-Projects - Watering & Cooling the World
The Next Generation Automobile
What are the Most Lucrative, Transformative Green Technologies?


Some of the speakers are:

Miles Baker
, CEO, Modular Wind Energies, Inc
Joe Dews, Managing Director & Head of Cleantech Banking, ThinkEquity LLC
Mark Fischetti, Board of Editors, Scientific American
John Soininen, VP Development, Eolian Renewable Energy LLC
Elise Zoli, Partner, Goodwin Procter

Fifty top CEOs will have the opportunity to present their market strategies and business partnering objectives on the main stage at GoingGreen East. Qualifying companies are either public or privately held and ideally come from one of the following industry sectors:

  • Solar Energy
  • Biofuel & Agriculture
  • Clean Energy (not solar or biofuel)
  • Energy Storage Systems
  • Energy Management, Smart Grid & Energy Efficiency
  • Water Technology & Water Management
  • Green Materials, Green Buildings, Green Nano/Micro-Tech
  • Green Automobiles & Transportation
  • Clean Manufacturing & Clean Products
  • Resource Recovery & Waste Management

For more information, visit http://alwayson.goingon.com/ecom/productview.

GoingGreen East
March 8-10, 2010


Four Seasons—Boston
200 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02116
617-338-4400

Digital Strategies Conference

Digital Strategies Conference is being held on March 10, 2010 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Canada.  This event focuses on what you need to know to effectively market your products and services in the Digital Age.

Whether one is a start-up or a Fortune 500 company, online marketing is key to today’s business success. Savvy marketers and business owners understand how to use the latest e-business tools and make smart investment decisions with limited marketing dollars.

Event speakers include:

Louise Clements
, Head of Sales, Facebook in Canada

Scott Fox, Entrepreneur, Online Marketing and E-Commerce Success Coach and Author of eRiches 2.0

Bob Garfield, Author, The Chaos Scenario, Co-Host, NPR's On The Media, Columnist, Advertising Age

Aimee Higgins
, VP, Strategy & Planning, Pandora (USA)

Presentations and Panels include:

"Top Digital Media & Marketing Trends You Need To Know"
Leading analysts and industry leaders kick-off the day’s discussions with an overview of the latest research that reflects and illustrates the current state of digital advertising and marketing as well as the directions in which the industry is heading.

"Be Found Online - The Latest In Search Engine Optimization and Marketing (SEO/SEM) Strategies"
This hands-on panel discusses best practices and gives tangible advice for how to use different online tools for keyword research, and how to use search engines to quantify competition and maximize the ROI of one’s marketing investment.

"Show Don’t Tell - How to Maximize your Marketing ROI using Online Video Platforms/Tools"
The focus is on identifying how to best utilize online video from the content owner's as well as marketer's perspective.

For further information, visit www.digitalstrategiesconference.com.

Digital Strategies Conference
March 10, 2010


The Fairmont Royal York
100 Front Street W
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

416.368.2511

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