DevDays 2004 Belgium: Introduction

First of all, DevDays 2004 Belgium was in Ghent.

And I live in Bruges, so, got to take the train of course.

;-)

Once I arrived in Ghent, the bus took me to the International Congress Centre (ICC), where the DevDays were organized. It was a great location, in my opinion.

Here is the .doc with the sessions I followed. (And will follow tomorrow ;))

Let’s start the overview. The day begins with breakfast, which was nice, as this is all new to me, I never expected to get free breakfast (and lunch and in the evening as well). And free drinks all day long as well :)

There were a bit over 1000 attendees I’ve been told. Here’s a pic from the breakfast (sandwiches and stuff).

After having something to eat it’s time for the introduction by Bruno Segers (General Manager, Microsoft Belux).

I saw some Microsoft commercials, and I love them :p the ones where you see people doing regular every day things, and you see a possible future being drawn on it. Really beautiful commercials.

As you can see on the picture as well, the logo is a skinhead with a chameleon on his head, which reflects ‘Integrated Innovation’. Symbolic thing :)

Next up was the keynote.