Join us in the park!

The long awaited second annual SMX Advanced is less than one week away and we felt it necessary to tell you that we are a little more than excited about this event.  We can't wait to have Search Community in our own backyard and because of this excitement we have decided to throw a party.

On the night of the 2nd we invite all participants for the conference to join us at the Olympic Sculpture Park for the SMX Advanced 2008 Welcome Reception.   Doors for this event will open at 6:00PM and will stay open until 9:00PM. Be ready for a good time, there will be a DJ, Food, Drinks and of course what would the party be without break dancers!

Not just here to party

After the fun, we are excited to announce a full slate of Microsoft speakers for both main part of the conference and the following Developer Day.  We hope you will join us for the following sessions and be sure to come to the booth in the expo hall if you have questions for the Live Search or the Microsoft Advertising team.

See you soon in Seattle!

Keynote:
Kevin Johnson,
President, Platform & Services Division
Opening Keynote,  9:15am-10:00am, Jun. 3, 2008

Session Speakers & Panelists:
Nathan Buggia
Lead Program Manager Live Search Webmaster Center
- Bot Herding , 1:30pm-2:45pm, Jun. 3, 2008  
- Search Friendly Development, 9:00am-10:00am, Jun. 4, 2008

Nikhil Kothari
Software Architect
- Platform Considerations for the Microsoft Stack and LAMP Stack
  10:45am-12:00pm, Jun. 4, 2008

Thomas Deml
Senior Program Manager, Internet Information Services (IIS)
- Platform Considerations for the Microsoft Stack and LAMP Stack
  10:45am-12:00pm, Jun. 4, 2008

Derrick Wheeler (Panel Speaker)
Senior SEO Architect, Microsoft.com
- Expert Technical Review of Your Website 3:15pm-4:30pm, Jun. 4, 2008

Natala Menezes (Panel Speaker)
Product Manager, adCenter
- Amazing New PPC Tactics 3:15pm-4:30pm, Jun. 4, 2008

-- Jeremiah Andrick, Live Search Webmaster Team