See you in San Jose!

As summer begins to wind down and kids are beginning to dread the sound of school bells ringing, there is one more chance for a little getaway: Search Engine Strategies, San Jose 2008. While we expect the California sun will be out and there will be plenty of margarita’s to go around, there will also be some really great sessions and speakers that those of you in search marketing won't want to miss.

So if you're planning to be at SES San Jose next week, be sure to stop by our booth to say hi to the many Microsofties who will be speaking or to get an answer to a question or just to see what we’ve been up to.

Some faces you might recognize from SES sessions:

Keynote –

Satya Nadella
Senior VP, Senior Vice President, Search, Portal & Advertising Platform Group
Morning Keynote
9:00am-10:00am, Tuesday - Aug 19, 2008

Session Speakers & Panelists –
shown here in order of session dates/times

Todd Schwartz (Panel Speaker)
Group Product Manager, Live Search
Universal & Blended Search
9:45am-11:00am, Monday - Aug 18, 2008

Paul Dillon (Panel Speaker)
Director, Director Commercial Search, Live Search
Shopping Search Tactics
11:00am-12:15pm, Tuesday - Aug 19, 2008

Nathan Buggia (Panel Speaker)
Program Manager Lead, Webmaster Center, Live Search
Organic Listings Forum
2:45pm-3:45pm, Thursday - Aug 21, 2008

Jeremiah Andrick (Panel Speaker)
Program Manager, Webmaster Center, Live Search
Site Clinic
2:45pm-3:45pm, Thursday - Aug 21, 2008

Derrick Wheeler (Panel Speaker)
Senior SEO Architect, Microsoft.com
In House SEO: Lessons learned & Victories Won
2:45pm-3:45pm, Thursday - Aug 21, 2008

In addition, Powerset, the natural language search leader that we’ve reached an agreement to acquire, will be participating on a panel:

• Scott Prevost (Panel Speaker), General Manager and Director of Product, Powerset, Semantic Search: How Will It Change Our Lives? 11:15am-12:30pm, Monday - Aug 18, 2008

--Jeremiah Andrick, Program Manager, Live Search Webmaster Center