MicroStrategy World 2012

Special Events

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Monday, January 28

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Engage! with MicroStrategy Partner Session - Invitation Only
1:00 PM - 6:15 PM

The Engage! With MicroStrategy Partner Day is designed to bring together the entire MicroStrategy partner community to gain insights and updates on MicroStrategy's corporate vision, technology, and products focus, as well as new strategic partner sales and marketing initiatives for the year ahead. This event offers a great opportunity for our partners to network with key MicroStrategy executives, sales management, and the partner management teams from around the world.

MicroStrategy Testing Day - Certification Exams Administered
1:00pm - 6:00pm

Get certified at MicroStrategy World! This year, MicroStrategy Education will allow any individual who has pre-requisite skills and knowledge to take written certification exams at MicroStrategy World. Candidates will be limited to take up to two exams, and only version 9 exams will be offered. Pre-registration with Education Services is required. Exam fees may apply depending on your PEP status and registration request.

Partner Pre-Sales Enablement Training Session - Invitation Only
3:30pm - 6:30pm

In this session, attendees will review the latest developments of the pre-sales training program, provide feedback, and review the steps to achieve final accreditation. Attendees will have an opportunity to review the delivery of a Standard Demo as well as demo best practices in a one-to-one session with David Lomelin, Sales Engineer, and Ricardo Arriaga, Manager of the Worldwide Pre-Sales Enablement Program.

MicroStrategy World 2013 Welcome Reception
6:30pm - 8:30pm

Sponsored by:

Welcome to MicroStrategy World 2013! Join industry partners, peers, and MicroStrategy executives for drinks and hors d'oeuvres in the Exhibit Hall. Featured exhibitors will showcase their products and technologies at this important networking event - don't miss it!

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Tuesday, January 29 - Wednesday, January 30

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Express Yourself! Take the Express Challenge
11:00am - 2:30pm

Win a cool Express t-shirt and be the envy of your friends! The Express Challenge invites business and IT professionals - regardless of experience and technical skill - to experience the fastest and easiest way to deploy web and mobile intelligence apps. Here's how you can participate:

REGISTER: Sign up for your free Express account at www.microstrategy.com/express.

CREATE: Build a dashboard using your own dataset or one of the many sample datasets available in Express. Check out the "Help" section to browse our library of handy tutorial videos.

SHARE: Share your dashboard with others via email, post a message on Facebook or Twitter, or publish your dashboard on your blog.

WIN: Visit the Express Challenge located in the MicroStrategy Pavilion inside the Exhibit Hall, show us your creation, and receive your t-shirt!

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Tuesday, January 29

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Premium Support Customer Breakfast - Invitation Only
8:00am - 9:00am

Wake up with the Premium Support Team! From 8 - 9 AM on Tuesday morning, please join us for a full breakfast while you network with MicroStrategy experts. Premium Support Engineers, Product Managers, MicroStrategy executives, and other Premium Support Customers will be on hand at this special invitation only event. After breakfast, join the rest of the MicroStrategy World attendees at the General Session.

Premium Support Customer credentials required for admittance.

MicroStrategy TechTalks
9:00am - 4:00pm

MicroStrategy Professional Services is hosting a series of TechTalks aimed at pairing representatives from strategic customer accounts with the leading field technology experts from MicroStrategy Professional Services. These one-hour meetings will allow you and your lead technologist to meet one-on-one with MicroStrategy's most experienced implementation experts. You choose the technology and specific topic, we'll provide the experts.

This event is now full and no longer accepting requests.

Focus areas include:

• Mobile / Transactions
• Performance / Architecture
• SDK Applications
• Social Intelligence
• Graphics / UI Design
• Predictive Analytics
• Upgrades

Visual Insight Workshop: Self-Service Business Analytics for Quicker Answers without IT - Register Now!
11:30am - 5:45pm

This hands-on workshop is geared towards the casual business user without an IT background who is interested in using Visual Insight, MicroStrategy's self-service business analytics solution. Visual Insight allows business people to visually explore their data and create dashboards more easily to find answers to their business questions faster without the need to get their IT department involved. Advanced registration is required.

Track 4 - Session 4: Revolutionize your BI: Go from Raw Data to Agile Analytics in 45 Minutes
4:45pm - 5:45pm

This is a BYOL (bring your own laptop) hands-on workshop in which participants will use MicroStrategy Express to build an interactive dashboard and a mobile app. The workshop is designed for business and IT users regardless of technical skill or prior expertise with business intelligence software. Members of the MicroStrategy Express product team will be on hand to answer questions. Participants must bring their own laptops.

Industry Networking Receptions
6:00pm - 7:15pm

After the track sessions on Tuesday, join your industry peers for cocktails at an Industry Reception. MicroStrategy's Industry Vice Presidents of Communications, FSI, Retail, and Healthcare will be on hand to discuss trends affecting their industries and provide innovative ideas, insights, and recommendations as industry experts in their respective fields.

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Wednesday, January 30

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MicroStrategy TechTalks
9:00am - 4:00pm

MicroStrategy Professional Services is hosting a series of TechTalks aimed at pairing representatives from strategic customer accounts with the leading field technology experts from MicroStrategy Professional Services. These one-hour meetings will allow you and your lead technologist to meet one-on-one with MicroStrategy's most experienced implementation experts. You choose the technology and specific topic, we'll provide the experts.

This event is now full and no longer accepting requests.

Focus areas include:

• Mobile / Transactions
• Performance / Architecture
• SDK Applications
• Social Intelligence
• Graphics / UI Design
• Predictive Analytics
• Upgrades

Visual Insight Workshop: Self-Service Business Analytics for Quicker Answers without IT - Register Now!
11:30am - 5:45pm

This hands-on workshop is geared towards the casual business user without an IT background who is interested in using Visual Insight, MicroStrategy's self-service business analytics solution. Visual Insight allows business people to visually explore their data and create dashboards more easily to find answers to their business questions faster without the need to get their IT department involved. Advanced registration is required.

Track 4 - Session 8: Impress the Corner Office: Build a Mobile App for Executive Management in 3 Easy Steps
4:45pm - 5:45pm

This is a BYOL (bring your own laptop) hands-on workshop in which participants will use MicroStrategy Express to build a mobile intelligence app that combines reports and dashboards with multimedia content. The workshop is designed for business and IT users regardless of technical skill or prior expertise with business intelligence software. Members of the MicroStrategy Express product team will be on hand to answer questions. Participants must bring their own laptops.

Regional Networking Receptions
5:45pm - 7:00pm

Once the track sessions are over on Wednesday, don't miss your Regional Networking Reception! Stop by to enjoy light refreshments as well as to meet local peers and MicroStrategists from your region. Check the listings near the MicroStrategy World Registration and Information Desk to find out the room location of your Regional Networking Reception.

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Thursday, January 31

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Introduction to the Mobile App Platform - Register Now!
9:00am - 12:30pm

Build an entire smartphone app from scratch using the MicroStrategy Mobile App Platform - without writing a single line of code! Give us a few hours and you will become your company's mobile champion! This workshop covers MicroStrategy Mobile architecture, interactivity and cutting-edge design techniques. Advance registration and course prerequisites must be met in order to take the class. Register Now!

Track 4 - Session 10: Analytics to the Masses: Deliver Personalized Dashboards to Thousands Without Breaking a Sweat
10:45am - 11:45am

This is a BYOL (bring your own laptop) hands-on workshop in which participants will use MicroStrategy Express to schedule the delivery of personalized reports and documents. The workshop is designed for business and IT users with some experience developing reports in MicroStrategy. Members of the MicroStrategy Express product team will be on hand to answer questions. Participants must bring their own laptops.

Technology Futures Presentation
1:30pm - 4:30pm

MicroStrategy Executive Vice President of Technology Jeffrey Bedell and other senior members of the MicroStrategy Technology team will preview upcoming product releases for 2013 and beyond. Learn more about MicroStrategy's research and development initiatives for the platform.

If you attend MicroStrategy Technology Futures Day, you will learn about upcoming product releases, our product strategies, and other proprietary information. You will be required to sign and execute a Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) to gain admittance to the MicroStrategy Technology Futures session.