Microsoft Belux 'Net Academic Program Mieke De Ketelaere 'Net Academic Program Manager miekedemicros

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Microsoft Belux .Net Academic ProgramMieke De
Ketelaere.Net Academic Program Manager
miekede_at_microsoft.com
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Agenda

• General
• Faculty
• Students
• Ecosystem
• Summary
• Questions

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General Software

• MSDN AA
• After the institution has signed up the MSDN AA
  program, its Computer Science Students and
  Faculty Members can download MS developer
  software from www.ma3d.com for 45,38 Euros/year
  (SLA between MS and Signpost).
• OOPS!
• Every student can legally and easily download the
  most popular MS Software from www.ma3d.com for
  49,95 Euros/year (SLA between MS and Signpost)
• Further agreements
• General licenses for Students and Faculty Members
  
• Microsoft Academic Open License Agreement
• Microsoft Campus Agreement
• Please contact Anne-Marie Vermeulen for further
  information
• v-annemv_at_microsoft.com

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General Training

• Microsoft IT Academy
• Goal The MS IT Academy Program positions your
  institution as an innovative leader in your
  community.
• Levels IT Pro Plus, IT Pro, Office Specialist
• Faculty Training, Programmatic Support, Marketing
  Resources
• For More Information www.microsoftITacademy.com
• Local contact v-bregtb_at_microsoft.com
• Microsoft Certified Training Partners in Belux
• U2U www.u2u.be
• Ezos www.ezos.be
• Azlan www.azlan.be/training (check last minutes
  for education)
• Guidance www.guidance.lu
• Infosupport www.infosupport.com
• Etc.

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Faculty Curriculum Material

• .Net Academic Resource Kit
• http//docs.msdnaa.net/ark_new/npage.htm
• Mainfunction
• http//educators.mainfunction.com/
• .Net Convention
• http//www.dotnetconvention.be
• DevDays
• http//www.microsoft.com/belux/devdays/
• Microsoft Education
• http//www.microsoft.com/education
• http//www.microsoft.com/belux/education

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Faculty Conferences and Events

• Educa
• http//www.cst.be
• Microsoft University Relations
• https//faculty.university.microsoft.com/facultypo
  rtal/DesktopDefault.aspx
• Example (by invite only) Journées académiques
  Microsoft Research (Paris, 2003)
• http//research.microsoft.com/Collaboration/Univer
  sity/Europe/events/rcc/France
• Example (by invite only) Software and Web
  Engineering in the Microsoft .NET Environment
  (Cambridge, 2003)
• http//research.microsoft.com/collaboration/univer
  sity/europe/events/dotnetcc/version4/

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Faculty Books

• Higher Education Pearson Education
• List of books http//www.microsoft.com/netherland
  s/education/highereducation/pearson.asp
• Mail to Marc.Appels_at_Pearsoned-ema.com for
  evaluation purposes
• Higher Education Microsoft Press
• Mail to miekede_at_microsoft.com for evaluation
  purposes
• General free computer books
• http//www.intelinfo.com/free_computer_books.html

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Faculty Projects

• Rotor Shared Source Common Language
  Infrastructure
• http//www.sscli.net
• http//msdn.microsoft.com/net/sscli
• Shared Source
• http//www.microsoft.com/sharedsource
• Terrarium (Soon Local Belux Terrarium
  Competition!)
• http//www.gotdotnet.com/terrarium/
• ASP.NET Starter Kits Beta
• http//www.asp.net/Default.aspx?tabindex9tabid4
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• Learning Webservices
• http//www.learningwebservices.com/

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Faculty Technical Support

• University Support Centre http//www.uscemea.org/
  

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Faculty Roundtable Discussions

• Will be setup in the next months
• One/Three representative(s) per institution
• 2-monthly central meetings
• Both Microsoft supporting and skeptical
  faculty members
• Both .Net aware and .Net champion
  institutions
• Open discussion about general .Net topics

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Students Academic Roadshow

• Standard Package
• Introduction .Net
• Overview OO Technology in VB.Net or C
• Overview ASP.Net
• XML Webservices
• Advanced Package (Future)
• 8 Blocks of more advanced or detailed
  technologies
• Current Website
• http//www.u2u.be/AcademicNETTour.aspx
• Future http//www.microsoft.com/belux/education

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Students Communities

• Dotnet Student
• http//www.gotdotnet.com/community/student/
• http//www.gotdotnet.student.com/
• Mainfunction
• http//students.mainfunction.com/
• Belgian .Net User Group
• http//www.benug.be
• La Référence Absolue sur les Technologies
  Microsoft
• http//www.laboratoire-microsoft.org
• Dotnet Belux (opgesteld door Bart De Smet,
  student RUG)
• http//www.dotnet.be

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Students Thesis

• Check the .NET convention website for .Net minded
  companies in Belux
• http//www.dotnetconvention.be
• Check the communities for topics
• Contact Microsoft Research or myself
• http//www.microsoft.com/research
• miekede_at_microsoft.com

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Students Competition

• Next year Try to impress Bill Gates Worldwide
  Competition
• Local Selection -gt EMEA Selection -gt Worldwide
  Selection -gt Presentation to Bill Gates _at_ TechEd
  US 2004
• 5 Different Categories Mobile, Games, etc.

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Students Conferences/Scholarships

• Microsoft Conferences
• TechEd
• DevDays
• Benug
• Etc.
• Microsoft Scholarships
• To be defined for Belux
• Microsoft Internships
• To be defined for Belux

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Students Student Consultants

• Will be setup in the next months
• One/Three consultants per institution
• 2-monthly central meetings
• Open discussion about general .Net topics
• Needs to take the role of MS evangelist within
  the university
• Easier access to trainings, software, etc.

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Ecosystem

• Focus next years
• Involve Industry
• Involve Other IT Companies (IBM, BEA, etc)
• Involve Hardware Vendors
• Involve Partners (.Net Summer Bootcamp)
• Etc.

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Agenda

• General
• Faculty
• Students
• Ecosystem
• Summary
• Questions

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Questions?Thanks you for your attention!