Building a Customer-Focused Visual Studio
Prashant Sridharan, Senior Product Manager for Visual Studio, Microsoft
Monday, May 9 — 9 a.m.
Visual Studio 2005 is the most customer-focused developer tools release from Microsoft. Come learn about all the new features in the product, from language enhancements, improved designers, and smart client development tools to Visual Studio Team System, a suite of software lifecycle management tools poised to transform how you deliver software.

Prashant Sridharan is the Senior Product Manager for Visual Studio. He is responsible for product planning for future versions of Visual Studio and driving the creation of development tools for enterprise customers. In previous roles at Microsoft he was the Product Manager for Visual J++ 1.1, Visual J++ 6.0, Windows CE Tools, Microsoft TV, and Visual C#. Prior to Microsoft, he was a software engineer at Sun Microsystems in Mountain View, CA and the MITRE Corp. in Washington, DC.

Strategies and Tools for Mobile Devices
Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect
Tuesday, May 10 — 9 a.m.
Listen to Bill Gates discuss long-term Microsoft development strategies for mobile applications and embedded operating systems. This keynote, part of the Microsoft Mobile Embedded Develeloper Conference (MEDC), is open to all VSLive! attendees through an exclusive arrangement with Microsoft. Free shuttles will be provided between the Rio and MEDC at the Mandalay Bay Hotel starting at 8 a.m. Tuesday morning and returning immediately following the keynote. Pick-up and drop-off locations will be announced shortly.