Windows 8 Centric Event Will Not Be Preceded by Pre-Sessions

Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8-centric event scheduled approximately a month from now will not start with the usual dose of pre-sessions that participants at the Redmond company’s conferences must already be familiar with. 

Whether it was the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) or TechEd, or a number of additional Microsoft events, pre-sessions were generally a rule, and for the few past months it appeared that BUILD was going to be no exception. 

Announced in June 2011, the BUILD Windows is applauded by Microsoft as the first place to get deep insight into the next major iteration of Windows. 

Until earlier this week, the Redmond company had put pre-sessions on the list for BUILD attendants that were looking to warm up for the event. Pre-sessions were planned for September 12. 

Now it looks like Microsoft is just going to jump right into BUILD, since the pre-sessions have been canceled, as revealed by Mary-Jo Foley. 

“In order to better focus on all the new content that will be covered at BUILD, we decided to optimize for the four main days of the event, which will include an enormous number of speakers and sessions. Registration is open on Monday but there will not be any formal sessions for attendees that day. We’re communicating the change now so people have the option to change their travel arrangements,” reads the official statement from the software giant on the matter. 

This means that while BUILD participants will get to register on September 12, 2011, the first day of the conference will be September 13. 

Of course, with pre-session now canceled, the BUILD keynote will also become the opening moment for the event. The keynote is scheduled for September 13, between 9:00am - 11:00am. 

Personally, I don’t think that scrapping the pre-sessions will have any impact on the Windows 8 BUILD event. What about you?

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