Details keep coming together on the MSDN Developer Conference, a local delivery of highlights from the PDC made possible by Microsoft, our partners, and local community leaders (you fine folks!). Join local Microsoft Evangelists and local community luminaries for a recap of Windows Azure, Visual Studio 2010, and our language and platform roadmap. Not only will you have the opportunity to mix and mingle with your peers and colleagues and discuss the events' topics with your local Evangelist, we've got a pretty solid lineup of prizes to raffle off at each event.

Prizes Galore!
First and foremost, we'll be raffling off four Visual Studio Team Suite 2008 with MSDN Premium Subscriptions at each event. That's right, four lucky people will win a MSDN Premium Subscription. This level of MSDN Subscription includes Expression Studio as well as a host of server products, like SQL Server 2008, BizTalk Server, Exchange Server, operating systems, and more — all to help you with the development and testing of robust applications.

Attendees at each event will also be in the running to win one of three Lego NXT Robotics Kits and the WROX Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio book. Other giveaways include a "Gamer Backpack" filled with a handful of Xbox games (Mass Effect, Gears of War 2, Fable II... I hope we have a great spread of great games, many of which I am currently playing myself... in my not-so-copious free time) as well as a "Gadget Backpack" laden with interesting hardware and gadgets that geeks (usually) love, like cutting edge mice or web cams.

Harnessing the Power of the Community (or Vote with your Feet)
We'll also be hosting the Community Courtyard, where attendees can mix, mingle, and talk about whatever they want to talk about. Running in parallel with the sessions, this is an open discussion area where you and your fellow attendees are in charge: you choose the subjects, the participants, and the speakers. Whether you just want to mingle with the presenters, talk about a session, or gab about any other topic, you have the opportunity to do so. Borrowing from the wildly successful Open Space formats, this area is yours.

Event Calendar — Complete with Handy Registration Links

Date	City
12/9/2008	Houston, TX
12/11/2008	Orlando, FL
12/16/2008	Atlanta, GA
1/13/2009	Chicago, IL
1/13/2009	Minneapolis, MN
1/16/2009	Washington, DC
1/20/2009	New York, NY
1/22/2009	Boston, MA
1/22/2009	Detroit, MI
1/26/2009	Dallas, TX
2/19/2009	San Francisco, CA