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<div><b>Title: "Building Microsoft Office or what it is like to
order pizza for 400,000,000 people"</b><br>
<br>
Date: Wednesday
October 19, 2005</div>
<div>Time: 5:15 pm,
with refreshments at 5:00 pm</div>
<div>Location: 34-101<br>
<br>
In this highly interactive talk you will see what it is like to
design<br>
the next generation Microsoft Office and what it is like to design
and<br>
build the interface that will be used by hundreds of millions of
people.<br>
You will learn how a small team designed and developed a new
metaphor<br>
for computer-human-interaction that improves upon the Xerox PARC<br>
developed metaphor of drop down menus and the decades old metaphor
of<br>
toolbars. You will get a sneak preview of the new Office
"12" product.<br>
There will be plenty of time to ask questions and learn about
Microsoft<br>
and the different opportunities for you. No questions are off
limits<br>
and all are welcome!<br>
<br>
Bio: Steven Sinofsky is the senior vice president of Office
System<br>
development in the Business Software Division at Microsoft. He
oversees<br>
the development team that creates Microsoft Office (Word, Excel,<br>
PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, InfoPath), OneNote, FrontPage,
Publisher,<br>
Visio, Project, SharePoint, and a few things not yet announced!
He is a<br>
graduate of Cornell University in Computer Science and Chemistry, and
of<br>
the University of Massachusetts in Computer Science. In 1998 he
was a<br>
Visiting Scholar at Harvard Business School. In the Fall of 2004
he</div>
<div>lived in Beijing, PRC on assignment for Microsoft.<br>
<br>
Speaker: Steve Sinofsky, Microsoft
Office System Development<br>
Host: Prof.
Michael Cusumano, Sloan</div>
<div>Further Info: Ken Goldman, MIT Office of Corporate
Relations</div>
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<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Welcome Reception for New
International Scholars</b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><br></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF">You are invited to a welcome
reception for new international scholars at MIT</font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><br></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF">with a presentation by Dr. Anne
Copeland of the Interchange Institute:</font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF">"Adjusting to life in the
US"</font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><br></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF">Location: Twenty Chimneys,
Stratton Student Center (Room W20-306)</font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF">Date: Thursday, October 27,
2005</font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF">Time: 4:00 pm to 6:00
pm</font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><br></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF">Invitation: For new MIT
international scholars (faculty, postdocs, visiting scholars, visiting
scientists, researchers) and their spouses or partners.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Century Gothic" size="-1"
color="#000000">jfischer@mit.edu *~*
Ph: 617-253-0386 *~*
Fax: 617-252-1003</font></div>
<div><font face="Century Gothic" size="-1" color="#000000">M.I.T.
Office of the Provost<br>
Room 11-268, 77 Massachusetts Avenue</font></div>
<div><font face="Century Gothic" size="-1" color="#000000">Cambridge,
MA 02139</font></div>
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