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[Janet Fischer]

Title: "Building Microsoft Office or what it is like to order pizza 
for 400,000,000 people"

Date:         Wednesday October 19, 2005
Time:         5:15 pm, with refreshments at 5:00 pm
Location:     34-101

In this highly interactive talk you will see what it is like to design
the next generation Microsoft Office and what it is like to design and
build the interface that will be used by hundreds of millions of people.
You will learn how a small team designed and developed a new metaphor
for computer-human-interaction that improves upon the Xerox PARC
developed metaphor of drop down menus and the decades old metaphor of
toolbars.  You will get a sneak preview of the new Office "12" product.
There will be plenty of time to ask questions and learn about Microsoft
and the different opportunities for you.  No questions are off limits
and all are welcome!

Bio:  Steven Sinofsky is the senior vice president of Office System
development in the Business Software Division at Microsoft.  He oversees
the development team that creates Microsoft Office (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, InfoPath), OneNote, FrontPage, Publisher,
Visio, Project, SharePoint, and a few things not yet announced!  He is a
graduate of Cornell University in Computer Science and Chemistry, and of
the University of Massachusetts in Computer Science.  In 1998 he was a
Visiting Scholar at Harvard Business School.  In the Fall of 2004 he
lived in Beijing, PRC on assignment for Microsoft.

Speaker:       Steve Sinofsky, Microsoft Office System Development
Host:          Prof. Michael Cusumano, Sloan
Further Info:  Ken Goldman, MIT Office of Corporate Relations

Welcome Reception for New International Scholars

You are invited to a welcome reception for new international scholars at MIT

with a presentation by Dr. Anne Copeland of the Interchange Institute:
"Adjusting to life in the US"

Location: Twenty Chimneys, Stratton Student Center (Room W20-306)
Date: Thursday, October 27, 2005
Time: 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Invitation: For new MIT international scholars (faculty, postdocs, 
visiting scholars, visiting scientists, researchers) and their 
spouses or partners.
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M.I.T. Office of the Provost
Room 11-268,  77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA  02139
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