Tech.Ed Opening Address : Anne Kirah One of my many jobs at Tech.Ed this year involves the opening event on August 22. As part of this opening, we have a special guest speaker who will be giving the opening address : Anne Kirah Anne Kirah, Senior Design Anthropologist, MSN Customer Design Centre, Microsoft Corporation Anne Kirah is responsible for global field research and participatory design. Kirah’s primary focus is on future product innovation and people centered research for MSN. Kirah recently won the award for MSN Contributor of the Year. Using primarily qualitative measures, Kirah aims to innovate with new feature conceptions as well as improve the features, interfaces and the general ease of use for many Microsoft products by giving customers a voice during the product development cycle Intriguing? I have spoken with Anne in preparation for her talk, and she has a fascinating view of technology and culture. It am sure this is going to be a good way to kick off Tech.Ed [ Currently Playing : Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) - Pink Floyd - 38 Of The Greatest #1 Singles Of All Time CD1 (03:10) ] Comments Anonymous August 15, 2006 Things to get done for Tech.Ed Great Sessions Session Picker Apps MeeGo Ask… Anonymous August 22, 2006 So, we kicked off TechEd Sydney this morning.  I got to open the day and introduce our guest speaker… Anonymous May 30, 2008 One of my many jobs at Tech.Ed this year involves the opening event on August 22. As part of this opening, we have a special guest speaker who will be giving the opening address : Anne Kirah Anne Kirah, Senior Design Anthropologist, MSN Customer Desig Anonymous June 04, 2008 One of my many jobs at Tech.Ed this year involves the opening event on August 22. As part of this opening, we have a special guest speaker who will be giving the opening address : Anne Kirah Anne Kirah, Senior Design Anthropologist, MSN Customer Desig Anonymous June 18, 2009 PingBack from http://barstoolsite.info/story.php?id=7009 Additional resources Last updated on 2006-07-31