CEN Seattle Event at Microsoft

On Thursday, January 4th, we attended our first Cornell Enterprenurial Network (CEN) event in Seattle. The 2007 Annual Entrepreneurship Event: Improving Business Relationships was held at Microsoft's main campus in Redmond, WA and included an optional tour prior to the event, which we dicided to attend. The tour turned out to be two tours, one focusing on the office and the other on the home of the future, showcasing prototype technologies, many expected to be incorporated in Microsoft's products in the near future. Office of the future examples included future software designed to increase security through new methods of user identification, software that among other things enables mobile employees to stay connected in real-time, seamlessly link and offers instant analysis of information such as sales projections and inventories. Microsoft's video on hi-tech home of the future is a fun showcase and very similar to the presentation we had a chance to see.

We also had a great time mingling with fellow alumni and getting updates on what is happening on Cornell Campus, particularly an update on William H. Gates Hall, the result of the $25 million grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Cornell University.