View at the keynote
The second day of the conference kicked off again at the AIr Canada centre. I was a bit remiss in getting up as early as I had done the previous day, so it wasn’t until close to 8:30am that I left the unit and walked with great determination to arrive at the centre a little bit past the 8:45am scheduled start.
The second Vision Keynote started with a musical number before getting into the detail. This will be covered in much more detail over at http://sanderstechnology.net
The keynote ran from 8:45am to almost 11am, then it was over to the MTCC for the rest of the day (for me, until 4pm). I ended up at the conference until about 4pm, then I took an early mark and headed back to the unit to catch an hour’s sleep. After my little nap, I showered and got changed for the next evening event – the APAC dinner. I walked back to the MTCC at around 6pm to locate the buses. It was still reasonably hot, so I was very glad to have refreshed and changed.
Balcony on Day 10/Selfie with the CN Tower
The buses turned out to be running from the south building, and I jumped onto one of the first coaches, which took us west of the city along the harbourside. Our destination was the Liberty Grand’s courtyard and Governor’s Ballroom.
Directions to the APAC Dinner
As the bus navigated the roads, I took a few snaps and enjoyed watching the city roll by.
Train museum opposite the MTCC
The venue was a historic building, and very impressively laid out. There were a large mixture of partners from our region as well as a good turnout of Microsoft employees as well.
Liberty Grove/Bar
This was a good networking opportunity, and after a while I managed to navigate between a number of different parties. The star attraction here was my first Poutine – an eastern Canadian delicacy sort of equivalent to chips and gravy, but so much more.
Poutine!
I ended up at the APAC dinner for several hours before boarding the bus for a return trip and a walk back to the unit. A bit more Skyping home and I ended up in bed somewhere around midnight.