Mix:UK 07

Registrations are now closed, and we'll only take requests for the wait list from now on because Mix:UK 07 is sold out! We made as much room to accommodate people as possible that meant we managed to extend for a few more days but we're now at the maximum.

So if you're already booked you're one of the fortunate ones, we'll see you on the 11th!

When we initially decided to run the Mix:UK event we expected there to be around 15 speakers, and maybe a couple of tracks.

We never realised it would turn into this: With 40 speakers from a huge range of backgrounds and experiences, and 4 concurrent tracks, Mix has turned into a sizeable even running over 3 floors at the wonderful Congress Centre venue.

We're putting the finishing touches on the lineup and the agenda so expect to see an agenda update on the website later this week. We've also been adjusting the space to make sure we can accommodate as many people as possible, as we're seeing a high level of demand for tickets.

So we're in the final straight now, just under two weeks to go until kick off. It's going to be fun!

Madgex has set up a backnetwork for Mix:UK, sign up here: http://mixuk07.underconstructionman.com/ and make sure you make the most of networking with other MIXers.

If you haven't already seen it, we set up an "event" on Facebook to represent the real-life Mix:UK event. Get yourself invited by visiting the event page on Facebook and clicking on "Add to my events" just under the Mix logo on the right-hand side of the page.

Then indicate that you're attending from the options that are displayed.

Of course, if you want to come to the real mix event head on over to the registration page at www.microsoft.com/uk/mix07, there aren't many places left!

We glad to report that one of our key search specialists, Nathan Buggia, will be speaking at the Mix:UK 07 conference.

Nathan has been working in various aspects of web technology since his first web dev job in 1997, doing PERL and CGI. Since then he has worked in Java, C++/CGI, Systems Administration, Systems Architecture , and finally moved into Marketing for Microsoft's Live Search.

We'll update the agenda with further details shortly.

We've updated the Mix:UK 07 website with much more detail regarding sessions, speakers, sponsors and other information.

Make sure you take a look, we have some really good sessions lined up with some world class speakers - so we're all getting very excited about the event, it's shaping up to be something pretty special.

One interesting way to gauge the temperature of any Microsoft event is how many staff, and particularly Redmond staff, are begging to allowed to attend. And at the moment we're being besieged with requests for staff to attend, not just from the UK but many of them from our HQ in Seattle, and many from Europe too. However we're being fairly hardcore about staff numbers though to make sure that you the delegates get the spaces!

We could honestly have filled this event with Microsoft people flying in from around the world if we had wanted to, but believe me that's not going to happen :-). But it does mean that interest in this event is extremely high, so if you're already registered enjoy the warm smug glow of knowing there will be plenty of Microsoft people wishing they were in your place!