Future Decoded, Microsoft’s largest UK enterprise event, was held at ExCeL in London on October 31 and November 1.
The two-day conference was attended by tens of thousands of business leaders, journalists and analysts, and featured speakers such as Panos Panay, Vice-President for Surface at Microsoft; Cindy Rose, Microsoft UK Chief Executive; Chris Bishop, Lab Director at Microsoft Research Cambridge; former Manchester United footballer Gary Neville and comedian David Walliams.
Among the announcements were the Surface Book 2 coming to the UK, a new Surface LTE device and HoloLens being rolled out to 29 new countries. You can read a full round-up of the event, here.
Click on the pictures below to see everything that happened:
A glorious dawn on the first day of Future Decoded
The event attracted tens of thousands of people
Held at the ExCel in London, Future Decoded is aimed at helping people learn more about the future of business and technology
The Excel was filled with stands from Microsoft and its partners and customers
The talk from Surface chief Panos Panay was so popular, many had to watch a live feed of it from the expo hall
Panos Panay announced the Surface Book 2 was coming to the UK. Here, some early fans are trying it out
Dr Krysta Svore, who leads Microsoft’s quantum computing team, gave a popular talk
A band greeted attendees as they entered the venue
The ExCel was packed with people keen to learn about the latest technology Microsoft and its partners were working on
Chris Bishop, Lab Director of Microsoft Research Cambridge, talks AI
There were some very colourful and creative stands
The Surface Studio wasn’t the only popular device on show
Lorraine Bardeen, General Manager of HoloLens and Windows Experiences, announced some mixed reality news
Mixed reality was one of the most popular attractions at this year’s Future Decoded
People could try out HoloLens and a range of third-party headsets
HoloLens allows users to place 3D, digital objects in the real world
Julia White, Vice-President of Microsoft’s Cloud Platform
The LinkedIn stand, in the middle of the Expo Hall
Nick Ogden, founder of ClearBank – the first new UK clearing bank in 250 years
London Midland set up a model trainset in the Expo Hall
VFX company Jellyfish, which worked on Star Wars: The Last Jedi, brought a mini-cinema
The LinkedIn stand offered to give people the perfect profile picture
Help was on hand to show people what Microsoft devices can do
Haiyan Zhang, Innovation Director at Microsoft Research, spoke about accessibility in technology
Former footballer Gary Neville talks to Microsoft UK CEO Cindy Rose about his new university – UA92
Former Manchester United star Gary Neville
Cindy Rose, Microsoft UK CEO
