Microsoft CTO Barry Briggs to Be Centerpiece Conversation Interview at Ninth Annual SNS Predictions Dinner in New York

FRIDAY HARBOR, WA--(Marketwired - Nov 4, 2013) -

Strategic News Service (SNS) presents its 9th annual Predictions Dinner in New York City next month, featuring a Centerpiece Conversation with Barry Briggs, CTO and Chief Architect for Microsoft's IT organization, serving one of the world's largest and most influential technology companies.

The evening serves as an exclusive preview of SNS CEO Mark Anderson's annual top predictions in technology and the global economy. "The world's most accurate predictions expert," in past years Anderson successfully predicted the 2007 global economic meltdown, the emergence of "Currency Wars" and of "Economic Cyberwar," together with increasing global IP theft by China, among other global trends. The reception, Centerpiece Conversation, dinner, and Mark's predictions will take place Thursday, December 5, at the Waldorf Astoria hotel. Registration is open at www.stratnews.com/events/predictions-dinner/registration/.

"We are delighted to have Barry as our interview guest at the Predictions Dinner. This global executive networking event will give participants a chance to learn more about what we see as the New Microsoft. It should be a fascinating evening," said Mark Anderson, SNS CEO and FiRe Chair.

Strategic News Service was founded by Anderson in 1995 as the first subscription-based online news service. Since its inception, SNS has proven the most accurate predictive report covering technology and the global economy. Its subscribers include top managers at technology and finance companies across the globe, including Oracle, Microsoft, Dell, HP, Cisco, Intel, Google, British Telecom, SpaceX, Amazon, Telstra, and others.

SNS has also operated the annual Future in Review (FiRe) conference since 2003. FiRe exposes world experts and participants to new ideas, and conversations about them, producing an accurate portrait of the future; and focuses on creating technology solutions to current local and global problems. FiRe 2014 will take place May 20-23 at the Montage hotel in Laguna Beach, California. For more information and to register, go to www.futureinreview.com.

Future in Review™ is a Strategic News Service™ conference. Future in Review and Strategic News Service (SNS) are registered international trademarks. The "SNS Global Report" is the most accurate publicly ranked predictive newsletter in computing and communications.

Websites: www.stratnews.com, www.futureinreview.com