DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Geneva (Switzerland) 4 to 14 80th Geneva Motor Show London (UK) 11 to 12 F orrester’s 2010 EMEA Security Forum Cologne (Germany) 16 to 20 Education trade show didacta Phoenix, (Arizona, USA) 21 to 23 Gartner CIO Leadership Forum
CULTURE David Lynch – Dark Splendor, until March 21 Exhibits by the cult film director (Twin Peaks), including paintings, prints, drawings, photographs and an installation. On show at Max Ernst Museum, Brühl (Germany)
SPORT 3 Two Oceans marathon in South Africa 5 Hamburg marathon 11 Paris marathon 18 Vienna marathon 25 London marathon (fully booked)
ANNIVERSARIES 27 Five years since the Airbus A380 made its maidenflight. The world’s largest passenger aircraft now takes to the skies regularly for Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Qantas and Air France. This year, Lufthansa plans to deploy the first of the 15 planes it has ordered. 30 35 years ago (1975): end of the Vietnam War.
SPORT 9 Prague marathon 23 Copenhagen marathon 25 Bonn marathon 8 34th and last day of play for the German soccer Bundesliga 7 Opening game of the ice hockey world championships in Cologne. More information at www.iihf.com
BIRTHDAY Bono, lead singer of rock band U2, turns 50 The Irish singer, holder of an honorary knighthood, is well known for his charity and humanitarian work.
ANNIVERSARIES May 5, 1990 – Windows 3.0 is released. The first version of Windows with VGA (Video Graphics Array) support.
CULTURE Ruhr 2010 – European Capital of Culture More information at www.ruhr2010.de
London (UK) April 27-28 Gartner CIO Leadership Forum Cannes (France) April 19-21 European CIO Summit 2010 London May 13 IDC : Virtualisation and Cloud Conference Zurich (Switzerland) May 20 IDC Mobility Conference 2010 Las Vegas (Nevada, USA) May 26-28 F orrester‘s IT Forum 2010 Paris (France) May 18-21 HIT Paris – Health Information Technologies
SOCCER 11 Opening game of the Fifa 2010 World Cup (South Africa v Mexico) More information at www.fifa.com