Jul 11, 2011 10:42 GMT  ·  By

Until July 14 2011, the Los Angeles Convention Center will be the home of this year’s Worldwide Partner Conference. Although the Worldwide Partner Conference 2011 (WPC 2011) has started as of July 10, at the end of the past week, fact is that the event’s keynote will happen today.

The company’s Chief Executive Officer will of course take the stage to deliver the keynote, but he won’t be alone.

“WPC’s 2011 keynote line up will be better than ever before. Hear from Steve Ballmer - CEO, Kevin Turner- COO, Jon Roskill – corporate VP of the Worldwide Partner Group and other key Microsoft Executives. Get the roadmap for 2012, hear their vision and strategies for business direction, customer campaigns, upcoming launches and more,” Microsoft said.

As it is usually the case with such events, the keynote will be streamed live around the world. The Vision Keynote, featuring Ballmer and Roskill will be held at the Staples Center between 9:00 am - 11:30 am Pacific Time.

“The Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) is Microsoft’s premier event for the partner community to learn about Microsoft’s road map and best practices for the year, and gain exclusive access to connect and network with other partners and Microsoft employees,” the software giant said.

“At WPC 2011, held July 10-14 in Los Angeles, Steve Ballmer, Jon Roskill, Kevin Turner and many other Microsoft executives will share their vision for the company, announce new product innovations, and detail Microsoft’s cloud services strategy for partners and their customers.”

It’s always a good idea to have some statistics on hand, just to put things into perspective, and the software giant made sure to share the following Worldwide Partner Conference 2010 Quick Facts:

“Established: 2003

Partners in Attendance: 9,300

Microsoft Employees in Attendance: 3,600

Training Sessions (228 Breakouts, 89 Hands-On Labs): 317

Countries Represented: 125

Number of Partners in the Microsoft Partner Program: 390,000

Number of Partners Affiliated with Microsoft: over 640,000

Number of Partner Companies in the World: 1.3 million

Microsoft Revenue Stemming From Partners: 95 percent.”