Last I heard it was due out mid January....

What have you heard about the dev conference?

I go this from our account manager, I'm in UK do not know if timings are
different for US.

I have just placed an order for you to receive the Office 11 beta 2 kit, The
following items are included:

Products

*Microsoft Office 11 beta 2 CD (Enterprise/Pro SKU)

*SharePoint Portal Server V2 CD

*SharePoint Team Services V2 CD

*Windows Server 2003 (release candidate 2) CD

*Exchange Server 2003 beta 2 CD

*XDocs beta 2 CD

*OneNote beta 2 CD

*FrontPage 11 beta 2 CD

*Publisher 11 beta 2 CD

*IRIS for Small Business beta 2 CD

Resources

*Getting Started Guide (printed)

*Evaluation CD

*Demos CD

*Developer Resource CD

I know that they have scheduled it and here is the url to get more
information on the conference:
https://www.dynamicevents.com/SharePointPTDevCon.
htm

I was invited to the dev conference. Here's the details on it:

April 14-18, 2003
Microsoft Corporate Campus, Redmond WA

This four-day conference  represents a golden opportunity to learn about
Microsoft's upcoming release of SharePoint products and technologies,
including Windows SharePoint Services (formerly SharePoint Team
Services), SharePoint Portal Server, Web Parts, FrontPage, InfoPath
(formerly Xdocs), SQL Server, Exchange, and Office 11, among others. The
focus will be on the developer extensibility of these technologies, and
will get you a head start in extending this terrific collaboration
platform, built on Windows Server 2003 and ASP.NET.

Please contact the SharePoint Products and Technologies Developers'
Conference Registration Office with questions:

Registration Office: +1(800) 528-1668 or +1(425) 895-1100
Email: MicrosoftEvents@...

V2 should be entering public beta in early March. Release date has not
be confirmed yet but expect it around early Q4 of 2003.