SQL Saturday 85 – Speaker Spotlight
With the call for speakers coming out in a few short days, we wanted to give you a sneak peak at some of the great speakers attending SQL Saturday 85. Are you going to be wowed by a ton of top notch local and national speaker…of course. Well who exactly is attending this event and what are they speaking on? Find out a little more below and check back in later this week when we announce the entire schedule.
Plamen is a SQL Server MVP specializing in relational database applications analysis, implementation, and tuning. His particular interest is in design patterns, performance and optimization. In the past two decades he has worked in different roles as database developer and architect in medium and large scale enterprise applications. He has been involved on projects utilizing DB2 and Oracle, but his main passion is SQL Server, which he started using at version 4.2.
Take a look in the future of SQL Server and experience the new T-SQL features in SQL Server 11 (code named Denali). This session is a deep dive into the new OFFSET option for paging, error handling improvements with THROW, sequences, enhancements to EXECUTE for results sets, and new features to describe query and procedures result sets and parameters. You will see practical code demos describing the use cases for these T-SQL extensions.
I’m from Puerto Rico, have been working with computers since 1979. Throughout many years, I have worked with various types of databases such as: Dbase, OS/400-DB2, MySQL and MSSQL. Also, provided support to Windows Servers 2003/2008, Windows 7, SQL Servers Applications, Microsoft Virtualization Technologies, and build some Visual Studio solutions. I’m a Microsoft PowerShell MVP since 2008 and MVP SAPIEN Technologies since 2010.
I’ll be covering some of the different way we can use PowerShell to extend our T-SQL scripting. This session will include a mix of using SMO, .NET classes, and SQLPS to help you understand the power for new scripting technology. At the end we’ll be creating a solution that put together all this techniques.
Rodney Landrum has been architecting solutions for SQL Server for over 12 years. He has worked with and written about many SQL Server technologies, including DTS, Integration Services, Analysis Services, and Reporting Services. He has authored three books on Reporting Services. He is been a regular contributor to SQL Server magazine, sqlservercentral.com and Simple-talk.com. Rodney is also SQL Server MVP.
Come see the quick brown fox jump over the lazy dog in creative T-SQL coding ways and possibly learn a few obscure commands you were not familiar with. This session will show 26 unique quries using T-SQL keywords that start with every letter of the alphabet.
Pre-con Speaker Wanted : Apply Within
With SQL Saturday #85 coming to the Orlando area in just under 3 months we are very excited to be planning another great SQL Server community event. We are also looking forward to hosting another set of all day pre-con seminars to be held on Friday, September 23rd. We already have one amazing speaker lined up and are looking for one more SQL Server expert to round out our lineup.
Whether all day events are old hat to you or you are looking to break into the world of pre-con speaking, we want to hear from you. If you are interested in speaking to an engaged audience on a topic you are an expert on, this is your opportunity. Below, you will find some information on what we are offering in exchange for you time and efforts. You will also see the qualifications/prerequisites that we are looking for in a speaker as well as the guidelines for submission.
Take a look below and if you, or someone you recommend, are interested in being a part of the SQL Saturday #85 pre-con activities send a detailed email to SQLSaturday85@sqlsaturday.com with your submission. We are holding the call for speakers open until July 24th, so don’t hold back. We will go through all of the submissions and let everyone who submits know the outcome shortly after the deadline. We hope to hear from you and good luck!
You can also see all of this information on the SQL Saturday #85 homepage.
Submission Information:
- Full session topic, description and course outline
- Have you ever presented on this topic before?
- Have you ever presented a full day of training on this topic before?
- If you have delivered a full day of training before, what is the largest audience you have presented to?
- If you have a blog please list your blog
- If you are on Twitter or Linkedin please list your Twitter handle and provide a link to your Linkedin page.
Qualificaitons:
- Not a current member of the PASS Board of Directors or the planning team for SQL Saturday 85
- Be available to present the seminar on September 23, 2011
- Be available to attend SQLSaturday #85 September 24, 2011 and deliver an additional one hour presentation
- Meet at least one of the following:
- Be a current SQL Server MVP
- Have been selected as a primary or alternate speaker at the 2010 or 2011 PASS Summit, 2011 SQLRally, or similar sized event
- Have previously taught a full day course on SQL Server
- Submit an email with the requited information prior to the deadline: midnight on Sunday July 24, 2011 (EDT)
What you will receive:
- We’ll guarantee your travel and hotel expenses
- We handle collection of all funds
- We provide attendees with lunch as part of the $99 fee
- We take all expenses outof the gross, split the profit (if any) between OPASS and the speaker (25%-50% depending on Speaker Experience)
- You also commit to doing at least one session on Saturday
