Schedule

Here is our schedule for the upcoming event. We've done our best to provide a good mix of topics and skill levels, we hope you'll find something of interest throughout the day. Our thanks to the speakers listed below for volunteering their time, we couldn't do it without them. If there are schedule changes we will make them here as they happen. We encourage you to check back a few days before the event just in case we have had to move one of your favorite sessions.

Note: Some speakers alternately upload their sessions to their own blog sites, which you can locate their site when you click on their session below.

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9:00 AM	Brian Knight SQL Server 2008 New Feature Overview Level: Advanced	Joe Celko SQL Programming Style Level: Beginner	Jim Blizzard Intro to VSTS DB Level: Beginner	Jessica Moss MDX: From WITH To WHERE Level: Beginner	Trey Johnson SSIS Patterns and Practices Level: Intermediate	Wes Dumey Introduction to SQL Server Integration Services Level: Beginner
10:00 AM	Jean-Claude Armand SQL Server 2008 Data Warehousing Enhancements - 1 Level: Intermediate	Jon Winer CLR User Defined Functions - Real World Examples Level: Intermediate	Michael Wells SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition in Action Level: Beginner	Joseph Memmo Establishing Infrastructure Standards for SSIS Level: Intermediate	Patrick Thompson How XML Changes Database Design Level: Advanced	Pam Shaw Tips and Tricks for Reporting Services Level: Beginner
11:00 AM	Jean-Claude Armand SQL Server 2008 Data Warehousing Enhancements - 2 Level: Intermediate	Brian Knight Bayer White Hacking SQL Server Level: Beginner	Barry Ralston Amazon for Everyone, Data Mining & SQL 2005 Level: Beginner	Jose Fuentes Working with an XML Data Structure in SQL 2005 and Level: Advanced	Brandon Kelly SQL Server 2005: Sql Management Objects (SMO) Level: Intermediate	Kendal Van Dyke XML Features in SQL 2005 Level: Intermediate
12:00 PM	Declan Link How to Use a Staffing Firm Effectively Level: Beginner	Jeffrey Garbus Unlocking the Black Box of Application Performance Level: Advanced
1:00 PM		Donnie Reynolds Comparing SQL Server 2005 to Oracle 10g Level: Advanced	Joe Healy ADO.NET Synchronization Services in .NET 3.5 Level: Intermediate	Bayer White Persisting and Tracking Workflows using Sql Server Level: Intermediate	Chris Rock Using DDL Triggers Level: Intermediate	Mike Antonovich Using CASE in TSQL Level: Beginner
2:00 PM	Mike Antonovich How to Become a DBA Level: Beginner	Ken Tucker Linq Level: Beginner	David Eichner Using Microsoft Dynamics GP Stored Procedures Level: Beginner	Scott Farriss XML in SQL Server 2005 Level: Intermediate	Judy Pipia SOA Using SQL Server 2005 Service Broker Level: Beginner	Andy Warren Transactional Replication for Beginners Level: Intermediate
3:00 PM	Joe Celko Relational Division -- The Forgotten Operator Level: Advanced	Jeffrey Garbus Index Selection for SQL Server 2005 Level: Advanced	Shawn Weisfeld .NET CLR Basics Level: Intermediate	Wes Dumey Designing Data Warehouse Practices with SQL Server Level: Intermediate	Trey Johnson Integrating Data Mining with SSIS Level: Intermediate	Brian Knight Performance Tuning SQL Server Integration Services Level: Advanced

Submitted Sessions

Here is the list of sessions submitted so far. Our goal is to feature as many different speakers and topics as possible, but space limitations prevent us from accepting every session. This list is also a great way for those thinking about speaking to see what might be on the agenda and enter a session that doesn't collide with an existing one.

Title	Speaker	Level
.NET CLR Basics	Shawn Weisfeld	Intermediate
ADO.NET Synchronization Services in .NET 3.5	Joe Healy	Intermediate
Amazon for Everyone, Data Mining & SQL 2005	Barry Ralston	Beginner
BI in Depth: Building a Data Warehouse	Trey Johnson	Intermediate
Building Dashboards with Performance Point	Trey Johnson	Intermediate
CLR User Defined Functions - Real World Examples	Jon Winer	Intermediate
Comparing SQL Server 2005 to Oracle 10g	Donnie Reynolds	Advanced
Designing Data Warehouse Practices with SQL Server	Wes Dumey	Intermediate
Do I want to be a DBA?	Donnie Reynolds	Beginner
Error Handling in SQL Server 2005 Try..Catch	Kevin Jacobs	Intermediate
Establishing Infrastructure Standards for SSIS	Joseph Memmo	Intermediate
Hacking SQL Server	Brian Knight Bayer White	Beginner
How many indexes are too much?	Donnie Reynolds	Beginner
How to Become a DBA	Mike Antonovich	Beginner
How to Use a Staffing Firm Effectively	Declan Link	Beginner
How XML Changes Database Design	Patrick Thompson	Advanced
Index Selection for SQL Server 2005	Jeffrey Garbus	Advanced
Integrating Business Intelligence into Apps	Trey Johnson	Intermediate
Integrating Data Mining with SSIS	Trey Johnson	Intermediate
Introduction to SQL Server Integration Services	Wes Dumey	Beginner
Linq	Ken Tucker	Beginner
MDX: From WITH To WHERE	Jessica Moss	Beginner
Performance Tuning SQL Server Integration Services	Brian Knight	Advanced
Persisting and Tracking Workflows using Sql Server	Bayer White	Intermediate
Relational Division -- The Forgotten Operator	Joe Celko	Advanced
Self-Service Reporting:What is it/why you need it?	Trey Johnson	Intermediate
SOA Using SQL Server 2005 Service Broker	Judy Pipia	Beginner
SQL 2008 Overview	Jean-Claude Armand	Beginner
SQL Programming Style	Joe Celko	Beginner
SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition in Action	Michael Wells	Beginner
SQL Server 2005: Sql Management Objects (SMO)	Brandon Kelly	Intermediate
SQL Server 2008 Data Warehousing Enhancements - 1	Jean-Claude Armand	Intermediate
SQL Server 2008 Data Warehousing Enhancements - 2	Jean-Claude Armand	Intermediate
SQL Server 2008 New Feature Overview	Brian Knight	Advanced
SSIS Patterns and Practices	Trey Johnson	Intermediate
SSIS Tips, Tricks and Traps	Barry Ralston	Beginner
Tips and Tricks for Reporting Services	Pam Shaw	Beginner
Transactional Replication for Beginners	Andy Warren	Intermediate
Unlocking the Black Box of Application Performance	Jeffrey Garbus	Advanced
Using CASE in TSQL	Mike Antonovich	Beginner
Using DDL Triggers	Chris Rock	Intermediate
Using Microsoft Dynamics GP Stored Procedures	David Eichner	Beginner
What Can I Really Do With A Robust BI Solution?	Donnie Reynolds	Beginner
Working with an XML Data Structure in SQL 2005 and	Jose Fuentes	Advanced
XML Features in SQL 2005	Kendal Van Dyke	Intermediate
XML in SQL Server 2005	Scott Farriss	Intermediate

Suggested Sessions

Thinking about participating as a speaker but no ideas for the topic? Often our attendees will have an idea for you! Or, submit a suggestion of your own.

Suggested Session Title	Skill Level
ADO.Net for DBA's - I know ADO, but ado.net?	Beginner
Anything on ADO.Net	Intermediate
Are Cursors Always Bad?	Beginner
Crosstabs!	Beginner
Data Modeling Using Enterprise Architect	Beginner
Database Mirrong!	Beginner
How do you become a DBA??	Beginner
How to Use Common Table Expressions	Beginner
I'd like to see on on advanced mdx	Beginner
Overview of changes to SSIS in SQL 2008	Beginner
reporting services	Intermediate
sessions on 3rd party tools like backup would be	Beginner
SQL 2005 Performance Reports	Beginner
SQL Security, users, roles, schemas	Beginner
stored procedure in .net 2005for reporting service	Intermediate
TSQL Cast vs. Convert	Beginner
Using CASE in SQL	Beginner
Using Joins in TSQL	Beginner
Using Profiler	Beginner
Using SQL Server on virtual server - pros and cons	Beginner
Using Triggers	Beginner
Variable of type table or arrays in SQL Server	Beginner
What data type should I use?	Beginner
What is linq? Does it replace TSQL?	Beginner