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.

Start Time	Track 1 - Room: SW1 - Room 1025	Track 2 - Room: SW1 - Room 1205	Track 3 - Room: SW3 - Room 1710	Track 4 - Room: SW3 - Room 1750	Track 5 - Room: SW5 - Room 1840	Track 6 - Room: SW5 - Room 1850	Track 7 - Room: SW 9 - Room 110	Lightning Talks - Room: SW 1 - Room 1021
08:00 AM	John Huang DBCC WritePage and Data Recovery Level: Advanced	Robert Davis Implementing Contained Databases Level: Intermediate	Steve Stedman Exploring the TSQL Enhancements in SQL Server 2012 Level: Intermediate	Aaron Nelson PowerShell for Data Professionals Level: Intermediate	Donabel Santos SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 Jumpstart Level: Beginner	David Eichner SRS Report Builder for Business Intelligence Level: Beginner	Rick Morelan Introducing SQL Server Data Tools! (Project Juneau Level: Intermediate
09:15 AM	Paul Turley Visualization Choices: What, When, and How? Level: Beginner	Stacia Misner Taking BI to the Next Level: Collaboration Level: Intermediate	Aaron Bertrand T-SQL : Bad Habits and Best Practices Level: Beginner	Ben Miller SQL Server TDE Level: Intermediate	Karen Lopez Model-Driven Database Design Level: Intermediate	Mark Tabladillo Applied Enterprise Semantic Mining Level: Intermediate	Damir Bersinic Large SQL Workloads on Microsoft's Private Cloud Level: Intermediate
10:50 AM	Allan Hirt Demystifying Clustering for the DBA Level: Intermediate	Edwin Sarmiento Optimizing SharePoint Performance thru SQL Server Level: Intermediate	Thomas LaRock Database Design Throwdown Level: Intermediate	Michael DeFehr Query Plans and Indexes in SQL Server Level: Beginner	Josh Fennessy Demystifying BISM and Tabular Mode SSAS Level: Beginner	Joseph Vertido Data Quality Services Approach to Cleansing Level: Intermediate	Constantin Klein StreamInsight: Complex Event Processing by MS Level: Beginner
01:30 PM	Pat Sinthusan SQL Server 2012 in Virtualization World Level: Intermediate	John White Configuring SharePoint for Business Intelligence Level: Intermediate	Hugo Kornelis UDFs, or: How to kill performance in one easy step Level: Advanced	Colin Stasiuk Doing More With Less-SQL Server Policy Based Mgmt Level: Intermediate	Cathy Dumas What Excel 2013 really means for BI Level: Intermediate	Greg Larsen Data Profiling with SSIS Data Profiling Task Level: Beginner	Stacia Misner Power View: A Peek Behind the Curtain Level: Beginner	Lightning Talks Melody, Rich, Julie, Niko & Paul Level: Lightning Talk
02:45 PM	Richard Baumet SQL Server 2012: AlwaysOn Level: Intermediate	Medhat Elmasry Entity Framework 5 Level: Advanced	Thomas LaRock Database Design: Size DOES Matter Level: Intermediate	Guy Bowerman New Backup and Deployment features in SQL Server 2 Level: Intermediate	Julie Koesmarno Power View for Geographical Analysis Level: Beginner	Oliver Engels Data Quality rulez! Go best practise Level: Intermediate	Niko Neugebauer Inheriting a database for Developers, version 2 Level: Intermediate
4:20 PM	Scott Klein Kung Fu Migration to Windows Azure SQL Database Level: Intermediate	Yaroslav Pentsarskyy Building apps for SharePoint 2013 and Profiting! Level: Beginner	Rohan Joackhim Deep Dive to SQL Server Parallel Query Processing Level: Advanced	Mladen Prajdic SQL Impossible: Restoring/Undeleting a table Level: Advanced	Josh Fennessy The Essential 8: Narrative Reporting Techniques Level: Beginner	Jean-Rene Roy SSIS Configurations in SQL Server 2012 Level: Intermediate	Rick Morelan New SQL 2012 Functions Level: Beginner

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
10 Things all BI System Administrators Should Know	Robert Davis	Intermediate
5+ Database Design Blunders and How To Avoid Them	Karen Lopez	Beginner
Applied Enterprise Semantic Mining	Mark Tabladillo	Intermediate
Building apps for SharePoint 2013 and Profiting!	Yaroslav Pentsarskyy	Beginner
Closed Loop in Enterprise Information Management	Oliver Engels	Beginner
Cloud Database Scalability with SQL Federation	Scott Klein	Intermediate
Configuring SharePoint for Business Intelligence	John White	Intermediate
Creating Models for Data Analysis	Stacia Misner	Beginner
Cross Continent DR with SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn	Pat Sinthusan	Intermediate
Data Profiling with SSIS Data Profiling Task	Greg Larsen	Beginner
Data Quality rulez! Go best practise	Oliver Engels	Intermediate
Data Quality Services Approach to Cleansing	Joseph Vertido	Intermediate
Database Design Throwdown	Thomas LaRock	Intermediate
Database Design: Size DOES Matter	Thomas LaRock	Intermediate
Database Recovery Techniques To Keep Handy	Edwin Sarmiento	Advanced
DBCC WritePage and Data Recovery	John Huang	Advanced
Deep Dive to SQL Server Parallel Query Processing	Rohan Joackhim	Advanced
Demystifying BISM and Tabular Mode SSAS	Josh Fennessy	Beginner
Demystifying Clustering for the DBA	Allan Hirt	Intermediate
Do SQL XML queries have to scare me?	Rick Morelan	Intermediate
Doing More With Less-SQL Server Policy Based Mgmt	Colin Stasiuk	Intermediate
Entity Framework 5	Medhat Elmasry	Advanced
Exploring the TSQL Enhancements in SQL Server 2012	Steve Stedman	Intermediate
Implementing Contained Databases	Robert Davis	Intermediate
Inheriting a database for Developers, version 2	Niko Neugebauer	Intermediate
Introducing SQL Server Data Tools! (Project Juneau	Rick Morelan	Intermediate
Kung Fu Migration to Windows Azure SQL Database	Scott Klein	Intermediate
Large SQL Workloads on Microsoft's Private Cloud	Damir Bersinic	Intermediate
Lightning Talk - Slot 1	Lightning Talks	Lightning Talk
LT: $#*! Your Database Says About Me	Karen Lopez	Lightning Talk
LT: But I Want BI NOWWWW	Paul Turley	Lightning Talk
LT: Cant Touch This!	Niko Neugebauer	Lightning Talk
LT: Databases of the Serengeti	Tom Roush	Lightning Talk
LT: Differences between the Optimistic and Pessimi	Victoria Guerrero	Lightning Talk
LT: Journey to Mastery	Jameel Ahmed	Non-Technical
LT: Making Mistakes to Advance Your Career	Josh Fennessy	Lightning Talk
LT: MIN(), MAX(), and NULLs	John Huang	Lightning Talk
LT: Rock Your World With GeoFlow	Julie Koesmarno	Lightning Talk
LT: Sometimes life is like that	Melody Zacharias	Lightning Talk
LT: SQL Server Snapshots vs Storage-based Snapshot	Kalin Todorov	Lightning Talk
LT: System Tweaks for a DBA by Dr Seuss	Richard Baumet	Lightning Talk
LT:Presentation WOW	Edwin Sarmiento	Lightning Talk
Melody, Rich, Julie, Niko & Paul	Lightning Talks	Lightning Talk
Model-Driven Database Design	Karen Lopez	Intermediate
New Backup and Deployment features in SQL Server 2	Guy Bowerman	Intermediate
New SQL 2012 Functions	Rick Morelan	Beginner
Optimizing SharePoint Performance thru SQL Server	Edwin Sarmiento	Intermediate
Power View for Geographical Analysis	Julie Koesmarno	Beginner
Power View: A Peek Behind the Curtain	Stacia Misner	Beginner
PowerShell for Data Professionals	Aaron Nelson	Intermediate
Process Your Data in Real-Time	John Huang	Advanced
Query Plans and Indexes in SQL Server	Michael DeFehr	Beginner
Quest/Dell Spotlight & Performance Analysis	Trent Mera	Non-Technical
Report Services (SSRS) and Map Layers	Jean-Rene Roy	Intermediate
Saturday is market day!	Oliver Engels	Beginner
Secrets of Enterprise Data Mining	Mark Tabladillo	Intermediate
SMO Internals for High Performance PowerShell	Ben Miller	Intermediate
Social Marketing 2013 for Microsoft Professionals	Mark Tabladillo	Beginner
SQL Impossible: Restoring/Undeleting a table	Mladen Prajdic	Advanced
SQL Server 2012 in Virtualization World	Pat Sinthusan	Intermediate
SQL Server 2012: AlwaysOn	Richard Baumet	Intermediate
SQL Server Dos and Don'ts: Keys to DBA Nirvana	Allan Hirt	Beginner
SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 Jumpstart	Donabel Santos	Beginner
SQL Server TDE	Ben Miller	Intermediate
SQL Server Transactional Replication for Dummies	Rohan Joackhim	Beginner
SRS Report Builder for Business Intelligence	David Eichner	Beginner
SSIS Configurations in SQL Server 2012	Jean-Rene Roy	Intermediate
StreamInsight: Complex Event Processing by MS	Constantin Klein	Beginner
Subqueries (The good, the bad, and the easy)	Rick Morelan	Intermediate
Taking BI to the Next Level: Collaboration	Stacia Misner	Intermediate
The Essential 8: Narrative Reporting Techniques	Josh Fennessy	Beginner
The Transaction Log and How It Affects HA/DR	Edwin Sarmiento	Advanced
Time Saving Tips & Tricks for SSMS 2012	Aaron Nelson	Intermediate
T-SQL : Bad Habits and Best Practices	Aaron Bertrand	Beginner
UDFs, or: How to kill performance in one easy step	Hugo Kornelis	Advanced
Unleashing Common Table Expressions in SQL Server	Steve Stedman	Intermediate
Visualization Choices: What, When, and How?	Paul Turley	Beginner
What Excel 2013 really means for BI	Cathy Dumas	Intermediate
XML in SQL Server. Why bother?	Jean-Rene Roy	Advanced

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.