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: Session titles with an '*' have a download available.

Start Time	Auditorium 110 - Room: Auditorium 110	Auditorium 1202 - Room: Auditorium 1202	Classroom 1400 - Room: Classroom 1400	Classroom 1402 - Room: Classroom 1402	Classroom 1404 - Room: Classroom 1404	Classroom 1406 - Room: Classroom 1406
9:00 AM	Brandie Tarvin Introduction to SQL Reporting Services Level: Beginner	Geoff Hiten SQL 2008 Overview* Level: Beginner	Mike Mollenhour Smokin' Mirrors - SQL 2005 Mirroring Technology* Level: Intermediate	Patrick Thompson Modeling People and Organizations Level: Intermediate	Rodney Landrum Building a DBA Repository with SSIS and SSRS Level: Intermediate	Sherif Elfayoumy Data Mining Concepts and Techniques* Level: Beginner
10:15 AM	Kent Waldrop FAQs from the MSDN Transact SQL Forum* Level: Intermediate	Wes Dumey Building a Data Warehouse Using SQL Server 2005 Level: Intermediate	Pam Shaw Gain RANK in your queries with the ranking functio Level: Intermediate	Brian Knight Backup and Recovery Basics Level: Beginner	Darren Herbold Report Viewer Control for Web and Windows Level: Beginner	Devin Knight Introduction to SSIS* Level: Beginner
11:15 AM						TBA TBA Finding a Job - Do's & Dont's Level: Beginner
12:15 PM	Plamen Ratchev Performance Tuning and Query Optimization* Level: Intermediate	Darren Herbold SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence Level: Beginner	Bryan Oliver Benchmarking: The Forgotten Role of Performance* Level: Intermediate	Andy Warren Beginning Transactional Replication* Level: Beginner	Mark Polino Reporting in Microsoft Dynamics GP* Level: Beginner	Joe Healy ADO.NET Synchronization Services in .NET 3.5* Level: Intermediate
1:30 PM	Bryan Oliver Understanding Disk I/O Performance in SQL 2005* Level: Intermediate	Geoff Hiten SQL 2008 Policy Based Management Level: Intermediate	Andy Warren Mentoring & Professional Development Plans Level: Beginner	Trey Johnson An Introduction to Performance Point Level: Beginner	Devin Knight First Day/Month a DBA Level: Beginner	Brian Kelley Protecting Your SQL Server from Treasure Seekers* Level: Beginner
2:45 PM	Jeffrey Garbus Choosing indexes for performance* Level: Advanced	Shawn Weisfeld SQL Server CLR* Level: Intermediate	Kendal Van Dyke XML Features in SQL 2005* Level: Intermediate	Fadi Albatal Comprehansive data protection for SQL Server Level: Intermediate	David Fekke Introduction to the Business Data Catalog* Level: Beginner	Chris Rock ASP.NET Dynamic Data Web Application* Level: Beginner
4:00 PM	David Fekke LINQ For SQL Server* Level: Beginner	Plamen Ratchev SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Enhancements* Level: Intermediate	Jeffrey Garbus Database Impact on Application Performance* Level: Advanced	Tim Mitchell Programming SMO for Fun and Profit!* Level: Intermediate	Brian Kelley Trigger Happy Database Security* Level: Intermediate	Pam Shaw Tips and tricks for dynamic Reports 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
ADO.NET Synchronization Services in .NET 3.5	Joe Healy	Intermediate
An Introduction to Performance Point	Trey Johnson	Beginner
ASP.NET Dynamic Data Web Application	Chris Rock	Beginner
Backup and Recovery Basics	Brian Knight	Beginner
Beginning Transactional Replication	Andy Warren	Beginner
Benchmarking: The Forgotten Role of Performance	Bryan Oliver	Intermediate
Building a Data Warehouse Using SQL Server 2005	Wes Dumey	Intermediate
Building a DBA Repository with SSIS and SSRS	Rodney Landrum	Intermediate
Changing Career Gears - How to Become a DBA	Brandie Tarvin	Beginner
Changing role of the SQL Server DBA	Bryan Oliver	Beginner
Choosing indexes for performance	Jeffrey Garbus	Advanced
Comprehansive data protection for SQL Server	Fadi Albatal	Intermediate
Data Mining Concepts and Techniques	Sherif Elfayoumy	Beginner
Data Warehousing: Dimensions, Facts & Stars.	Joseph Memmo	Intermediate
Database Impact on Application Performance	Jeffrey Garbus	Advanced
End to end integration	David Dye	Intermediate
FAQs from the MSDN Transact SQL Forum	Kent Waldrop	Intermediate
Finding a Job - Do's & Dont's	TBA TBA	Beginner
Finding a Job Do's & Don'ts	Comsys Inc	Beginner
First Day/Month a DBA	Devin Knight	Beginner
Gain RANK in your queries with the ranking functio	Pam Shaw	Intermediate
Introduction to SQL Reporting Services	Brandie Tarvin	Beginner
Introduction to SQL Server Data Mining	Brian Knight	Beginner
Introduction to SSIS	Devin Knight	Beginner
Introduction to the Business Data Catalog	David Fekke	Beginner
LINQ For SQL Server	David Fekke	Beginner
Mentoring & Professional Development Plans	Andy Warren	Beginner
Modeling People and Organizations	Patrick Thompson	Intermediate
MSDN Transact SQL FAQs	Kent Waldrop	Intermediate
Optimizing Joins	Jeffrey Garbus	Advanced
Performance Tuning and Query Optimization	Plamen Ratchev	Intermediate
Persisting and Tracking Workflows	Bayer White	Beginner
Programming SMO for Fun and Profit!	Tim Mitchell	Intermediate
Protecting Your SQL Server from Treasure Seekers	Brian Kelley	Beginner
Report Viewer Control for Web and Windows	Darren Herbold	Beginner
Reporting in Microsoft Dynamics GP	Mark Polino	Beginner
Smokin' Mirrors - SQL 2005 Mirroring Technology	Mike Mollenhour	Intermediate
SQL 2008 Overview	Geoff Hiten	Beginner
SQL 2008 Policy Based Management	Geoff Hiten	Intermediate
SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence	Darren Herbold	Beginner
SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Enhancements	Plamen Ratchev	Intermediate
SQL Server CLR	Shawn Weisfeld	Intermediate
SQL Standards and Scripting Automated Monitoring.	Joseph Memmo	Intermediate
SSIS Custom Logging, analysis and trending w/ SSRS	Joseph Memmo	Intermediate
Stupid Microsoft Business Intelligence Tricks	Trey Johnson	Beginner
Tips and tricks for dynamic Reports	Pam Shaw	Beginner
Trigger Happy Database Security	Brian Kelley	Intermediate
Understanding Disk I/O Performance in SQL 2005	Bryan Oliver	Intermediate
XML Features in SQL 2005	Kendal Van Dyke	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
Best DBA / Developer checklist and tools available	Advanced
Best practices for database and server security	Beginner
Data Mining Concepts and Techniques	Beginner
Data mining with Analysis and Reporting Services	Beginner
DTS to SSIS Migration	Intermediate
First day as a DBA	Beginner
LINQ For SQL Server	Beginner
Maximizing SQL Express	Intermediate
Should DBAs be concerned about LINQ to SQL	Beginner
SQL Server 2008 Sessions	Beginner
SSIS Error Handling	Advanced
test	Beginner
Why Stored Procedures are Better than SQL	Beginner