The Professional Association of SQL Server has a Summit every year in Seattle. (One in Europe too.) This year I vowed I would go. Paid for the conference myself and on November 2nd at 8:40 my flight leaves for Seattle,Washington.
Hello Dolly
Here is where you can find me at the SQL PASS Summit.
Yes, I sometimes have three sessions I want to attend in the same hour… decisions decisions…how is that cloning process going?
Monday:
- 1:37pm flight arrives in Seattle
- 3pm Check in at the Sheraton Seattle and register for the Summit
- ??? Seattle photowalk
- 6:30pm - 8:00pm PASS Summit Unite 2009 Welcome Reception
- 8pm till ?? SQL Server Central party (maybe)
Tuesday:
- 7:45 AM - 8:15 AM Opening Remarks (Wayne Snyder)
- 8:15 AM - 10:00 AM Keynote Speaker Day 1 - Bob Muglia & Ted Kummert
- 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM [BID-201-M] Business Intelligence with Excel 2010 and Project Gemini
- 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM [BIA-140-M] Introducing Master Data Services
- 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM [PD-307] Soft Skills - Now More Than Ever
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM [BID-110-M] Introducing Project Gemini
- 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM [DBA-131] The Ultimate Free SQL Server Toolkit
- 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM [BIA-411] SQLBI Methodology
- 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM [PD-108] Social Computing for the Database Professional
- 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM [BIA-206-M] Overview of Business Intelligence capabilities in SQL Server 2008 & R2
- 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM [BIA-329-S] Loading a Data Warehouse with SSIS
Wednesday:
- 7:00 AM - 8:30AM – Quest breakfast thingy (maybe)
- 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Daily Remarks & Passion Award (Rushabh Mehta)
- 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM [BIA-207-M] An End-to-End Introduction to SQL Server Reporting Services
- 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Women In Technology Luncheon
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM [BIA-201-M] BI Power Hour
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM [AD-312] Database Design
- 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM [BIA-107] The DW/BI System Lifecycle Overview the Kimball Approach
- 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM [BIA-334] Overcoming SSIS Deployment and Configuration Challenges
- 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM [PD-302] Working in Management Will Rot Your Brain - How to Stay Technical and Advance Your Career
- 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM [BIA-335-S] Data Profiling and Cleansing with Integration Services 2008
Thursday:
- 7:00 AM - 8:30AM – VMware Breakfast thingy (maybe)
- 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM [] Daily Remarks (Bill Graziano)
- 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM [] Dell Vendor Keynote
- 9:20 AM - 10:20 AM [] Keynote Speaker Day 3 - David Dewitt
- 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM [PD-106] Team Management Crash Course
- 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM [PD-101] Achieving Work-Life Balance - What does it really mean?
- 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM [AD-307] Yes, I’m Actually Using The Cloud
- 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM [BIA-115] Understanding Master Data Management and the Benefits
- 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM [DBA-327-M] Proactive DBA: Manage SQL Server Better
- 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM [DBA-421] Using Agile Development Techniques with Integration Services
Friday:
- 11:45am Flight leaves for home
Of course I’ll have to find time somewhere to play BINGO!!
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You do know that your day will not end at 6PM, right?
October 19th, 2009
LOL, you know 6pm Seattle time is like 10pm my time right? But yeah, Ill prolly go find something sociable to do.
October 19th, 2009
Cool, I’m honored that you’re thinking about attending a couple of my sessions! Lookin’ forward to meeting you. I know what you mean about the time zone problems - I’m an early-to-bed, early-to-rise kinda guy, and between that and the time zone changes, PASS kicks my rear.
October 19th, 2009
Looks like a good schedule to me. There is a lunch on Tuesday with the MVPs at the normal conference lunch hour, I did an initial post about it on my blog.. Another one with the final topics will be forthcoming.
Also a chapter lunch on Thursday organized by regional areas so you can either see other SQL folks from your area or meet someone from an entirely different area.. Don’t know much about that one, but I think Jason Strate or maybe Colin Stasiuk are helping out with it?
I will be suffering the same time zone issues and I am planning on a couple early mornings so I think my nights may end up just being sushi and then sleep aside from the Welcome reception, SQL Server Central gathering and maybe hanging out with some SQL Server Pedia folk.
October 19th, 2009
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