Thought I’d share some of the event for those you not in the Orlando area. As of today we have 57 sessions submitted by 37 different speakers. Of the 37, two are Microsoft employees and at least are MVP’s. The one area where I wish were doing better is true local/beginner speakers and we’re going to make one final push to add a few more. Our planning goal was 8 tracks of 6 sessions each and we look to able to do that easily, and we may add another one. Call for speakers ends on Sat, it’s not too late to visit Orlando in October!
We’ve got 125 people registered so far and we haven’t announced the final schedule! Our goal is 325 attendees which means we need to register a LOT more people, but typically we’ve seen a nice bump once the schedule goes out (sometime next week).
One change this year is that we’re going to delay the final raffle at the end of the day by 30 minutes or so. In past years attendees tend to be itching to get out of the last session to be there for the raffle, we need time to setup after the sessions send, time to clean up, and we want to encourage networking more. All combined, we’ll finish sessions at 5:00 pm and try to start the raffle at about 5:30. We’ll have soda and some light snacks available and will encourage people to stay until about 6 pm, and then those that really want to chat will relocate to a local tavern (Jax Fifth Ave).
All the details at www.sqlsaturday.com/eventhome.aspx?eventid=32.
