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Press Release: SQLSaturday#59 Speaker Session Schedule Announced...

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Source Event Home Page: http://www.sqlsaturday.com/59/eventhome.aspx

Written & Distributed by:  Robert Pearl

You may have heard that we’re planning an event in NYC, called SQLSaturday#59, on November 20, 2010 at Microsoft’s Headquarters.  The SQLSaturday#59 team has been hard at work procuring speakers, sponsors and sessions, so we can make this day great for all of you.  This will be a day of FREE learning, laughing, networking, SWAG, and the chance to win some awesome prizes and software licenses from our well-known vendors.

Currently, we already have registered 300+ attendees; so, please register as soon as possible, if you’re planning to attend!  http://www.sqlsaturday.com/59/register.aspx

It is with great pleasure, that I announce the official SQLSaturday#59 Speaker/Session Schedule!

We have 6 parallel tracks, with 28 sessions.  We are proud to have such a collection of fine SQL Server experts, MVP’s and professionals who are coming in to the Big Apple from all over the country.  We have an awesome schedule with a variety of content and topics.  There is something for everyone!  All SQL DBA’s, Developers, BI and IT professionals are welcome.  We have sql administration, performance tuning, data warehousing, database design, sql azure, replication, reporting, tsql, coding, career tips, and the list goes on.

We've done our best to provide a good mix of topics and skill levels, and hope you'll find something of interest throughout the day.

We want to thank all our speakers for their time and dedication, and giving up their Saturday for offering to present with us.  This will truly be an event to remember! 

To plan your day, please see the schedule below for all topics and speakers.  

You can go to this link to see more details of each scheduled session: 

http://www.sqlsaturday.com/59/schedule.aspx

 SCHEDULE: (you can cut & paster to Excel) 

Track

Starts

Session Title

Speaker

Track 1

09:00 AM

Performance Tuning Made Easy

Thomas LaRock

Track 1

10:00 AM

Light-up BI Dashboards with Cool Visualizations

Mark Kromer

Track 1

11:00 AM

SSRS Interactive Reports

Matt Van Horn

Track 1

1:00 PM

Three cool packages in SSIS 2008

Kevin Goff

Track 1

2:00 PM

Cool Reporting Features in SSRS 2008R2

Kevin Goff

Track 2

09:00 AM

So Many High Availability Options, So Little Time

Allan Hirt

Track 2

10:00 AM

DMV's as a Shortcut to Procedure Tuning

Grant Fritchey

Track 2

11:00 AM

I/O I/O It's Why My Server's Slow - Waits & Queues

Robert Pearl

Track 2

1:00 PM

Database Design Contentious Issues

Karen Lopez

Track 2

2:00 PM

12 ways to write POORLY performing MDX queries

Steve Simon

Track 3

09:00 AM

PowerPivot for Excel and SharePoint 2010

Ayad Shammout

Track 3

10:00 AM

Building a High Availability SQL Server 2008 R2

Ayad Shammout

Track 3

11:00 AM

Handling data anomalies with Data Profiling Tasks

Steve Simon

Track 3

1:00 PM

Getting Started with MDX

William Pearson

Track 3

2:00 PM

Attribute Discretization in Analysis Services

William Pearson

Track 4

09:00 AM

Keeping your SQL Code DRY

Scott Weinstein

Track 4

10:00 AM

SQL Server Development Tips and Tricks

Roman Rehak

Track 4

11:00 AM

Failover Clustering with Windows Server 2008 R2

Allan Hirt

Track 4

1:00 PM

Partitioning in SQL Server 2005/2008

Jana Sattainathan

Track 4

2:00 PM

The Modern Resume: Building Your Brand

Steve Jones

Track 5

09:00 AM

Data Vault and the Data Warehouse

Chuck Kelley

Track 5

10:00 AM

MDW-What's going on in my server?

Joseph D'Antoni

Track 5

11:00 AM

Deploying Data Tier Applications with SQL 2k8 R2

Joseph D'Antoni

Track 5

1:00 PM

Notes on Linked Servers

Linchi Shea

Track 5

2:00 PM

Get your database under version control

Scott Weinstein

Track 6

09:00 AM

The Benefits of SQL Azure

Aaron King

Track 6

10:00 AM

Transactional Replication Fundamentals

Hilary Cotter

Track 6

11:00 AM

High Performance SSIS Dimensional Datamart Loads

Michael Coles

You can get the latest up to the minute news.  Follow this event on Twitter with hashtag #sqlsat59, and get news on all our events with #sqlsaturday.

Please also bookmark and read the PearlKnows blog, which will be bringing you our Speaker Interview series.  Here you will learn about the speakers’ background, bio, interests, thoughts on SQL Server 2008, and a preview of their presentations.

You can also add the event to your LinkedIn profile, RSVP and add your name to the attendance list on LinkedIn (note: you must still register on the official site)  http://events.linkedin.com/SQLSaturday-59-New-York-City/pub/446884

See you there!

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