{"id":508,"date":"2012-03-13T05:46:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T05:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/paul\/post\/SQL-Connections-Fall-2012-Call-for-Abstracts.aspx"},"modified":"2013-01-01T20:52:09","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T04:52:09","slug":"sql-connections-fall-2012-call-for-abstracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/sql-connections-fall-2012-call-for-abstracts\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Connections Fall 2012: Call for Abstracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Yes, it&#39;s that time again. We&#39;re just about to have the Spring show so its time to start planning for the Fall 2012 show. Once again Kimberly and I will be Co-Chairs of the Conference and we&#39;d like to invite you to submit abstracts for the Fall 2012 SQL Connections conference, to be held in Las Vegas, October 29th &#8211; November 1st, 2012. Pre-cons will be October 28th, post-cons on November 2nd. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">The conference will focus heavily on SQL Server 2012. Abstracts are still welcome on best practices for SQL Server 2008\/2008 R2 and how to upgrade and migrate applications from SQL Server 200x to SQL Server 2012. However, we will consider all topics &#8211; from design to performance to troubleshooting to architectures to programming. You should aim for the intermediate to advanced audience for any SQL Server 2008\/2008 R2 materials and for SQL Server 2012 we&#39;ll consider any level &#8211; especially because of the newness of the release. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">The themes to consider for your abstracts are: <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Design &amp; Architecture<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font size=\"2\">Availability<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Performance<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Troubleshooting<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Monitoring<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Best Practices<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Myths and Misconceptions<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Understanding\/Introduction To&#8230;<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">For the session level, use the following examples as a guideline: <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">100 &#8211; Beginner (e.g. what does &#39;corruption&#39; mean?<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">200 &#8211; Intermediate (e.g. what do I do when corruption is detected?)<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">300 &#8211; Advanced (e.g. how do I do take advantage of partial database availability and online piecemeal restore?)<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">400 &#8211; Master (e.g. how can I fix broken system tables using the DAC and server single-user mode?)<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">500 &#8211; SQL Server Internals (e.g. how does the read-ahead in DBCC CHECKDB differ from regular adaptive range-scan read-ahead?)<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Please restrict your sessions to the 200-400 level.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">For submitting session abstracts, please use this URL: <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deeptraining.com\/devconnections\/abstracts\/\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">http:\/\/www.deeptraining.com\/devconnections\/abstracts<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"> <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">The tool will be open from now until midnight PST April 3rd, 2012, after which we won&#39;t accept any abstracts &#8211; no exceptions. If you have used this site before and have forgotten your password, you can have your password emailed to you. It&#39;s better to do this then to create a new account. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Please keep the abstracts under 200 words each and in one paragraph. Please do not use bulleted items or line breaks, and please use a spell-checker. If you have an issue with the site, please follow up with an email to <\/font><a href=\"mailto:paul@sqlskills.com\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">paul@sqlskills.com<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"><strong>If you work for Microsoft<\/strong>, you must go through the Microsoft speaker manager for sessions on Microsoft Day &#8211; send me email for details.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">If you&#39;re interested in submitting a full-day workshop abstract, I&#39;ll be honest and say you will not be chosen for a workshop unless I&#39;ve seen you speak at SQL PASS or SQL Connections.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Please create a new speaker record (if you haven&#39;t submitted before) and <strong>submit at least 3 abstracts<\/strong>; however, it will help your chances of being selected if you submit 5 or&nbsp;more abstracts. Please do not submit abstracts for sessions that you have previously presented at the Fall 2011 show. We must accept a minimum of three of your abstracts for you to be considered as one of the speakers &#8211; there are 7 open speaker slots, not including Kimberly and myself. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">What you will get if selected: <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">$500 per conference talk. (Additional compensation for pre\/post conference workshops.)<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Workshop compensation varies from $500-$2500 depending on attendee count<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Coach airfare and hotel stay paid by the conference<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Free admission to all of the co-located conferences<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">The adoration of attendees<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">etc. <\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">You will receive an email by the end of April letting you know if you have been accepted for the conference or not.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Thanks for your continued support for our SQL Connections conference and we look forward to seeing your bright and shiny *new* abstracts! <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Thanks,<br \/>\nKimberly L. 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