http://sqlblog.com/blogs/paul_nielsen/archive/tags/CS+TechCast/default.aspxTags: CS TechCastenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)http://sqlblog.com/blogs/paul_nielsen/archive/2008/03/25/3rd-annual-colorado-passcamp-w-video.aspxTue, 25 Mar 2008 17:06:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:5785Paul Nielsen1http://sqlblog.com/blogs/paul_nielsen/comments/5785.aspxhttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/paul_nielsen/commentrss.aspx?PostID=5785<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Verdana','sans-serif';">Recently, the three SQL Server user groups in Colorado hosted the third annual <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;"><SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;"><A class="" href="http://www.coloradopasscamp.org/">Colorado PASSCamp</A></SPAN></B> – this year extending the free event to two days. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Verdana','sans-serif';">The second day keynote was a rousing <SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;"><A class="" href="http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=15"><STRONG>panel discussion</STRONG></A></SPAN> hosted and video taped by CS TechCast with SQL Server CatTeam guru <SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;">Kevin Cox</SPAN>, <SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;">myself</SPAN> and .Net developer <SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;">Ben Hoelting</SPAN>. </SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Verdana','sans-serif';">This year we had a spectacular line up of speakers:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Verdana','sans-serif';">SQL CAT Team: <SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;">Kevin Cox</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Verdana','sans-serif';">Denver MS SQL TS: <SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;">David Gollob</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Verdana','sans-serif';">SQL MVPs: <SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;">Brad M. McGehee</SPAN>, <SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;">Eric Johnson</SPAN>, <SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;">Joe Lax</SPAN>, <SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;">Steve Jones</SPAN>, <SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;">Paul Nielsen</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Verdana','sans-serif';">And regional experts: <SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;">Wolfgang Baeck</SPAN>, <SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;">Tom Norman, </SPAN><o:p></o:p><SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;">Ben Hoelting</SPAN>, <SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;">Josh Jones</SPAN>, <SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;">Mike White</SPAN>, <SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;">Pat Suppes</SPAN>, <SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;">Russ Tuttle</SPAN>, <SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;">Troy Ketsdever</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Verdana','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Verdana','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;">Of the sessions, my personal favorite was the VLDB scalability session by<SPAN style="COLOR:#0070c0;"> Kevin Cox</SPAN>.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:8.5pt;COLOR:#505050;LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Verdana','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;"> </SPAN><img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5785" width="1" height="1">CS TechCastPASSvideo