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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://sqlblog.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Search results matching tags 'sql saturday' and 'data camp'</title><link>http://sqlblog.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?o=DateDescending&amp;tag=sql+saturday,data+camp&amp;orTags=0</link><description>Search results matching tags 'sql saturday' and 'data camp'</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)</generator><item><title>New England Data Camp v2.0 (SQL Saturday #34): The Almost-Final Schedule</title><link>http://sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2010/01/07/new-england-data-camp-v2-0-sql-saturday-34-the-almost-final-schedule.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:25:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:20684</guid><dc:creator>Adam Machanic</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/34/register.aspx"&gt;January 30 event&lt;/a&gt; is now starting to shape up quite nicely! Below you will find the current schedule of sessions for the day. We still have some room, so if you haven't registered already, now is the time to do so. &lt;b&gt;Please make sure to register online&lt;/b&gt; if you're going to attend so that we can get a fairly accurate headcount for food, bags, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_GridView2" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th&gt;Start Time&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Business Intelligence&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Data Development&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Database Administration&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Performance Tuning&lt;/th&gt;
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			&lt;td&gt;08:15 AM&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=928"&gt;Slava Kokaev&lt;br&gt;Introduction to SSIS - Developing SSIS Packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=914"&gt;Scott Abrants&lt;br&gt;Automating Database Deployments with Visual Studio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=902"&gt;Mike Walsh&lt;br&gt;As a DBA, Where Do I start?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=1000"&gt;Bala Subra&lt;br&gt;SQL Server Performance Tuning Tips&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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			&lt;td&gt;9:30 AM&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=937"&gt;Ayad Shammout&lt;br&gt;Introducing PowerPivot (BI Self-Service) for Excel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=1050"&gt;Charles Hyman&lt;br&gt;USING VSTS Database Edition and 2010 Preview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=892"&gt;Aaron Bertrand&lt;br&gt;Management Studio Tips &amp;amp; Tricks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=918"&gt;Grant Fritchey&lt;br&gt;Best Practices for Working With Execution Plans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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			&lt;td&gt;11:00 AM&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=1001"&gt;Bala Subra&lt;br&gt;SQL Server Reporting Services&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=1058"&gt;Matt Van Horn&lt;br&gt;Developing with SQL Azure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=976"&gt;Roman Rehak&lt;br&gt;SQL Server Development Tips and Tricks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=905"&gt;Mike Walsh&lt;br&gt;You Can Improve Your Own SQL Code &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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			&lt;td&gt;12:15 PM&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=1070"&gt;Michael Ruland&lt;br&gt;Sponsor Lunch: Turbocharge your ETL with expressor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
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			&lt;td&gt;01:00 PM&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=983"&gt;Sunil Kadimdiwan&lt;br&gt;Visualize your data on a Map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=935"&gt;Steve Simon&lt;br&gt;Data Access Layers: A Cornucopia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=938"&gt;Ayad Shammout&lt;br&gt; Building High Availablity SQL Server environment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=952"&gt;Adam Machanic&lt;br&gt;Dynamic Management Master Class: 15 Powerful DMVs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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			&lt;td&gt;02:30 PM&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=1057"&gt;Mike Litchfield&lt;br&gt;Designing and Implementing an ETL Framework&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=1056"&gt;Jim O'Neil&lt;br&gt;"Dallas": Microsoft's Data Marketplace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=1062"&gt;Varsham Papikian&lt;br&gt;Use PowerShell and SQLCMD - be more effective&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=890"&gt;Dean Richards&lt;br&gt;Tuna Helper for SQL Server DBA's&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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			&lt;td&gt;03:45 PM&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=936"&gt;Steve Simon&lt;br&gt;Data Mining.. Making $mart financial decisions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=1059"&gt;Matt Van Horn&lt;br&gt;Pivot Data Visualization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=34&amp;amp;sessionid=973"&gt;Peter Tassmer&lt;br&gt;Storage Design For SQL Server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please note that registration opens at 7:45 a.m. We hope you'll show up on the early side to make the first session and avoid having to rush. We'll be providing coffee and some breakfast items to compel you to get out of bed and join us.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please let me know if you have any questions. Looking forward to seeing many SQLblog readers at the event!&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>New England Data Camp v2.0 (SQL Saturday #34) - January 30, Waltham MA - Registration and Call for Speakers Open</title><link>http://sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2009/12/07/new-england-data-camp-v2-0-sql-saturday-34-january-30-waltham-ma-registration-and-call-for-speakers-open.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:59:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:19562</guid><dc:creator>Adam Machanic</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Last week I very quietly announced, via Twitter, that we've officially launched the site for &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/eventhome.aspx?eventid=39"&gt;New England Data Camp v2.0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, the second go at a full-day event jointly hosted by both the &lt;a href="http://nesql.org"&gt;New England SQL Server Users Group&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href="http://snessug.com"&gt;Southern New England SQL Server Users Group&lt;/a&gt;. The event will take place on January 30, 2010, at Microsoft's Waltham, Massachusetts office.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you missed last year's v1.0, you can check out &lt;a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2009/01/16/new-england-data-camp-v1-0-complete-schedule.aspx"&gt;the fantastic session list on my blog post for the event&lt;/a&gt;. We had &lt;b&gt;just over 200 attendees&lt;/b&gt; and feedback was quite positive. This year's event promises to be even &lt;b&gt;bigger and better&lt;/b&gt;, as we've partnered with SQL Saturday, which should smooth some of our rough edges.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are planning to have up to &lt;b&gt;25 sessions in four or five tracks&lt;/b&gt;, and our public &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/callforspeakers.aspx?eventid=39"&gt;call for speakers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is open and ready for your submissions. Never presented before? No problem--shake off your stage fright and give it a try. I promise, you will have a good time. The Data Camp audience is laid back and happy to learn from you, whether or not you're a seasoned presenter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Just want to attend?&lt;/b&gt; That's fine, too. Our registration page is &lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/register.aspx?eventid=39"&gt;ready and waiting to reserve your spot at the event&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We're also &lt;b&gt;looking for a few sponsors&lt;/b&gt; to help defer the cost of the event. If your company would like to increase awareness amongst the best and brightest data professionals in New England, you can do no better than to sponsor this event. &lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/sponsors.aspx?eventid=39"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Information on sponsorship plans is available on our Sponsors page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Looking forward to seeing many SQLblog readers there! Please let me know if you have questions, concerns, comments, etc.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>