Agenda

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Travel & Accommodation

SQLBits X UK SQL Server 2012 Technical Launch

SQLBits 9 Query across the mersey

SQLBits 8 Beside the seaside

SQLBits 7 Wonders of SQL

SQLBits The 6th Sets (VI)

SQLBits Goes West (V)

SQLBits goes Forth (IV)

Thursday, 02 May 2013

Friday, 03 May 2013

Saturday, 04 May 2013

	DBA	Dev
	BI	SQL Server 2012

Theatre	Exhibition B	Suite 3	Suite 1	Suite 2	Suite 4

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Registration and Breakfast

9:00 AM-9:15 AM

Keynote - Architecting Large-Scale Solutions on Azure
Conor Cunningham	300
9:15 AM-10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM-10:50 AM

Seeking SQL Server Secrets
Kalen Delaney	300
10:50 AM-11:50 AM

Modern Data Warehousing Strategy
Marco Russo	300
10:50 AM-11:50 AM

Searching Binary Data in SQL Server 2012
Steve Jones	300
10:50 AM-11:50 AM

SQL Server in Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service
Ewan Fairweather	300
10:50 AM-11:50 AM

Top Ten Crucial Dev Skills to Make Your DBA Happy
Kevin Kline	200
10:50 AM-11:50 AM

Hadoop, Big Data and SQL Server
Justin Langford	100
10:50 AM-11:50 AM

Break

11:50 AM-12:10 PM

Windows Azure SQL Database Troubleshooting
Bob Ward	300
12:10 PM-1:10 PM

DAXMD: SSAS Multidimensional meets DAX and Power View
Chris Webb	300
12:10 PM-1:10 PM

Lean and Mean: Running SQL Server on Windows Server Core
Argenis Fernandez	300
12:10 PM-1:10 PM

Cleaning Up Dirty Data with SSIS
Tim Mitchell	300
12:10 PM-1:10 PM

Moves Like Jagger: Upgrading to SQL Server 2012
Mark Broadbent	300
12:10 PM-1:10 PM

ETL shootout-SSIS vs Powershell
Andre Kamman	300
12:10 PM-1:10 PM

Lunch

1:10 PM-1:40 PM

Quantifying the cost of Compression
Fusion-io	300
1:40 PM-2:40 PM

SQL Azure for the DBA
Microsoft	300
1:40 PM-2:40 PM

Introduction to the Pyramid Analytics BI Platform
Pyramid Analytics	200
1:40 PM-2:40 PM

Enabling Flash to Support Mission-Critical Applications
LSI	300
1:40 PM-2:40 PM

Monitoring and Performance Tuning for AlwaysOn
SQLSentry	300
1:40 PM-2:40 PM

High Performance SANLess Clustering
SIOS	200
1:40 PM-2:40 PM

Troubleshooting the most difficult SQL Server problems
Klaus Aschenbrenner	400
2:40 PM-3:40 PM

Inside xVelocity InMemory Engine (VertiPaq)
Alberto Ferrari	400
2:40 PM-3:40 PM

SQL 2012 Always on Deep Dive
Bob Duffy	300
2:40 PM-3:40 PM

T-SQL : Bad Habits & Best Practices
Aaron Bertrand	200
2:40 PM-3:40 PM

Real world SSDT
Jamie Thomson	300
2:40 PM-3:40 PM

The Developer Side of Master Data Services
Sascha Lorenz	300
2:40 PM-3:40 PM

Break

3:40 PM-4:00 PM

Why APPLY?
Christina E. Leo	300
4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Advanced Data Visualisation in Reporting Services 2012
Jennifer Stirrup	400
4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Optimizing SQL Server Performance in a Virtual Environment
Denny Cherry	300
4:00 PM-5:00 PM

MDX vs. DAX: Currency Conversion Faceoff
Christian Wade	300
4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Database Design: Size Does Matter!
Thomas LaRock	300
4:00 PM-5:00 PM

SSIS 2012 logging and monitoring
Peter ter Braake	300
4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Diversity in Technology (DiTBits)
Jennifer Stirrup	200
5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Are you interested in becoming certified in SQL Server?
Chris Testa-O'Neill	200
5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Advanced Microsoft Certifications for the SQL Server Profess
Gavin Payne	300
5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Party Setup

5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Party Setup

5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Party Setup

5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Post Event Party

6:30 PM-11:00 PM