Friday

What’s happening on Friday October 1st?

Up until SQLBits 5 we were aware that there are a large number of people who’d like to attend SQLBits but can’t because it always takes place on a Saturday. As a result we decided at SQLBits 5 to expand SQLBits to have a multi session, multi track day on the Friday, similar to the one we have on the Saturday. We are repeating this format for SQLBits - The 7 Wonders of SQL. In conjunction with the pre-conference seminars this makes 3 days of top-class SQL content.

Will the Friday event be exactly the same as the SQLBits Saturday event that I know and love?

No, the Friday event is going to be different in the following ways:

• The content is hand picked by us with some input from the voting that is done for the Saturday sessions
• The speakers will be well-known names from the world of SQL Server
• It’s not free – there will be a charge of £125 to attend if get the early bird rate.

How come I’ll have to pay to attend on the Friday?

Although we’re able to make the SQLBits Saturday events free-to-attend through the generosity of our sponsors, there’s no way we could raise enough money to support a two-day conference. As a result we made the decision to charge for the Friday event to help cover its costs. SQLBits is a not-for-profit organisation, so no-one will be making any money from the Friday event.

How will this affect the SQLBits Saturday event?

Not at all – the SQLBits Saturday event taking place will be run on exactly the same format as all previous SQLBits conferences, and will continue to be free-to-attend.

What kind of topics will be covered on the Friday?

This is a provisional set of topics areas that will be covered on the Friday:

• Business Intelligence:
  • Optimising SSIS
  • Advanced visualisation with reporting services
  • Master Data Services
  • Stream Insight Deep Dive
  • Analysis Services tuning
• DBA
  • Replication best practices
  • Optimising Tempdb
  • SQL Server Internals
  • Scalability of OLTP systems
• Developer
  • Handling spatial data
  • TSQL Development best practices
  • Managing SQL Server Statistics
  • New data types and programming improvements

Who will be speaking on the Friday?

The full line-up of speakers has yet to be confirmed, but so far we have:

• Buck Woody, SQL Server Technical Specialist at Microsoft
• Thomas Kejser, Microsoft SQLCAT team
• Brent Ozar
• Brad McGehee
• Chris Testa-O’Neill
• Simon Sabin
• Chris Webb
• Allan Mitchell
• Martin Bell

Where can I register to attend?

You can register for one, two or all three days of SQLBits here.