Both DevTeach and its joint event SQLTeach include world renown speakers among its Tech Chairs. Our tech chair team members is listed below.

We are currently looking for speakers for our Toronto 2010 conference (March 8-12, 2010). If you are interested, send your session abstracts to our Tech Chair member. Please, include "DevTeach-SQLTeach-Toronto-2010-Sessions" in the subject of your email. Speakers must submit their sessions abstracts by December 4th, 2009 .

Sessions Recording:

By submitting your sessions you are allowing DevTeach to record them this year . The content of your sessions and material will remain your property. You can re-present your sessions any time. The recording of your sessions will not be sold in any way or form. DevTeach may use the recording for marketing only.Your sessions recording may be accessible on Internet free of charge.

Here are a few tips:

Submit at least 2 talks. More is better though, because to get in (if you are not a local speaker), you will have to present 2 different sessions, and it is somewhat unlikely that 2 out of 2 match our needs. So the more you can submit the better. Local speakers (Local = no travel and hotel expenses) can present one session or more.

Every time Microsoft releases a new developer technology, we get dozens of submissions for intro sessions like “Introduction to LINQ” recently. Try to find an edge or try to focus on a specific aspect of the technology.

In case of doubt, send an email to

More Details:

All sessions demonstrating Visual Studio and/or SQL Server must be presented using Visual Studio 2008/2010 and/or SQL Server 2008.  The only exception is for demonstration of beta where future versions are allowed. Try to include .NET 3.5/.NET 4.0 stuff in your sessions.

What DevTeach covers for speakers?

For selected non-local speakers , DevTeach will cover up to 4 nights at the hotel of the conference and all travel expenses. All speakers will get a Polo shirt, a complementary pass to the main event that includes 3 breakfasts and 3 lunches. They will also be invited to the speaker’s dinner.

PowerPoint Templates

Below are the 2 PowerPoint Templates. You will need it if you are selected.

• DevTeach-template.ppt
• SQLTeach-template.ppt

• 11 Windows Development. Track Chair John Bristowe
• 6 .NET Agile. Track Chair James Kovacs
• 6 Silverlight. Track Chair Barry Gervin
• 6 SharePoint sessions. Track Chair Barry Gervin
• 11 Software Architecture. Track Chair Mario Cardinal
• 11 Web Development sessions. Track Chair James Kovacs

Total sessions: 51

Use our template to submit

We are compiling your submission with a SSIS pacakage. You must submit your sessions with our Excel template.

Download our DevTeach Toronto 2010 Session Abstracts Template

John Bristowe, Microsoft Canada     John Bristowe is a Senior Developer Evangelist with Microsoft Canada and is based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. John is an experienced speaker and frequently presents at developer conferences and events. Prior to joining Microsoft, John was a member of the Microsoft Regional Director program and was awarded a Microsoft MVP award for his work in the developer community on technologies such as ASP, ASP.NET, and the Microsoft Web services stack. John has many years of experience developing software for operating systems such as the BeOS, variants of Linux and UNIX and, of course, Windows. He has also spent a great deal of time building Web and rich client applications. John is passionate about assisting the technical community in Canada and spends much of his time talking to students, teachers, and professionals in the industry.

James Kovacs, Jameskovacs.Com Consulting Inc.     James Kovacs is an independent architect, developer, trainer, and jack-of-all-trades, specializing in agile development using the .NET Framework. He is passionate about helping developers create flexible software using test-driven development (TDD), unit testing, object-relational mapping, dependency injection, refactoring, continuous integration, and related techniques. He is a founding member of the Plumbers @ Work podcast, which is syndicated by MSDN Canada Community Radio. His article, "Debug Leaky Apps: Identify And Prevent Memory Leaks In Managed Code", appeared in the January 2007 issue of MSDN Magazine. James is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) - Solutions Architect and card-carrying member of ALT.NET, a group of software professionals continually looking for more effective ways to develop applications. He received his Masters degree from Harvard University.

Mario Cardinal, .Net Expertise      Mario Cardinal is an independent senior consultant specializing in software architecture. He has almost 20 years of experience in designing large-scale information systems. He speaks regularly at international conferences, including TechEd, Agile2008, DevTeach, and others. He leads the architecture user group for the Montreal .Net Community and is the architecture track tech chair for the DevTeach Conference. Since 2004, he has hosted the Visual Studio Talk Show, a podcast about software development. For the fourth year in a row, he has received from Microsoft the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award. Mario holds Bachelor of Computer Engineering and Master of Technology Management degrees from the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, Canada. He also holds the titles of Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (Team Foundation Server), and Microsoft Certified Solution Developer.

Barry Gervin, Objectsharp Consulting       Barry Gervin is a Principal Consultant with ObjectSharp Consulting. Barry, a technical leader with over 15 years experience, has helped many development teams architect and build large-scale mission critical applications. Barry is skilled in the Architecture and Development of Distributed Applications and Databases. Some of his notable recent work is aimed at establishing best practices for .NET development. He has been deeply involved with Microsoft's .NET platform and is a convert from the PowerBuilder development community. In addition to consulting, Barry has been a Software Development Instructor for over 10 years and currently holds a MS Certified Trainer designation in addition to .NET MS Certified Solution Developer and MS Solution Framework Practitioner designations.

Chris Dufour, East of Toronto .Net User Group     Chris Dufour (MCAD, IBM Certified Database Associate - DB2 UDB V8.1) is a Toronto-based software architect. He is currently working as a software architect for Cyberplex, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and focuses on the development of custom business applications using the Microsoft .NET framework. Chris is passionate about the developer community and has contributed projects like the ‘Code Camp Event Module’ and ‘Extended SQL Data Provider - SqlEx’ to the open source community on CodePlex. He is also the president of the East of Toronto .NET User Group and co-founder and organizer of the Toronto Code Camp and has been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for his involvement in the developer community.