Tech Chair
Both DevTeach and its joint events SQLTeach, MobileTeach include world renown speakers among
its Tech Chairs. Our tech chair team members is listed below.
We are currently looking for speakers for our Vancouver 2012 conference (May 28th June 1st, 2012). If you are interested, send your session abstracts to our Tech Chair member. Please, include "DevTeach-SQLTeach-Vancouver-2012-Sessions" in the subject of your email. Speakers must submit their sessions abstracts by December 20th, 2011 .
| Speakers must provide sessions abstracts by December 20th, 2011 |
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 new technologies. Try to find an edge or try to focus on a specific aspect of the technology.
In case of doubt, send an email to devteachtechchair(at)googlegroups.com
More Details:
All sessions demonstrating Visual Studio and/or SQL Server must be presented using Visual Studio 2010 and/or SQL Server 2008. The only exception is for demonstration of beta where future versions are allowed.
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.
Tracks
- 6 .NET Agile. Track Chair Mario Cardinal
- 11 Software Architecture. Track Chair Mario Cardinal
- 6 Cloud computing Development. Track Chair Richard Campbell
- 6 Silverlight Track Chair rack Chair Richard Campbell
- 11 Ruby Track Chair James Kovacs
- 5 Windows Mobile.
- 6 iOS iPhone and iPad. Track Chair Kevin McNiesh
- 6 Android. Track Chair Kevin McNiesh
- 11 Web Development sessions. Track Chair Richard Campbell
- 5 SQL Server DBA/Admin. Track Chair Jean-Rene Roy
- 6 Database Development. Track Chair Jean-Rene Roy
- 5 SQL Server BI. Track Chair Jean-Rene Roy
Total sessions: 85
Use our template to submit
We are compiling your submission with a SSIS package. You must submit your sessions with our Excel template.
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DevTeach Vancouver 2012 Session Abstracts Template
Today Richard is on the board of directors for Telerik (www.telerik.com), a leading vendor of development, team productivity, automated testing tools, UI components and content management solutions in the Microsoft space. He is one of the co-founders of Strangeloop Networks (www.strangeloopnetworks.com), developing an appliance for web site performance. He's a partner in PWOP Productions, creating a variety of multimedia programs including ".NET Rocks!, the Internet Audio Talk Show for .NET Developers," (www.dotnetrocks.com) a podcast produced twice a week for more than 150,000 listeners in 120 countries and The Tablet Show (www.thetabletshow.com), a podcast focused on tablet and mobile development across all platforms. In addition he's the host of RunAs Radio (www.runasradio.com), a podcast for the IT Professional using Microsoft technologies. Richard also serves as a technical director for Penton Media, planning the content of magazines and conferences that engage technology professionals all over the world.
James Kovacs is a Technical Evangelist for JetBrains. He is passionate in sharing his knowledge about OO, SOLID, TDD/BDD, testing, object-relational mapping, dependency injection, refactoring, continuous integration, and related techniques. He blogs on CodeBetter.com as well as his own blog, is a technical contributor for Pluralsight, writes articles for MSDN Magazine and CoDe Magazine, and is a frequent speaker at conferences and user groups. He is the creator of psake, a PowerShell-based build automation tool, intended to save developers from XML Hell. James is the Ruby Track Chair for DevTeach, one of Canada’s largest independent developer conferences. He received his Bachelors degree from the University of Toronto and his Masters degree from Harvard University.
Since that time he has worked on projects for House of Commons, Innovapost, Bell Canada, CGI, ArchiDATA, Sun Telcom, Kraft, and many other clients assuming the responsibility of Business Analyst, Software Architect, Software Developers, Analyst, Team leader and mentor. He has been and is still very active in the developers’ community by acting as a user group leader for more than ten years with the Montreal .NET community and the Ottawa .NET community.
He is also the co-founder of an international developer’s conference www.DevTeach.com which is now directed by a member of his team. Jean-René Roy is a SQL Server Microsoft MVP and is co-lead and mentor for the OttawaSQL.net BI study group.
Community Lead
Meet your Tech chair team
Richard Campbell has been involved with microcomputers and software since 1977. His career has spanned the industry both on the hardware and software sides, from manufacturing to sales, service, game development, line-of-business software and large scale systems. He's been deeply involved in creating new businesses around software, hardware, services and products in a huge range of roles, including technical, management and financing. During the halcyon days of the DotComBoom he was a consultant to venture capital firms providing technical due diligence and architectural direction.
Jean-René Roy has been developing IT solution for large and small enterprises since 1987. In 1991 he founded the consulting firm Technologies SoftDesign Inc.
Mario Cardinal is an independent consultant specializing in software architecture. He is known as someone who can extract the essence of a complicated situation, sort out the core ideas from the incidental distractions, and provide a summary easy to understand. He speaks regularly about architecture and agility at international conferences. Since 2004, he hosted the Visual Studio Talk Show, a podcast about software architecture. He also leads the architecture user group for the Montreal .Net Community and is the architecture track tech chair for the DevTeach Conference. For the seventh 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. He shares his free-time with his wife, Nathalie and their four children.
Kevin McNeish is President and Chief Software Architect of Oak Leaf Enterprises, Inc, and an eight-time recipient of the Microsoft. .NET MVP Award. He is a well-know .NET and iOS speaker and trainer throughout North America and Europe including DevConnections, VSLive!, DevTeach, SDC Netherlands, Advisor DevCon, as well as numerous Code Camps and Boot Camps. He is author of the upcoming book iPhone and iPad App Development for Everyone, co-author of the book "Professional UML with Visual Studio .NET", author of the book ".NET for Visual FoxPro Developers", as well as many software development magazine articles. He has also been interviewed multiple times on the .NET Rocks! Internet Radio Show. He is the Chief Software Architect of the MM .NET Framework as well as the upcoming MMiOS Framework. e-mail: kevinm@oakleafsd.com, Web: www.oakleafsd.com. Phone: 434-979-2417
