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 2008 conference. If you are interested, send your session abstracts to our Tech Chair member. Please, include "DevTeach-SQLTeach-Toronto-2008-Sessions" in the subject of your email. Speakers must submit there sessions abstracts by January 15th, 2008.

Speakers must provide sessions abstracts by January 15th, 2008

Here are a few tips:

Submit at least 3 talks. More is better though, because to get in (if you are not a local speaker), you will have to present 3 different sessions, and it is somewhat unlikely that 3 out of 3 match our needs. So the more you can submit the better.

More Details:

All sessions demonstrating Visual Studio and/or SQL Server must be presented using Visual Studio 2005/2008 and/or SQL Server 2005/2008.  The only exception is for demonstration of beta where future versions are allowed. Try to include .NET 3.5 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.

• 17 Web development sessions (ASP.NET,Atlas,AJAX,Performance,Web Service)
• 11 Smart Client development sessions (ADO.NET,Multithreading,UI,Remoting,including Tablet PC, Mobile)
• 17 Agile sessions (TDD,Continuous Integration,Agile Design,Refactoring,MS Build,DDD)
• 17 .NET 3.0/ 3.5 sessions (WPF,WCF,WF,LINQ)
• 11 Architecture sessions (Application design,Architecture P&P,SOA,...)
• 12 SharePoint (MOSS, .NET3.5,...)
• 17 SQL Server 2005/2008 IT (BI,SSIS,DBA)
• 17 SQL Server 2005/2008 Dev. (T-SQL,Biztalk,SharePoint,Dev with SQL)
• 17 Server products and tools sessions (Windows Server 2008,Vista, Exchange and other Microsoft server products or server technologies/techniques or tools)

Total sessions: 136

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.

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 is an independent senior consultant specialized with agile processes and enterprise software architecture. Presently, he is software architect for the largest institutional fund manager in Canada and one of Québec's leading financial institutions. He possesses over fifteen years of experience in designing large-scale information systems. For the third year in a row, he has received from Microsoft the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award in the competency of Solutions Architect. He leads the architecture interest group at the Montreal Visual Studio User Group and the Montreal’s chapter of the International Association of Software Architects (IASA). He is also the architecture track tech chair for DevTeach Conference. Furthermore, he hosts an audio Internet talk show about software development with Microsoft .NET (Visual Studio Talk Show). 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) and Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD.Net).

Rob Windsor, ObjectSharp Consulting     Rob Windsor is a Senior Consultant and the Director of Training with ObjectSharp Consulting - a Microsoft Gold Partner based in Toronto, Canada. Rob focuses on the architecture, design and development of custom business applications using leading edge Microsoft technologies. In addition Rob is a top rated instructor - authoring and teaching courses on .NET development, SharePoint and software architecture. As a member of the MSDN Canada Speakers Bureau, Rob has had a chance to present at conferences, code camps, and user group meetings in Toronto and across North America. He is President of the Toronto Visual Basic User Group and has been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for his involvement in the developer community.

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.

When you register to DevTeach you will get full access to SQLTeach. Below you will find the Tech Chair team for our join event SQLTeach.

• 17 SQL Server 2005/2008 IT (BI,SSIS,DBA)
• 17 SQL Server 2005/2008 Dev. (T-SQL,Biztalk,SharePoint,Dev with SQL)
• 17 Server products and tools sessions (Windows Server 2008,Vista, Exchange and other Microsoft server products or server technologies/techniques or tools)

SQL Tech Chair

Roman Rehak, MyWebGrocer    Roman Rehak is a Senior Database Architect at MyWebLink.com in Colchester, VT. He specializes in SQL Server development, database performance tuning, ADO.NET and writing database tools . He regularly contributes SQL Server related articles to Visual Studio Magazine, SQL Server Magazine and other technical publications and presents at user groups and conferences in US and Canada. He is an active member of Professional Association for SQL Server, he speaks at the annual PASS conferences and was also selected to be the track leader for the "Database & Application Development" track for the 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 PASS conferences. Roman also serves as the Tech Chair for the SQL Server track at the annual DevTeach conferences in Montreal and is the president of the Vermont SQL Server User Group.

Peter DeBetta, Wintellect    Peter DeBetta is the resident SQL Server trainer and consultant for Wintellect. Peter develops software using SQL Server, .NET, and other technologies. He also teaches SQL Server Programming courses and speaks at various conferences around the world about SQL Server, including VSLive!, WinDev, Devscovery, and Microsoft's SQL Server Summit. Peter has written courseware, books and articles on the subject, including articles for MSDN Magazine and a new Microsoft Press book entitled "Introducing SQL Server 2005 for Developers". When Peter isn't working with SQL Server, you can find him singing and playing guitar, taking pictures, or simply enjoying life with his wife and new son.