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 Vancouver 2009 conference. If you are interested, send your session abstracts to our Tech Chair member. Please, include "DevTeach-SQLTeach-Vancouver-2009-Sessions" in the subject of your email. Speakers must submit their sessions abstracts by February 10th, 2009 .

Speakers must provide sessions abstracts by February 10th, 2009

Here are a few tips:

Submit at least 4 talks. More is better though, because to get in (if you are not a local speaker), you will have to present 4 different sessions, and it is somewhat unlikely that 4 out of 4 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 devteach-techchair(at)googlegroups.com

More Details:

All sessions demonstrating Visual Studio and/or SQL Server must be presented using Visual Studio 2008 and/or SQL Server 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.

PowerPoint Templates

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

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

• 17 Web development sessions. Track Chair Richard Campbell
• 23 .NET sessions. Track Chair Richard Campbell
• 17 Agile sessions. Track Chair James Kovacs
• 17 Architecture sessions. Track Chair Mario Cardinal
• 17 Silverlight sessions. Track Chair Rod Paddock
• 11 Application Life-cycle Management (Team System) sessions. Track Chair Barry Gervin
• 17 SQL Server 2005/2008 IT sessions. Track Chair Peter DeBetta and Roman Rehak
• 17 SQL Server 2005/2008 Dev. sessions. Track Chair Peter DeBetta and Roman Rehak

Total sessions: 136

Download our DevTeach Vancouver 2009 Session Abstracts Template

Richard Campbell, Strangeloop Networks       Richard Campbell is one of the co-founders of Strangeloop Networks and today serves as product evangelist, introducing the company’s unique story to advisors, investors, patent attorneys, beta-customer candidates, potential employees, etc. Richard has more than 30 years of high-tech experience and is both a Microsoft Regional Director and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP). He has consulted with a number of leading North American organizations; Barnes&Noble.com, Dow Chemical, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Services, Reuters, Subaru/Isuzu and the U.S. Air Force. Richard is co-host of the “.NET Rocks!, the Internet Audio Talk Show for .NET Developers” podcast, host of “RunAs Radio, the Internet Audio Talks for IT Professionals” podcast, has been co-authoring of the “Advisor Answers” column on SQL Server for more than ten years and author of the courseware for AppDev's national SQL Server 7.0 training seminars and video series.

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.

Rod Paddock, Dash Point Software, Inc.     Rod is president and founder of Dash Point Software, Inc. DPSI is an award winning software company based in Seattle, WA, specializing in application development and software training. Dash Point specializes in Visual Studio .NET, VB 6, Visual FoxPro, and SQL Server development. Dash Point Software was the winner of the 1999 Visual FoxPro Excellence Award and a finalist in 1998. Dash Point was also a finalist in 1996 at Windows World Open. Rod has been a very popular speaker at a wide variety of developer conferences in North America and Europe since 1995. His most recent speaking appearance was at the XML Connections conference in October 2002. Rod is the editor for CoDe Magazine and his writing credits include articles for database publications such as Data Based Advisor, FoxTalk and Dbase Advisor. He has also authored a number of books including Visual Basic 5 for Web Development, Visual Basic 6 for Web Development, and Visual FoxPro 6.0 Enterprise Development. Rod is also the V.P. of Technology for Red Matrix Technologies and the architectural visionary behind the DataClas middle-tier component and SQLAudit product lines.

SQL Tech Chair

Roman Rehak, MyWebGrocer    Roman Rehak is a Principal Database Architect at MyWebGrocer.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, 2007, 2008 and 2009 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, SQL IQ/SQLblog.com     Peter DeBetta is an independent consultant specializing in design, development, implementation, and deployment of Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint Server, and .NET solutions. Peter writes courseware, articles, and books – most recently the title Introducing SQL Server 2008 from Microsoft Press. Peter speaks at conferences around the world, including TechEd, SQL PASS Community Summit, DevTeach, SQL Connections, DevWeek, and VSLive! Peter is a Microsoft MVP for SQL Server, an MCP, President of the North Texas SQL Server User Group, and a member of PASS. When Peter isn’t working, you can find him singing and playing guitar (click here to hear an original song by Peter), taking pictures, or simply enjoying life with his wife, son, and daughter.

Medhat Elmasry, .Netbc Users Group    Medhat Elmasry was born in Ethiopia. He holds a Masters Degree in Computing Science from Bradford University, England. Medhat moved to Canada from Egypt in 1993 with his wife, son, and daughter. He has since worked for The Loewen Group, Alderwoords, and HSBC. He is currently an instructor at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). He specializes in web development at BCIT and is involved in most of their ASP.NET courses. Medhat is also a SharePoint contractor at Sierra Wireless in Richmond, BC. He is the founder and president of the .NET users group in Vancouver (aka .netBC) and co-owner of bcjobs.com. He occasionally speaks at user groups, code camps, and the DevTeach conference.