SQL Saturday #364 Boston opening slide deck

1. Welcome to SQL Saturday
SQL Saturday #364
Boston 2015

2. Restrooms
 4th Floor Restrooms past
elevators and to the left
 2nd Floor Restrooms
across from Concord
conference room
 Please reserve restrooms
outside the mutlipurpose
rooms for those who
need a handicapped
accessible or gender
neutral restroom
 Wash your hands and
use the hand sanitizer,
please.

3. Help Us Help Others!
 We’re raising money
for Rosie’s Place, a
Sanctuary for Poor
and Homeless
Women
 Raffle tickets at the
registration desk or
bit.ly/sqlrosie
 Prize is a $1000
Amazon gift card

4. About SQL Saturday
 The organizers of this event are all volunteers
 We license the SQL Saturday brand from
PASS, who provides the technology for
registration
 SQL Saturday is hosted all over the world,
providing thousands of hours of free training

5. Event Organizer
 Mike Hillwig
 SQL Server MVP
 Event Lead Organizer

6. Event Organizer
 Robert Padilla

7. Event Organizer
 Paresh Motiwala
 Volunteer Shepherd

8. Event Organizer
 Melissa Riley

9. Please Recycle

10. Key Volunteer
 Andrew Mannone
 Registration Desk

11. Key Volunteer
 Ulli Klein
 Registration Desk

12. Key Volunteer and Speaker
 Gigi Bell
 Registration Jedi
Master

13. About our Sponsors
 This event is funded primarily through
sponsorship funds
 Sponsors do this for marketing and
advertising
 If you think a sponsor has an interesting
offering, ask them about it!

14. Preconference Training Sponsor

15. Preconference Training Sponsor

16. Platinum Sponsor

17. Platinum Sponsor

18. Platinum Sponsor

19. Gold Sponsor

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29. Gold Sponsor

30. Silver Sponsor

31. Bronze Sponsor

32. Community Sponsor

33. Community Sponsor

34. Need a Starbucks Fix?
 Starbucks is located
inside the Marriott
lobby

35. Help Us Help Others!
 We’re raising money
for Rosie’s Place, a
Sanctuary for Poor
and Homeless
Women
 Raffle tickets at the
registration desk or
bit.ly/sqlrosie
 Prize is a $1000
Amazon gift card

36. Coming Events

37. Coming Events
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38. Coming Events
 SQL Saturday Boston 2015 Business
Intelligence Edition
 Saturday, October 18
 Microsoft Conference Center in Cambridge

39. WiFi
 Network: Cambridge
 Event Code: sql0418
 Please do not download large files

40. SQL Saturday Boston 2016
 We have outgrown the Microsoft Conference
Center!
 We’re looking for a larger facility to host 500
to 600 people
 Would you be willing to spend more for a
larger facility with better catering?

41. About Our Speakers
 Every one of our speakers is a volunteer
 Many speakers travel to SQL Saturday
events without reimbursement
 Today’s speaker lineup includes more than
two dozen SQL Server MVPs
 Every one of our speakers is a volunteer
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42. Preconference Trainer
 Brent Ozar
 SQL Server MVP
 Founding Partner,
Brent Ozar Unlimited

43. Preconference Trainer
 Jeremiah Peschka
 SQL Server MVP
 Founding Partner,
Brent Ozar Unlimited

44. Preconference Trainer
 Stacia Misner
 SQL Server MVP
 Founding Partner,
Data Inspirations

45. Help Us Help Others!
 We’re raising money
for Rosie’s Place, a
Sanctuary for Poor
and Homeless
Women
 Raffle tickets at the
registration desk or
bit.ly/sqlrosie
 Prize is a $1000
Amazon gift card

46. Lunch
 If your SpeedPASS didn’t include your lunch
ticket, please purchase one at the registration
desk
 If you paid for lunch, and your SpeedPASS
doesn’t have a ticket, the registration desk
can get you one.
 If you are NOT a vegetarian and would like a
vegetarian lunch, please wait until our
vegetarians have gotten their lunch