For me, conference season begins with the new year, and ends with the PASS Summit (sorry, November and December SQL Saturdays!), with a break sometime in the summer.  Last week I spoke at #SQLSat111 in Atlanta, this week in Houston, and next month at SQLRally. Busy times!

SQL Saturday Houston

http://www.sqlsaturday.com/107/eventhome.aspx

This weekend, Sean and I have a combine FIVE sessions (thanks for the love, HOU!):

• 8:30am Sean: Beginning Powershell for DBAs 1.0
• 9:45am Sean and Jen – Mouth Wide Shut: Coherent Interviewing – New session!
• 11:00am Jen: Unraveling Tangled Code – A Spellbinding Tale
• 11:00am Sean:  Understanding Backups
• Lunch: I just may hold another unscheduled #WITeverywhere session…
• 4:00pm Jen: T-SQL Brush-up:The Best Things You Forgot You Knew

SQL Rally

http://www.sqlpass.org/sqlrally/2012/dallas/

May 10-11 (actually, I think just the 11th), Sean and I are presenting at SQLRally:

• Jen: Unraveling Tangled Code – A Spellbinding Tale of Victory Over Chaos
• Sean: The Backup Tune-up (Community Pick)
• Sean: Understanding Backups (Community Pick)
• Plus an OFFICIAL Women in Tech panel to attend Thursday – the topic is negotiating! – and other fun stuff!

More Plans

More will be revealed…

-Jen McCown
http://www.MidnightDBA.com/Jen