Happy New Year! – How about some Conferences?

2015 just started – and it is a quickstart in terms of SQL Server conferences! There is quite a lot of upcoming conferences and I am happy that most of them are in Europe.

Below you can find a short overview followed by some more details:

What? When? Where? Am I there?
German SQL Server Conference February 3-5th Darmstadt, Germany Yes, I am speaking!
SQL Saturday Vienna February 27-28th Vienna, Austria Maybe, but not speaking
SQLRally Nordic Copenhagen March 2-4th Copenhagen, Denmark Yes, I am speaking!
SQLBits XIV Superheroes March 4-7th London, UK Yes, I am speaking!

UPDATE 2014-01-13:
I just received a confirmation that my session “Power BI on SAP HANA” was accepted for SQL Bits XIV!
It’s also the first time that I will do a session together with a Co-Speaker, my colleague Markus Begerow (b)

 

It starts with the German SQL Server Conference 2015 on February 3-5th
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I am also very happy that my session “Load testing Analysis Services” was selected and I will be speaking the second time in a row at this awesome conference which is also the biggest German SQL Server Conference out there. And now worries, there are also a lot of English session in case you do not speak German Winking smile

Up next is a true marathon of conferences starting with the SQL Saturday #374 in Vienna on 28th of February.
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This year also featuring Pre-Cons on 27th of February!
Reza Rad (t, b) and Leila Etaati (t, b) will be speaking on “Power BI from Rookie to Rockstar” and Dejan Sarka (t, b) on “Advanced Data Modeling
Last year it was fully booked pretty soon and we had a long waiting list so better do your reservation now!
The schedule can be found here and features 20 sessions of well-know SQL Server professionals.

Directly after the SQL Saturday in Vienna the PASS SQLRally Nordic opens its doors in Copenhagen again on March 2-4.
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The official schedule was just released today and can be found here (full PDF)!
I will deliver my session “Deep-Dive to Analysis Services Security” on Wednesday 4th.

Last but definitely not least is SQLBits Conferences, Europe’s biggest SQL Server conference, which is taking place the 13st time now on March 4-7 in London. (don’t get confused just because its SQL Bits XIV, Microsoft also skipped Windows 9 Open-mouthed smile). This year its all about Superheroes and a lot of SQL Server Superheroes will be there!
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A schedule is not available yet but will be made public within the next days I guess so stay tuned!

UPDATE 2014-01-13:
The official schedule will soon be available here. Our Session is very likely to be on Friday.

Hope to see you there!