Tech Ed 2008 Submissions in just under the gun
I finally filed my Tech Ed content submissions just under the deadline for those with invites that matched the internal Microsoftees submission deadline (Dec. 31, 2007 11:59pm). I actually proposed a few and hope that at least one is picked up.
The submissions were heavy in the TFS arena,as you might imagine, but also some good Silverlight 2.0 proposed content around using Silverlight for new interfaces to existing systems. I especially felt one submission would do well as a breakout session and I'd added some Hands On Lab (HOL) content- enough for a module versus a single excercise. One of the TFS related submissions was probably more appropriate for Tech Ed IT Professionals Conference than the Tech Ed Developers Conference. It was "What to do when your enterprise landscape doesn’t look like the scenarios in the TFS install guide. Installing and using TFS in the undocumented scenarios of the real world." I don't have high hopes for its selection.
You did realize they split up US Tech Ed this year (I think I recall in Europe this was done last year if not before)? I think that was great as it likely means more content on developer items for the dev conference. The downside is I will likely now have more sessions going on at one time that force me to choose one to sit in on and miss the others. Luckily they now record all these and I can watch what I missed.
I did make a 400 level proposal on Spec# and it's value and use TODAY - even if it is coming out of the Microsoft Research section. It's one of two sections I'd be especially pleased to have picked up. The proposed section is designed to be light on theory and heavy on pragmatic use but I do have planned in the session for a bit of time on the Boogie PL.
But I'll be glad for any one of them. Heck, I'm glad to have the honor to be offered the opportunity to make a submission.
Now to cross my fingers and hope for the best. I'm not a "real" name on the speaker circuit but I've done my small share as well. What would you like to see at Tech Ed 2008? I'll get registerd on the site soon and post my contact info as well as a facebook group to match. Join me, add me as a friend and let's look forward to Tech Ed.