Designed to be one of the deepest conferences focused almost exclusively on IT and Architecture is The Experts Conference.  TEC is recognized as the premier event to really focus on depth.  As well, by design, this SharePoint conference is nearly 100% focused on SharePoint 2010, but as well includes real world case study type information on SharePoint 2007 scale deployments.  I’ve personally been tasked with bringing together some of the best experts on SharePoint and I’m pleased to announce much of the lineup of top notch speakers, real industry experts in their field.  There are 2 SharePoint tracks across 3 days plus optional pre-conference workshops and I’m driving to push the event even more.  Don’t worry about the host, you won’t see any Quest product demos or Quest sales presentations in any of the sessions.  Go to the SharePoint demo cafe or Vendor Hall for that.  I’m personally making sure of that.  This is an industry conference and really designed to train you and give you the knowledge and depth you haven’t been unable to find elsewhere.  On top of that, it’s really the networking that you’ll also find with lots of opportunities to spend time with *real* experts and just plain cool people who like to share what they’ve learned.

Sure you’ll see this conference also has some AD and Exchange stuff, but it’s the SharePoint conference at TEC… that’s what I’m talking about.

Dates: April 25-28

Location: JW Marriott Hotel Los Angeles at L.A. Live

Details: SharePoint The Experts Conference

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Here’s what we’ve got lined up.  Note I put these bios together based on what I think is interesting.  You can get the official bios that they wrote in the press release. 

Press Release: “Quest Software Unveils The Experts Conference 2010 Keynotes” - Microsoft Technology Leaders Conrad Bayer, Alex Weinert, Konstantin Ryvkin, and Bill Baer to Keynote Directory & Identity, Exchange and SharePoint Event in Los Angeles

Keynote Speakers

Bill Baer – Bill is known as one of the foremost at Microsoft as the “Real World” SharePoint Architect.  He has years of experience in support, operations, and engineering including his background at HP, Compaq and DEC.  He’s worked as Lead Architect on SharePoint Online as well as the key engineer on the internal Microsoft Intranet deployments.  His blog on TechNet was a key resource on the 2007 upgrade.  As a SharePoint MCM (Microsoft Certified Master) instructor he not only has he been able to share his knowledge, but help design the program that helps SharePoint IT Architects stand apart from the crowd.  Bill recently took a role on the SharePoint Technical Product Management Team to own the IT Pro audience.  Bill will be providing information on the evolution of the SharePoint platform.

Mike Watson – Mike’s career at Microsoft started on the Microsoft IT team.  With focus on operational efficiency, scale, and disaster recovery he has used his skills on the global deployments at Microsoft, the first employee of the SharePoint online team as key engineer, and leading the SharePoint tools effort for the Premier Field Engineering known as RAP.  As a leading expert in the Industry, he often speaks at Tech Ed, SharePoint Conferences, SharePoint Best Practices events, SharePoint Saturdays and SharePoint user groups.  He also shares his thoughts on his popular SharePoint Mad Scientist blog.  He currently works at Quest software as a Sr. Product Manager for Deployment Advisor, a new unreleased product designed to manage SharePoint 2010 farms.  Mike will be referee to one of the great battles of the decade on IT vs. Dev comparing the differences in SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010.

Michael Noel – Michael Noel has not only been working with SharePoint since before the first release, he has been a SharePoint MVP, and prominent author of SharePoint Unleashed.  (My favorite book on SharePoint 2007 Administration- Joel.)  He has authored over 18 books and is currently working on a SharePoint 2010 book. Michael works for CCO in the Bay area and does SharePoint Architecture and Consulting, and a bunch more like ISA and Exchange.  His whitepapers on virtualization and SharePoint have become the defacto standard on TechNet.  Michael speaks globally on SharePoint at Tech-Ed, SharePoint Connections, SharePoint Saturday, and SharePoint User groups.  Michael’s Keynote will dive into virtualization with SharePoint 2010.

Joel Oleson – Yep, I’ll be speaking at the conference as well.  I’ll be introducing these experts on the first two days and sharing prescriptive guidance on SharePoint 2010 Upgrade.

SharePoint 2010 Technical Roadmap

Speaker: Bill Baer, Microsoft MCM

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies are among the fastest growing technologies at Microsoft and in the industry.  SharePoint has expanded the definition of collaboration by providing a unique set of integrated capabilities and extensibility to provide a platform for building rich solutions.  For both customers and partners alike, SharePoint provides an opportunity as unique as its capabilities to deliver value and increase productivity.  This session will focus on the evolution of SharePoint as an enterprise platform.  From on premise to cloud services platform, we’ll explore its evolution.

The speakers are lined up with top industry experts you know and follow their books, blogs, tweets, and whitepapers.

Detailed line up of speaker bios and session details can be found from the TEC 2010 site at TEC2010.com.  Below is a sampling.

Session Titles

Claims Authentication in SharePoint 2010
Speaker: Richard Taylor, MCT (Rick’s the guy who trains SharePoint MCTs) Principal Architect and Trainer

Dazzling SharePoint with Silverlight: Creating Rich UI Objects with LINQ and the Client Objects Model
Speaker: Becky Isserman (She makes Dev’s heads spin.  SharePoint 2010 BCS, and Silverlight!)

Governance, Politics, and Diplomacy with SharePoint: Success Factors Beyond Technology
Speaker: Craig Roth VP Analyst (One of my favorite analyst for SharePoint)

InfoPath 2010: Where We Were, Where We’re Going
Speaker: Eric Harlan, Principal Architect

Leveraging InfoPath forms in your custom Visual Studio SharePoint Workflows
Speaker: Phillip Wicklund, Sr. Consultant

Managing a SharePoint 2010 Environment Using Microsoft System Center
Speaker: Michael Noel, Principal Architect

Planning for Governance:  The Key to Successful SharePoint 2010 Solutions
Speaker: Susan Hanley, President, Author

Rapidly deploying SharePoint across 30 Forests – Real World Case Study
Speaker: Michael Brengs, Partner

Records Management Best Practices in SharePoint 2010
Speaker: Zlatan Dzinic, Principal Consultant, SharePoint MVP

SharePoint Enterprise Content Management and Enterprise Search
Speaker: Zlatan Dzinic Principal Consultant, SharePoint MVP

SharePoint Security: Permissions, Identities, and Objects
Speaker: Dan Holme SharePoint MVP

SharePoint Takes the Gold in Torino, Beijing and Vancouver - Real World Case Study
Speaker: Dan Holme SharePoint MVP

What, When, Who & How:  Creating a Working Enterprise Content Management Strategy for SharePoint 2010
Speaker: Karuana Gatimu, Architect

15 Gotchas when Migrating to SharePoint 2010
Speaker: Paul Swider, SharePoint Strategist

Building Social Applications on SharePoint 2010
Speaker: Paul Swider, SharePoint Strategist

Best Practices for SharePoint 2010 Upgrade
Speaker: Joel Oleson, MCTS, Sr Product Architect, Evangelist

Building the Next Generation of SharePoint Web Parts – How to Leverage JQuery and Silverlight within your SharePoint Sites!
Speaker: Phillip Wicklund, Sr. Consultant

Joel’s FAQ

Check out the TEC2010 FAQ for more general questions.

Q. How come I haven’t heard of TEC?

A. This is the first year that there is a SharePoint Conference part of TEC

Q. Why didn’t I get an email invite to be a speaker?

A. This year we sent out some tweets and send a few emails, but I know we can do a more inclusive email in the future. Please don’t take offense if you weren’t invited, we did have limits in this our first year.

Q. Does Microsoft sponsor this event?

A. Yes.  As well, the SharePoint Product team is sponsoring the event as well by sending Bill.

Q. Can I sponsor the event?

A. Yes… Become a Sponsor

Q. Is there room to be a speaker?

A. Once I get the first few hundred sign ups, I will be able to add another room.  Additionally if you bring 5 attendees, I’ll get find you a slot even if you’re a co-speaker.

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