SQL PASS Summit plans

I think I have my execution plan for the summit ready. Me and my co-worker will leave Denmark on Saturday the 8th of October around noon - yes that's only a week from now :) Yeahhhhhhh
We have to fly to Amsterdam and from there to Seattle where we will be a couple of hours later - not considering the time difference :) So it will only be around 5pm when we arrive at the SEA airport.

We are staying at The Paramount, in working distance from the summit - even after a few drinks.

I was hoping to catch a Seahaws game that weekend but unfortunately there play away. I'm a big fan of american football (called that here since we call soccer for football :)) so it would have been nice to see a live game. Even though I'm a Vikings fan - that would have been great. Anybody know if there is a college football game that weekend near by? Wachington Huskies an't playing the weekend at the arrival.

Well I guess we will just take care of the jet lag on Saturday and maybe get a steak :) love steaks. But on Sunday it will be time to see Seattle. We both know another great Dane which comes to the summit and I would love to try to do some stuff with him on Sunday. Maybe a look at one off my troubled SQL Servers over drinks :) See that would be a nice day!

As this is my first trip to the summit I don't really know what I'll (we) doing in the evenings. But I like to mingle so I will figure out something to do. Hopefully I find someone which wants to talk about SQL stuff over a couple of whiskeys - my two top choices. You too? Then we have a play date lined up.

From Monday it's all about the summit. My current plan looks like this:

Monday, October 10, 2011
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM	[AD-498-P] Fixing Queries With Advanced T-SQL Constructs	[RM:609-610]
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM	[DBA-399-P] No More Guessing! An Enlightened Approach to Performance Troubleshooting	[RM:4C1-2]
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM	[DBA-311-S] Bad plan! Sit!	[RM:6E]
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM	[DBA-406] Tips for handling large data volumes	[RM:4C1-2]
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM	[DBA-320] Why are we Waiting..	[RM:606-607]
Thursday, October 13, 2011
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM	[DBA-403] Advanced SQL Server 2008 Troubleshooting	[RM:6E]
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM	[DBA-307] 100% Availability without 100% Uptime	[RM:2AB]
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM	[DBA-319-C] All the Magic Knobs	[RM:2AB]
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM	[DBA-317] Discovering the Plan Cache	[RM:602-604]
Friday, October 14, 2011
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM	[DBA-305] Inside the SQL Server Transaction Log	[RM:602-604]
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM	[AD-305] Rewrite Your T-SQL for Great Good!	[RM:615-617]
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM	[DBA-207] Baseline Basics: Where to Start, What You Need	[RM:4C1-2]
4:15 PM - 5:45 PM	[AD-308-S] T-SQL Awesomeness - 3 Ways to Write Cool SQL	[RM:6E]

This is my priority right at this moment anyway.

And on Saturday we go back :( at lunch time. I guess the plan on moving Europe during that week because the flight back to Denmark takes almost 24 hours - we are not home before Sunday afternoon :) Well I might have to learn something about time zones.