2011 Conference Programme at a Glance

The European SharePoint Conference took place last October in Berlin. Use the tabs on the left to navigate the conference programme - see who spoke, what tutorials were held and learn about other initiatives such as Office Now and Ask the Expert.

The agenda of the 2011 SharePoint conference covered a rich selection of SharePoint related topics such as collaboration, document - content and/or knowledge management, search, Business Intelligence, composite applications and web-development. On top of that, there was a good selection of sessions covering today's popular areas of Social Networking and Cloud computing. The programme tracks were aimed at Business and Decision Makers, IT Professionals and Developers.

Monday Tutorials
All tutorials are full day from 9am - 17.00
A. Building High-End, Highly Secure SharePoint 2010 Farm-Topologies
Presented by Oliver Basarke (HanseVision GmbH), Wojciech Micka, (WMIT-Consulting) Germany
B. Building SharePoint Solutions with Visual Studio 2010
Presented by Lieven Iliano, U2U, Belgium
C. Microsoft Business Intelligence
Rafal Lukawiecki, Project Botticelli Ltd, Ireland
Tuesday Conference
8:45Opening Remarks
9:00SharePoint 2010 – THE Platform for Business Collaboration, Internet Sites and More
Bjørn Olstad, Microsoft, Norway
10:00
T1
ITDM
PowerPivot Advanced Data Modeling
Alberto Ferrari, SQLBI, ITALY
T2
ITDM
Measuring Social Learning in SharePoint with Assessments
John Kleeman, Questionmark, UK
T3
ITPRO
SharePoint 2010 Upgrade Best Practices
Joel Oleson, USA, Collaboration Solutions Director, USA
T4
DEV
A Developer’s mind-shift from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010
Johan Olivier, Relate Technologies, South Africa
T5
GEN
Sponsor Session
10:45Morning Break - Visit the Expo
11:15
T6
ITDM
Drive Adoption and Get Users Excited about SharePoint 2010
Matt Berg, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft
T7
ITDM
Visio Services & SharePoint - What you Need to Know
Ian White, Microsoft, UK
T8
ITPRO
Office 365 for IT Professionals
Jan Tielens, Microsoft, Belgium
T9
DEV
Integrating Office 365 and Windows Azure
Wictor Wilén, MCM, MVP-SharePoint 2010, Connecta, Sweden
T10
GEN
Sponsor Session
12:15
T11
ITDM
What to Avoid to Ensure Workflow Projects Succeed
Mike Fitzmaurice, Nintex, USA
T12
ITDM
Achieve SharePoint Success: Selling Your Solution to the Users
Edin Kapic, Pasiona Consulting, Spain
T13
ITPRO
Architecting Rich Media Solutions in SharePoint 2010
Donald Hessing, VX Company IT Services BV, The Netherlands
T14
ITDM
Attractive Business Intelligence: Dashboards, Pivots, Scorecards, KPIs, and Reports
Rafal Lukawiecki, Project Botticelli Ltd, Ireland
T15
GEN
Leveraging SharePoint as a Mission Critical Business Application
Lubor Ptacek, Vice President of Strategic Marketing, OpenText, Cananda
13:00Lunch - Visit the Expo
14:00
T16
ITDM
Accelerating SAP Transactions with SharePoint and InfoPath
Kristian Kalsing, Winshuttle, USA
T17
ITDM
Office 365: Delivering the Power of Cloud Productivity
Mirjam van Olst, Avanade, The Netherlands
T18
ITPRO
Best Practices for SharePoint 2010 Search
Agnes Molnar, BA Insight, Hungary
T19
DEV
Diving Into the SharePoint 2010 Fluent User Interface
Christian Glessner, (MVP), Experts Inside, Germany
T20
GEN
Successful Migration to SharePoint 2010 – Planning Considerations and Migration Strategies
Sarju Raja, Vice President EMEA, AvePoint, UK
15:00
T21
ITDM
Cutting Costs Using SharePoint 2010
Alan Richards MVP, UK
T22
ITDM
Empowering Excellence in Business-Processes
Andreas Berthold-van der Molen, Microsoft, EMEA, Gremany
T23
ITPRO
SharePoint Templates
Peter Viellefont, Sharepointdesigners, Belgium
T24
DEV
Give the SharePoint Designer a Chance!
Jan Tielens, Microsoft, Belgium
T25
GEN
Ask the Experts ITPRO (Session 1)
15:45Afternoon Break - Visit the Expo
16:15
T26
ITDM
How Does Knowledge Get in YOUR Enterprise?
Thomas Tuttenuj, RTS gutura GmbH, Germany
T27
ITDM
SharePoint’s Social Computing Scorecard
Christian Buckley, Axceler, USA
T28
ITPRO
SharePoint Branding - From Start to Finish
Matthew Hughes, Combined Knowledge, UK
T29
DEV
Knowledge Management – Using Social Features of SharePoint 2010
Donald Hessing, VX Company IT Services BV, The Netherlands
T30
GEN
Ask the Experts ITPRO (Session 2)
17:15Keynote 2: Planning & Deploying Enterprise 2.0 Social Media Strategy with SharePoint 2010
Joel Oleson, USA, Collaboration Solutions Director
18:00Conference Day 1 Finishes
Wednesday Conference
9:00Keynote 3: Successful Deployment: Lessons Learned From the Field
Mirjam van Olst, Avanade, The Netherlands & Spencer Harbar, Enterprise Architect, UK
10:00
W1
ITPRO
Project 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Better Together
Ian White, Microsoft, UK & Burger Swart, Switzerland
W2
ITPRO
11 Strategic Considerations for SharePoint Migration
Christian Buckley, Axceler, USA
W3
DEV
Office 365 for Developers
Jan Tielens, Microsoft, Belgium
W4
ITDM
Interoperability with "Duet for SharePoint and SAP"
Andreas Radix, Principal Consultant, Alegri International Group, Germany
W5
GEN
Proven Practices for Utilizing the Cloud in SharePoint Deployments
Ernst Hutsteiner, AvePoint, Germany
10:45Morning Break - Visit the Expo
11:15
W6
ITPRO
SharePoint 2010 and Virtualisation
Alan Richards, UK
W7
ITPRO
Recruit, Engage and Retain Employees Using Social Computing in the Enterprise
Thomas Krofta, Avanade, Germany
W8
DEV
Playing in the Sandbox
Wictor Wilen, Microsoft Certified Master – SharePoint 2010, Connecta, Sweden
W9
ITDM
Best Practices for Organizing Documents in SharePoint 2010
Agnes Molnar, BA Insight, Hungary
W10
GEN
SharePoint Shootout: "Workflow on SharePoint"
12:15
W11
ITPRO
Business Intelligence Scenarios - The Technology Serving the Customer’s Goals
Rogerio Panigassi, Microsoft, USA
W12
ITPRO
SharePoint Workspace 2010 - The Offline Client for SharePoint Server 2010
Hans Brender, sqtm PSC GmbH, Germany
W13
DEV
Using SharePoint Search to Develop Custom Solutions
Mirjam van Olst, Avanade, The Netherlands
W14
ITDM
SharePoint 2010 and Microsoft SQL Server PowerPivot: Best Practices
Michael Herman, Syntergy Inc., Canada
W15
GEN
Continued... SharePoint Shootout: "Workflow on SharePoint"
13:00Lunch - Visit the Expo
14:00
W16
ITPRO
Automating Business Processes with SharePoint Composite Applications
Keenan Newton, Microsoft, USA
W17
ITPRO
Designing Governance: How Information Management and Security Must Drive Your Architecture
Dan Holme, AvePoint, USA
W18
DEV
Using BCS to Integrate Azure Services with SharePoint 2010
Andre Vala & Raul Ribeiro Create IT, Portugal
W19
ITDM
SharePoint Adoption: Bridging the Gulf
Bob Kreha, BrightStreet Group, USA
W20
GEN
Sponsor Session
15:00
W21
ITPRO
Optimize, Store and Protect SharePoint 2010 Server…Best Practices
James Baldwin, EMC Corporation, Ireland
W22
ITPRO
SharePoint Lifecycle Management with Project Server 2010
Ian White, Microsoft, UK
W23
DEV
SharePoint for the Internet - Automate Your Deployment
Samuel Zuercher (MVP), Experts Inside, Switzerland
W24
ITDM
Automated Tagging / Metadata Management with SharePoint 2010
Thomas Herbst, Business Software Solutions GmbH, Germany
W25
GEN
Ask the Experts ITDM
15:45Afternoon Break - Visit the Expo
16:15
W26
ITPRO
Federated Authentication in SharePoint 2010
Andre Vala & Raul Ribeiro, Create IT, Portugal
W27
ITPRO
SQL Server and SharePoint - Best Practices
Steffen Krause, Microsoft, Germany
W28
DEV
Developing a SharePoint 2010 Service Application
Paolo Pialorsi, DevLeap, Italy
W29
ITDM
SharePoint 2010: the Complete Data Storage Solution?
Matthew Taylor, Alltec Business Intelligence Limited, UK
W30
Gen
Ask the Experts ITDM (Continued)
17:15Keynote 4: BI in the Cloud: Opportunities, Paths, and the Future
Rafal Lukawiecki, Project Botticelli Ltd, Ireland
18:00Conference Day 2 Finishes
Thursday Conference
9:00“Will Public Offerings or Private Cloud Solutions Influence the Adoption of SharePoint
10:00
Th1
DEV
How to Build a Great Website with SharePoint in 60 Minutes
Davide Colombo, Microsoft & Barbara Falchi, Greenteam, Italy
Th2
DEV
Building User Forms for SharePoint 2010
Andrew Murphy and Lewis Garmston, K2, UK
Th3
ITPRO
The Truth Behind SharePoint Recovery and Availability: Meeting your SLA'S
Dan Holme, AvePoint, USA
Th4
ITDM
Duet Enterprise – The Bridge between Desktop and SAP Applications
Martin Sudbrock, Microsoft, Germany & Boris Ovcak, Manager, Campana & Schott
Th5
GEN
To Be updated
10:45Morning Break - Visit the Expo
11:15
Th6
DEV
Developing against Managed Meta Data - Blackbelt
Donald Hessing & Bart-Jan Hoeijmakers, VX Company IT Services BV, The Netherlands
Th7
DEV
Business Connectivity Services for Developers
Paolo Pialorsi, DevLeap, Italy
Th8
ITPRO
Building on The Sharepoint Search
Simon Bain, Simplexo Ltd., UK
Th9
ITDM
Automated Approvals in SharePoint 2010 with Digital Signatures
Raanan Dahari, ARX Inc, USA
Th10
GEN
Ask the Experts DEV
12:15
Th11
DEV
State Machine Workflow: Esoteric Techniques & Patterns Everyone Should Buy
Mike Fitzmaurice, Nintex, USA
Th12
DEV
Mobile Applications for SharePoint using HTML5
Christian Heindel, Communardo Software GmbH, Germany
Th13
ITPRO
Notes 2 SharePoint: Migrate your Notes Applications to SharePoint
Volker Pingen, Quest Software, Germany
Th14
ITDM
Enabling SharePoint for the Enterprise in the Real World
Steve Marsh, Metalogix, UK
Th15
GEN
Ask the Experts DEV (Continued)
13:00Lunch - Visit the Expo
14:00
Th16
DEV
TechNet Business Intelligence Scenarios - Under the Hood
Markus Raatz, Senior Architect, ixto GmbH, Germany
Th17
DEV
Advanced SharePoint Solution Architecture & Development
Radi Atanassov, OneBit Consulting, Bulgaria
Th18
ITPRO
Building Solutions with SharePoint Designer 2010
Michael Greth, SharePointCommunity, Germany
Th19
ITDM
Why Are We Still Talking About SharePoint Governance?
Anders Skjonaa, SharePointPeople, Denmark
Th20
GEN
SharePoint Shootout: “Administration for SharePoint"
15:00
Th21
ITDM
Mobile SharePoint Solutions – SharePoint Gets Mobile
Thorsten Firzlaff, Unique-Conceptions, Germany
Th22
DEV
SharePoint 2010 Workflow Development with Visual Studio 2010
Paolo Pialorsi, DevLeap, Italy
Th23
ITPRO
SharePoint Workflow Best Practices
Keenan Newton, Microsoft, USA
Th24
ITDM
Knowledge Management with SharePoint and Fast Search
Bernd Schoepplein, Alegri International Group, Germany
Th25
GEN
SharePoint Shootout: “Administration for SharePoint"
15:45Afternoon Break
16:15
Th26
DEV
Building High Quality Solutions with Design Patterns & Application Foundations for SharePoint 2010
Christoffer von Sabsay, Sogeti, Sweden
Th27
DEV
Mega Mergers – Integrating SharePoint and Azure
Christian Glessner, (MVP), Experts Inside, Germany
Th28
ITPRO
SharePoint + Azure = Better Together
Andre Vala, Create IT, Portugal
Th29
ITDM
Search as a Strategic Platform in your Enterprise
Frank Robin Danielsen, Senior Search Architect, Microsoft, Norway
Th30
GEN
To be updated
17:15Conference Closing Session
17:30Conference Ends

Exhibitors:

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European SharePoint Conference is much more than an annual event - it is a dynamic community of Microsoft SharePoint business decision makers, IT professionals, developers and end users.

European SharePoint Conference delivers content and connections to the European SharePoint Community. The group regularly shares best practices, new innovations and advice on how to achieve a greater return on your Microsoft SharePoint investment.

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