Many of you requested access to the event slide decks for later review.  The decks are organized by speaker below and we will be adding them as our speakers return home and get them out to us.

Alex Lewis

• Can Lync 2013 Be Your Next PBX?

CA Callahan

• What’s new in SharePoint Foundation 2013
• Migrating to SharePoint 2013 – Migration

Darren Mar-Elia

• 10 Tips for Success with Private Cloud

Jeffery Hicks

• All of Jeffery’s Sessions can be found here: http://bit.ly/15k4yXj

Jeremy Anderson

• The Essentials of Essentials

Kevin Remde

• All Kevin’s Sessions (Hyper-V, Windows 8 Deployment, Azure and IaaS) can be found here: http://aka.ms/TechDaysSF

Mark Minasi

• Storage Gets SANer
• Manage Server 2012 Like An Evil Overlord
• Dynamic Access Control

Nick Hawkins

• Designing Hyper-V in the Real World (Parts 1 & 2)

Richard Campbell

• The Essence of DevOps

Richard Hicks

• Next Generation Remote Access with Windows Server 2012 DirectAccess

Sam Bowne

• IPv6 Security

Stephen Ferrero

• Targeted attacks and the SMB

Steve Evans

• Designing Hyper-V in the Real World (Parts 1 & 2)

Aleksandar Nikolic

Laura Hunter

Christa Anderson

Jessica DeVita

Glenn Block

Xantrion is Our Platinum Level Sponsor for TechDays

learn IT today, use IT tomorrow

Do you ask yourself if your job skill sets are current? Do you wonder what changes are happening in the industry that you must know? Are you nervous about starting to learn something out of your core skills but need a bit of help to get started? This is WHY we put together TechDays and WHY you should register.

Every day brings us closer to the second annual TechDays SF on May 2nd and 3rd, 2013. We’ve nearly finalized all our sessions and speakers, so be sure check them out. You don’t want to miss these two incredible days of learning from some of the best presenters available. We are able to attract top speakers from events like Microsoft TechEd, TechMentor, WinConnections and other leading industry conferences all specifically geared toward the IT Professional. Best of all, we are able to do this at a fraction of the cost of those events so don’t miss out.

Due to room capacity issues the conference will be limited to a maximum of 200 attendees with registration being first come first served. There is no early bird special, the price is already hard to beat for an equivalent lineup. We have also added the event to Lanyrd so please help us generate some noise about the conference and if you are attending let people know via twitter (hashtag is #techdays), LinkedIn and Facebook – thanks!

The list of session abstracts can be found here, and the current schedule is also being maintained on our mobile app via EventBoard so download it to get the most up to date session schedules, speaker bios and sponsor information.

If you have questions or comments please email us at techdays@pacitpros.org

If you are interested in sponsoring our event please see our sponsor page.

REGISTER HERE

Remember, the event will be at Microsoft’s San Francisco Offices:

Microsoft Office
835 Market Street, Suite 700
San Francisco, CA 94103

Final Agenda: For session details, see our track/session descriptions.

You can download a PDF of the Program (TechDays SF 2013 Program) to have on your mobile device or laptop but remember that we have everything up on Eventboard and the application is available for every major mobile handset OS (yes, even Windows Phone 8!) so make sure to download and use that as it also allows you to fill out the survey questions per session.

We look forward to seeing you May 2nd and 3rd, 2013 in San Francisco, CA!!!

Attend sessions from multiple tracks to customize your experience and learn from a variety of industry experts.

Registration is limited to 200 attendees.

Pacific IT Professionals (Pac IT Pros) is one of the largest non-profit professional associations in the region geared towards IT Directors, IT System Managers, Network Managers, IT Pros and DevOps, with over 2,500 current members.

TechDays is an excellent opportunity for you to reach a large number of IT Professionals as well as to interact with your customers or potential new customers. Last year the event attracted over 100 attendees and we expect to increase that number this year. As a non-profit organization, the success of our event is largely due to our existing user group membership and our sponsors and we would love to have your participation! This year’s event information is detailed at http://www.techdays.org/ and our speaker line up for 2013 is really impressive http://techdays.org/speakers/speakerstechdays-sf-speakers-2013/

We have designed a number of sponsorship levels and we hope one will suit your needs. Please let me know at what level you would like to participate, or whether there is someone else within your organization we should contact directly. Confirmation of sponsorship levels are handled on a first come first served basis for those committed to pay and participate and we will not be expanding the quantity so once we have fulfilled our number no other sponsorship slots will be available.

We look forward to hearing from you. Please let us know if you have any questions. If you would like to sponsor please contact Jennelle Crothers via email at jennelle@pacitpros.org

Thank you!

Ed Horley
Co-chair, TechDays Conference – Pacific IT Professionals
ed@pacitpros.org

Jennelle Crothers,
Co-chair, TechDays Conference – Pacific IT Professionals
jennelle@pacitpros.org

Sponsorship Details:

This year we are offering three sponsorship levels, please see the details below for the benefits of each level:

Platinum Level – $5,000 (only 1 platinum sponsorship available) – Xantrion is our Platinum Sponsor – thank you!

• Includes a Dedicated Platinum sponsor email to our membership of IT Professionals
• Premium 75 minute speaking slot at the conference  (a technical presentation by a qualified presenter is a requirement – no exceptions)
• Speaking timeslot in one of the larger conference rooms
• Speaking timeslot in a coveted morning session
• Speaking timeslot is NOT up against a major top industry speaker
• Anchoring logo on the website
• Logo included in conference related email
• Logo on all event related materials
• Product or company brochure included in attendee registration packet (optional)
• 6 event passes to attend the event (to be used as the sponsor sees fit – i.e. for business development staff, to give out to customers, or other appropriate uses)

Gold Level – $3,000 (three gold sponsorships available)

• A potential speaking slot in the conference – depending on abstract and qualification of potential presenter, also the speaker selection panel reserves the right to refuse any presentation that does not meet standards or if the potential presenter is not qualified
• Logo on our website
• Logo included in conference related email
• Logo on all event related materials
• Product or company brochure included in attendee registration packet (optional)
• 2 conference passes to attend the event (to be used as the sponsor sees fit– i.e. for business development staff, to give out to customers, or other appropriate uses)

Silver Level – $1,000 (four silver sponsorships available)

• Logo on website (limited placement to sponsorship page or sponsorship area)
• Logo on all materials related to the event (limited placement)
• Product or company brochure included in attendee registration packet (optional)
• 1 conference pass to attend the event (to be used as the sponsor sees fit – i.e. for business development staff, to give out to customers, or other appropriate uses)

FAQ:

How many people attended the TechDays event last year?
105 attendees, includes speakers, volunteers and paid attendees for the event

Who are the presenters for TechDays, are they of high enough quality to draw the right audience?
Last year’s speakers can be found at: http://techdays.org/speakers/speakerstechdays-sf-speakers-2012/ and the current approved speaker list can be found at: http://techdays.org/speakers/speakerstechdays-sf-speakers-2013/

The majority of our speakers have presented at Microsoft TechEd, TechMentor, Windows Connections and other major IT conferences around North America and the world. Many are Microsoft MVP’s, authors, and technical bloggers and are active presenting at many IT conferences or user groups throughout the US and beyond.

How will my company reach potential attendees?
We do not share our mailing list directly with sponsors.  Depending on the sponsorship level there will either be 4 or 5 emails that go out to our entire mailing list with updates about the event. References to our sponsors will be included as appropriate in each email and depending on the level of sponsorship specific content will be sent out on the sponsor’s behalf. We encourage sponsors to send out information about the event to their clients directly too as we feel our conference is an incredible value for the price.

Are there booths or tables available as part of the sponsorship?
Our event is a regional IT Professional event and is in a smaller venue so booths and tables are not an option. We encourage face to face engagement with our attendees in the common areas between sessions. If you have materials for attendees, we can include those as part of the attendee registration packet.

Once we determine our sponsorship level, what do I do next?
Contact Jennelle Crothers via email at jennelle@pacitpros.org. Payment can be made via check, credit card or PayPal.