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GR8 Philadelphia SharePoint Conference 2013
GR8 TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCES (pronounced G R 8), Microsoft and Microsoft’s most knowledgeable and experienced local and national service providers invite you to attend the GR8 Pittsburgh SharePoint Conference. GR8 SharePoint conferences are designed and delivered to meet the specific needs of your entire staff: Executives, Project Managers, IT Professionals and Developers.
SharePoint Conference Partner Selection
GR8 identifies the most relevant IT / business topics and then selects the most knowledgeable and experienced local, national and global Microsoft Partners to educate you and your staff on this topic.
GR8 SharePoint Conferences are unique from the perspective that the majority of the speakers are proven consultants that have real-world experiences working with many SharePoint solutions. Each partner has been carefully chosen because of their vast experience and success at assisting customers achieve their business goals through the planning, design, deployment and management of the topic they are presenting.
Conference Tracks
Executive Track
Enterprise Search, Business Scorecard, Collaboration & Social Communities
If you reduced a company to just three core components, they would be: People, Processes and Projects. Executives will have the opportunity to learn from notable subject matter experts on People, Processes and Projects. Discover how SharePoint can accelerate a social and business transformation by improving business insight, collaboration, and business processes across the entire organization.
Project Manager / Executive Track
Delivering Information Anywhere, Anytime, on Any Device… within Budget.
Microsoft SharePoint’s distributed architecture and propensity for organic grass-roots growth has contributed to its ease of adoption and popularity with business users. Without proper planning and governance an organization could face unexpected challenges. This track will provide guidance for setting policies, roles, responsibilities, and processes that guide, direct, and control how an organization's business divisions and IT teams cooperate to achieve business goals.
IT Professional Track
Designing, Managing, and Securing SharePoint
ITP sessions are primarily targeted at system administrators who design, deploy, and support SharePoint. Many developers may also share these responsibilities and will learn from these sessions. Experienced consultants will provide guidance on the best tools, and methods for creating, managing and securing an enterprise SharePoint infrastructure. The entire track will be delivered by Microsoft’s most proven and real-world experienced enterprise SharePoint system integration partners. We want to make it clear, that these sessions are not being delivered by a presales representative from a third party product.
Developer Track
Extending SharePoint’s Capabilities
SharePoint 2010 provides the business collaboration platform for developers to rapidly build solutions using familiar tools. There is a host of SharePoint Tools introduced into Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 that will simplify and enhance the capabilities for developers to build solutions on SharePoint.
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Event Agenda At-a-Glance
8:00 - 9:00AM
Registration and
Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00AM
Keynote
10:15-12:00PM
Sessions
12:00-1:00PM
Lunch
1:00-4:15PM
Sessions
4:15-4:30PM
Closing Comments - Door Prizes
Conference Details and Venue
Location:
Pittsburgh Marriot North
100 Cranberry Woods Drive
Cranberry Township, PA 16066
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"GR8 Conference"
GR8 SharePoint Conferences
GR8 Washington, DC SharePoint Conference
When: Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Where: Bethesda Hyatt Regency
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GR8 Philly SharePoint Conference
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Valley Forge Casino Resort
Registration: $199
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Testimonials
"I liked the conference for being just one day, convenient, and for having so many services companies. In addition, I really appreciated the variety of topics, and knowledgeable presenters. Also, the information presented was better than I expected and I don't mean that in a bad way. Most conferences have a lot of private consultants, trainers or pitches from software vendors and I liked the real world experience…especially in the executive track. It was well worth spending a day at this conference.”(VP, IT – Enterprise)
"I liked the content and the location was great." (Director of Technical Operations - Enterprise)
"I liked how the conference focused on a single technology" (Director of Information Systems - Enterprise)
"There was good variety and the presenters were excellent." (CIO - Mid-Market)
"I enjoyed the good variety of tracks." (Director of IT Portfolio Management – Mid-Market)
"There was great information packed into a short amount of time. I thought the conference was worth the money for registration.” (Director of Corporate Applications – Enterprise)
"I enjoyed the various breakout sessions and the vendors." (CIO – Small Business)
"I liked the great topics and good presenters" (SVP, Director of IT - Small Business)
"I liked the track diversity and the Top 10 & Best Practices session" (Collaborative Director – Enterprise)
"It was great to have so many knowledgeable individuals come together for this conference, and the location was great.” (VP, Financial Risk Officer- Upper Mid-Market)
"I liked the session variety because I could choose between different tracks throughout the course of the day" (VP / Controller – Mid-Market)
“As a business user, the conference gave me the ability to communicate my needs to IT” (Senior Director of Marketing – Small Business)
“The speakers were very engaging and the session content was great!” (SVP, Product Manager - Small Business)
“The topics were excellent and I found the content very informative and useful. I also valued the cross functionality and exposure to local resources. This was a great networking opportunity; I made some new connections.” (SharePoint Content Administrator – Enterprise)
“The sessions were very informative and the presenters were very helpful. Overall, the conference had a very friendly vibe to it and the location was great!” (System Administror - Enterprise)
“The track schedule was perfect and there was sufficient time between sessions to talk to the partners.” (Senior IT Service Manager – Enterprise)
“The GR8 Technology Conference was very informative, which gave it great value for the cost.” (IT Specialist – Enterprise)
“I liked the great venue location and quality presentations. Thanks for holding this conference locally! We don’t have the budget to cover travel expenses.” (Senior Staff System Engineer - Enterprise)
“I liked the information and conference design. Overall, I enjoyed the experience and I thought it was nicely organized and planned.” (SharePoint Administrator – Enterprise)
“The content and format of the executive and developer tracks were both fantastic. The conference layout worked well too.” (SharePoint Administrator – Enterprise)
“The conference was very informative and there were plenty of helpful examples to go along with the training.” (Systems Technician - Enterprise)
“The topics were great and it was nice to have the venue be so local.” (Web Administrator – Enterprise)
“There was a wide range of offerings for the day and the presenters were excellent!” (IT Solutions Architect – Enterprise)
“The conference kept to a well-planned agenda and I noticed how organized it was. I also thought there were good topics in SharePoint.” (Senior Server Administrator – Mid-Market)
“I liked the broad range of content, especially the ITS new to SharePoint.” (Senior Support Specialist - Mid-Market)
“Everything ran on time and the sessions were a great length. I would come again.” (Information Systems Administrator – Mid Market)
“I did not know that Microsoft has such a comprehensive Business Intelligent Stack.” (Senior Architect – Small Business)
“The information was extremely helpful and nicely presented.” (Head of Analytics - Small Business)
"I did not know very much about SharePoint before this conference, but now I do." (IT Manager -Small Business)
“The venue was a nice size and I liked how the conference packed a variety of topics into one day.” (Project Manager/Business Analyst – Enterprise)
“I was a fan of the session-based structure, nice facilities, and professional presentations.” (Project Manager – Enterprise)
“I enjoyed learning from such knowledgeable industry experts, and I liked the variety of topics presented.” (Senior Manager of IS Architecture – Enterprise)
“I liked that I could evaluate partners based on the quality of presentations.” (Manager of End-User Training – Enterprise)
“There was a lot of really great project manager information!” (Operations Specialist – Enterprise)
“Overall, the conference was a great value. I got a lot from the variety of partners that presented.” (Senior Engineering Manager – Enterprise)
“The venue location was great and I appreciated listening to the enthusiastic, knowledgeable speakers.” (Database Administration Manager – Enterprise)
“The conference ran very smoothly and the session content was informative.” (Senior IT Manager - Enterprise)
“I liked how well ran and informative the conference was.” (Senior IT Manager - Enterprise)
“The tracks were really well organized.” (Senior IT Manager – Enterprise)
“I liked the targeted overviews.” (Web Services Manager – Enterprise)
“The conference was nicely organized and catered.” (Application Manager - Upper Mid-Market)
“My track covered a variety of SharePoint topics, but I thought they they were all very relevant to my needs.” (Project Manager - Mid-Market)
“The meetings were not overly crowded – good space and great value for the money.” (Constituent Services Manger)
“There was a ton of great information and so many sessions to pick from.” (PC Manager - Mid-Market)
“I came here with no knowledge of SharePoint, so I was impressed with how informative the sessions were.” (Administrative Assistant – Small Business)
“I thought the Keynote speaker was excellent. I like the concept of GR8 Technology Conferences. I hope it does well and you host many more Microsoft Conferences in our city. Good Job!” (Lead Developer – Enterprise)
“I thought the Development track was exceptional.” (Senior Programmer/Analyst - Enterprise)
“The conference was closer to home than many previous conferences, which allowed for developing closer contacts.” (Programmer – Enterprise)
“The speakers were well prepared and provided attendees with good content.” (Senior Software Engineer - Enterprise)
“There were excellent topics! I learned a lot, and the talks got me thinking about what I have yet to do.” (SharePoint Solutions Developer – Enterprise)
“The speakers were great for the most part. I especially enjoyed Top 10 Changes in SP2010 and SP2007 to 2010 Migration.” (Senior Programmer - Enterprise)
“The presenters were quite knowledgeable and truly industry experts.” (Software Engineer – Enterprise)
“I was very impressed by the vast range of topics that were covered in just one day.” (Web Application Analyst – Upper Mid-Market )
“Attendees would benefit by eliminating one session, making the other four longer and more in depth.” (Senior Software Developer - Mid-Market)
“The class size, location, and knowledgeable instructors were excellent. I thought the conference was great for administrators.” (Web Specialist – Mid-Market)
“There was a solid mix of speakers and the diversity of topics targeted all skill types.” (Internet Developer / Marketing Manager – Mid-Market)
“The facility was nice and the partners were both knowledgeable and helpful.” (Applications Analyst – Mid-Market)
“I thought the venue and variety of sessions across functions were both excellent.” (ApplicationDeveloper – Mid-Market)
“It brought out aspects of SharePoint that I, nor my company, have thought about using.” (Senior Systems Administrator – Small Business)
“I enjoyed the track options and I appreciated the freedom to move between them.” (Senior Training & Development Specialist – Mid-Market)
“The Better, Faster BI Decision session provided a ‘GR8’ overview of BI tools.” (Senior Software Developer – Small Business)
“The speakers were excellent and the conference was well organized.” (Database Developer – Small Business)
“There were several times that I wanted to attend two sessions at the same time and had to choose between them. There needs to be a way to access the presentation decks.” (VP, IT – Enterprise)
“I would make the conference to 2 days long to extend the depth/level of detail in each session.” (Director of IT Portfolio Management - Mid-Market)
“The sessions were excellent but I would have liked a few of them to be longer.” (SVP, Product Manager - Small Business)
“I would allow for longer breaks. The speakers were excellent, but it would have been great if we had more time between sessions to talk to the speakers.” (VP / Controller – Mid-Market)
“I would change very little. However, I would add $5 to registration and give thumb drives with vendor information and presentations.” (President - Small Business)
“I could not attend all the sessions, so please consider video taping sessions so I can learn the information I missed.” (SharePoint Content Administrator – Enterprise)
“Allot more time to speakers presenting advanced topics so they can go into more detail.” (IT Systems Administrator - Enterprise)
“Please offer the sessions that start at the same time multiple times throughout the day.” (IT Specialist – Enterprise)
“I would like to win the X-BOX!” (SharePoint Administrator – Enterprise)
“Good sessions, but I would make them longer to allow for more in-depth discussions.” (Computer Technical Support Specialist – Enterprise)
“Make the sessions longer, especially those that are 300 level.” (Senior Server Administrator – Mid-Market)
“There were tons of people who wanted to talk with the partners. Consider putting the partners in the middle of the room for easier access.” (IT Pro - Mid-Market)
“Please provide attendees with bigger plates. The food was excellent.” (Head of Analytics - Small Business)
“Add more demos in the Project Manager track. It’s always great to see SharePoint Server in action as often as possible.” – Operations Specialist - Enterprise
“Perhaps add a track for project managers / executives without significant IT background.” – Project Manager – Enterprise
“I would add more real world demonstrations.” – Senior Engineering Manager – Enterprise
“There was not a real beginners track – too technical at times but overall good information.” – Constituent Services Manager – Mid-Market
“I would like to see a track for people that are new to SharePoint because some sessions assumed you were already using it.” (Marketing Board-Mid-Market)
“I would have preferred if each speaker had an hour to talk instead of 45 minutes.” (SharePoint Solutions Developer – Enterprise)
“Have a thumb drive with sample code / slides / links and provide everyone with one.” (Senior Software Developer - Enterprise)
“The sessions were excellent; a video of each session would be great.” (Senior Software Engineer - Enterprise)
“There should be more time schedule between talks for overflow.” (PC Manager - Mid-Market)
“I would make the conference one day longer.” (Web Specialist – Mid-Market)
“I would provide attendees with handouts for the presentations so that they can take notes.” (Applications Analyst – Mid-Market)
“I would provide attendees with more down time to spend with vendors.” (Developer - Small Business)
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GR8 Pittsburgh Keynote Speaker
David Mann
GR8 Technology Conferences is proud to announce that David Mann will be the keynote speaker for the 2nd annual GR8 Pittsburgh SharePoint Conference. Dave is uniquely qualified as he is a trainer, software architect, developer, author and a SharePoint MVP since 2007. Dave’s selection was based on his longstanding leadership, passion, knowledge and devotion for SharePoint, Microsoft solutions and the U.S. SharePoint community. Dave is the cofounder and Director at Aptillon as well as the founder and President of the Tri-State SharePoint User Group (Philadelphia), which is one of the largest and most respected SharePoint user groups. As a speaker, David has a unique ability to make complex IT topics easy to understand and fun for all audiences: business users, executives, IT professionals and developers.
AnyTime, Anywhere with Anyone
Technology Conferences is proud to announce that Mike Gannotti, Business Productivity Technical Architect at the Philadelphia Microsoft Technology Center, will be the lunchtime keynote speaker. Mike exemplifies the theme of the conference as he is frequently mobile and terminally social. Mike is one of the most respected Microsoft SharePoint Consultants in the U.S. and he is one of the Top 10 most followed Microsoft employees. Mike will explain how companies and their partners, customers and vendors can work together with multiple devices by utilizing the modern collaborative capabilities of the Microsoft Business Productivity platform and Office 365.
SharePoint 2013 provides corporations an incredible value by delivering an integrated platform for document storage, collaboration, business intelligence, business process automation, enterprise search, and mobile and social technologies. See the new and enhanced features in SharePoint 2013 and how they support your business goals.
This session focuses on Microsoft’s BI technologies and its abilities to make advanced easy to use, accessible, insightful, and actionable, all while helping clients increase organizational performance. We will show you how mobile devices access data while supporting business decision-making. We’ll show you why the combination of Microsoft Office 2013, SharePoint Server 2013 and SQL Server 2012 are an excellent solution for creating self-service dashboards, scorecards, KPIs, pivots, data exploration and discovery, collaborative report galleries, cloud data mashups, and even advanced analytics with data mining.
GR8 is proud to announce this session will be led by noted project management consultant Neall Alcott. Neall will provide you the most commonly requested dashboards, reports, workflows and processes and then provide you best practices for delivering these services and gaining adoption within your organization. SharePoint is now considered by many to be the de facto industry standard platform for collaboration and Neall will show you how enterprises can efficiently utilize SharePoint’s services for organizing, managing, finding and sharing project information. He will also share with executives, how enterprises can take advantage of the integrated capabilities of SharePoint and Project, to effectively manage work assignments across multiple projects, resolve over / under allocation of resources, and respond to changes in scope, resources, and constraints.
Companies today realize that it is imperative to connect with their customers, employees and partners through social technologies like SharePoint and Yammer. With the release of SharePoint 2013 and the acquisition of Yammer, Microsoft has made significant investments in Enterprise Social. During this session, terminally social and featured speaker, Mike Gannotti, will provide a fun and informative view of Microsoft’s social platform and how to leverage these technologies to create a more adaptable organization. Featured products include SharePoint 2013, Office 2013, Lync 2013, Office 365, Windows 8, Windows Phone and Yammer.
Automating Business Processes - Workflow and Forms
Workflow and forms automation are key value propositions for the SharePoint platform. Leveraging these capabilities to increase efficiency and reduce cost is a common goal, but many organizations experience false starts and unmet expectations when tackling these initiatives originally. Much of this has to do with the number of technology choices available and knowing which option to use when. Other challenges include project identification, resource management, user interface selection, system integration, and functional expectations. This session is a primer and guide for business leaders, process stakeholders, and project managers engaged or interested in process improvement and automation initiatives utilizing the SharePoint platform.
Planning a SharePoint Migration Part I & II
SharePoint 2013 and Office365 provide significant enhancements for business solutions. In order to leverage the new platform features and to successfully migrate/upgrade existing content and processes you need to give utmost importance to eConnectionSoft’s solution methodology: Focus on your vision, Plan your strategy and Execute the plan successfully.
In this two-part session you will be provided valuable guidance for minimizing risk, preparing successful plan, smooth execution and user adoption for your new SharePoint environment. A successful approach encompasses the cultural and technical aspects as well as identifying and applying the business priorities. During this session, eConnectionSoft will cover Challenges and Best Practices with Migration, Execution Road Map- People, Process and Technology, Migrating Content to SharePoint on-premise and Office365
Building a User Centric SharePoint Environment
What content do users need to perform their tasks? How can that content be optimally organized? There are many choices that can be made when designing SharePoint environments, so given multiple ways to organize information, what is the correct option? Design can be optimized through user scenarios and use cases. In this session, featured speaker Seth Earley, CEO, Earley & Associates, will discuss methods to design SharePoint applications that provide content in the context of user tasks based on audience analysis, use cases, content alignment and iterative testing and validation. We’ll walk through key information architecture approaches and research/validation/testing techniques (heuristics, affinity modeling, bulletin board focus groups, audience/task/content mapping) to help you ensure maximum usability of SharePoint 2010.
Create a More Adaptable Organization - Microsoft's Social Technologies
Companies today realize that it is imperative to connect with their customers, employees and partners through social technologies like SharePoint and Yammer. With the release of SharePoint 2013 and the acquisition of Yammer, Microsoft has made significant investments in Enterprise Social. During this session, terminally social and featured speaker, Mike Gannotti, will provide a fun and informative view of Microsoft’s social platform and how to leverage these technologies to create a more adaptable organization. Featured products include SharePoint 2013, Office 2013, Lync 2013, Office 365, Windows 8, Windows Phone and Yammer.
Microsoft SharePoint's distributed architecture and propensity for grass-roots growth make effective governance a daunting challenge. Without proper planning and governance, an organization could face unexpected challenges. eConnection will provide guidance for setting policies, roles, responsibilities, and processes that guide, direct, and control how an organization's business divisions and IT teams corporate to achieve business goals. Topics include Information Architecture Policy, Information Taxonomy (Content Types, Site Topology), Governance Plan (People, Process, Technology, Policies)
SharePoint 2013 - What's New for IT Professionals - Part I & II
In this session you will learn more about what's new for IT Professionals in SharePoint Server 2013 and how its features and capabilities can help simplify administration, protect communications and information, and empower users. SharePoint Server 2013 can help you achieve new levels of reliability and performance, delivering features and capabilities that simplify administration, protect communications and information, and empower users while meeting their demands for greater business mobility. New capabilities include SkyDrive Pro, Shredded Storage, Request Management Service (RMS), Delegated Administration and Distributed Caching plus many more.
During this session, you will be provided best practices for upgrading and migrating an existing SharePoint site to SharePoint 2013. We will provide you guidance for minimizing the risk, time and effort required to migrate, consolidate and restructure content for both on-premises and Office365. We will provide you tips for establishing a good governance plan and help you identify the right migration tool for your environment. We will also help you avoid some of the most common and costly mistakes.The session includes:1) Preparing to Upgrade: Examination of your current 2010 environment - The Checklist2) Test Upgrade: Performance Considerations for Hardware, Service Application Testing3) Implement the Upgrade: Content Databases, Web Applications, Services Upgrade, Commands.
Maintaining SharePoint Apps for IT Professionals
This session is created for SPS architects and IT Professionals. Applications are core to the SharePoint Server 2013 experience and the new App Model for SharePoint 2013 is a major shift in how SharePoint Apps are created and deployed. Learn how SharePoint Apps are easily developed, secured, deployed to a marketplace, monitored and retired. Learn everything you need to know in order to deploy and maintain SharePoint Apps, the Apps architecture, and App operations with SharePoint Server 2013.
SharePoint Workflow for IT Professionals
SharePoint 2013 has brought a whole new workflow engine to the SharePoint world. It promises scalability, functionality and performance that was just not possible in previous releases. However, these capabilities add complexity and additional responsibility for those who have to keep it running. This session will provide an overview of the new workflow architecture and then quickly move on to recommendations for managing, monitoring and troubleshooting workflows in SharePoint 2013. Along the way, we’ll examine tools like Fiddler and Performance Monitor to see how they can help us keep our workflow farm running in tip-top shape.
Developer's Guide to SharePoint - Part I & II
SharePoint 2013 is a versatile development platform for building apps and solutions with varying scopes that address a wide range of needs. This session will review the many options facing new and current SharePoint developers. We will cover the new app model versus traditional solutions and features, visual studio and SharePoint Designer tooling, claims-based authentication, data access with SOM/CSOM/REST, custom service applications, declarative workflows, client side rendering with javascript and JSON, search filters and display views, Access database applications, LightSwitch forms, SQL Reporting, social with activity feeds, managed navigation, and design manager branding.
SharePoint Branding and Design for Developers
The process of building, branding and delivering a well-designed web site requires both the knowledge of the software capabilities and solid understanding of the site goals. In this session, developers will learn best practices for planning, creating and deploying appealing on-premise or online SharePoint 2013 web sites. We will also share branding process best practices and lessons learned from real world SharePoint branding projects. Enhancements discussed include HTML5 / CSS3, Branding for Intranets, Extranets, Theme Gallery, Mobile Design and Design Manager.
JavaScript and SharePoint 2013: Livin’ in a Client-Side Paradise
This session will demonstrate how to get the most out of JavaScript in SharePoint 2013 while still maintaining professional development disciplines. Along the way we’ll discuss TypeScript, Knockout, JQuery, HTML5, and the new capabilities introduced in SharePoint 2013 that facilitate JavaScript development. Demonstrations will include both what is possible as well as how to ensure the safety, stability and performance of your SharePoint environment in this brave new world.
Cloud App Model in SharePoint 2013
SharePoint 2013 introduces the new Cloud App Model, which enables developers to create self-contained pieces of functionality that can extend the functions and capabilities of a SharePoint website. Cloud App Model has made it possible to build new dimensional apps that combine web technologies and cloud services. We will discuss why you want to build an app for SharePoint, what they actually are, and how they relate to your SharePoint website. After all this, we’ll finish up by building a simple app. We will even explore the SharePoint App Store, what it is and how to get started.
Despite the ever changing world of technology, there are certain standards that remain the same. The concept of a reliable infrastructure lends itself to facilitating the necessary “roads” for transporting voice, video, and data. Please join us as we discuss the importance of network diversity, cloud vs hosted technologies, load balancing, and the exponential growth of bandwidth utilization. Comcast has solutions for any and every business from a 2 person office to corporate centers hosting thousands of employees. Take a walk with us through these hot topics and learn how to employ them to create success within your organizations.
Project Online and Project Server 2013 provide significant enhancements for business process management, workflow authoring and managing work requests. This session will provide the powerful new project collaboration capabilities and the key scenarios and features that enable you to effectively plan, track and share your plans so everybody is on the same page and the project is delivered on time and within budget.
Access and Share from Anywhere with Office
A challenge faced by all organizations is seamless sharing of information. Email has long been the bastion of document sharing; helping to keep everyone up-to-date with process and project documentation. But in a world of mobile employees leveraginga variety of devices with the increased demands of security and being productive anywhere, many organizations find email as a document collaboration tool falls flat. Join us as we demonstrate how SharePoint 2013 can facilitate better document sharing and control through the use of the new Office, Office on Demand, and Office Web Apps.
One of the much improved features of SharePoint 2013 is the workflow engine. SharePoint 2013 now uses “Windows Azure Workflows” and it runs workflows as a separate service to SharePoint itself, making it easy to host workflows on-premise or externally (much the same way as the new “Apps” model works). Attend this session and learn how the new workflow engine can easily and quickly be built to support business needs that span from basic out-of-the-box document (OOTB) routing for approvals or signatures to complex business scenarios that involve policies, rules, escalations and exception handling. During this session, you will learn why these changes provide an innovative platform for managing team processes, or how it can be built to span the largest enterprises and process volumes.
Going Mobile Communcate and Collaborate While on the Go!
Microsoft has developed a very powerful, easy-to-use mobile platform that will allow you to communicate and collaborate with anyone, anytime, anywhere on any device. In this session, real world examples show how the mobility enhancements in SharePoint 2013 make it easier than ever before to provide robust, mobile-enabled views of SharePoint websites to any mobile device. During the demos in this session, multiple devices including phones, tablets and laptops will be used to show the website rendering specifically for each device. Whether on-premise or "in the cloud", Exchange, SharePoint, Lync and Office increase your smartphone and tablet users' productivity without compromise. Windows Phone, IOS and Android device integration also will be covered.
As organizations move to externally hosted solutions, developers will increasingly be called upon to make legacy applications compatible with cloud-based services. In this session, we will explore the various options available for creating SharePoint applications in the cloud, discuss the pros and cons of each approach, delve into the technical aspects of cloud development, and provide real-world guidance for creating an on-premise-to-cloud migration strategy.
In this session you will learn how end-users are enabled to create high-value, "no code", collaborative business apps that can be shared with others as an app for SharePoint in a web browser. You will see how Office 365 and SQL Azure services provide an efficient method to quickly deploy an Access app to the cloud. By using Microsoft SharePoint 2013 to host the front end of the app and Microsoft SQL Server 2012 as its data storage technology, Access 2013 significantly improves the manageability and scalability of Access applications. You will also learn how legacy Access applications can be brought forward to the web on SharePoint.
Enterprise search had a serious makeover in 2013. It combines the best of SharePoint 2010 Search and FAST. Search administration is now configurable at the site collection level with new result sources, query rules, and result types. Search centers now use JavaScript and JSON based web parts for refinement and results. Each result item displays based on rule syntax including the new document preview hover panels. Developers can access search results with SOM, CSOM, and REST. This talk will show you how to build effective search solutions that combine all the new features.
Developing SharePoint Applications Using JQuery and SharePoint 2013
In this session we’ll deep dive on how to use jQuery to build dynamic, search-drivenweb sites. We’ll show you how to create interactive experiences for your onlineusers and provide attendees with best practices for using JQuery with SharePoint.
The session will cover the following:
1) Basic understanding of JQuery
2) How to setup JQuery
3) Development you can do with JQuery in SharePoint
4) Controlling CSS with JQuery.
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David Mann
co-founder and Director of Aptillon
Presenting Session:
GR8 Pittsburgh Keynote
SharePoint Workflow for IT Professionals - IT Professional Session
JavaScript and SharePoint 2013: Livin’ in a Client-Side Paradise - Developer Session
David Mann is a co-founder and Director of Aptillon ( www.aptillon.com), a SharePoint-focused consulting company. He is also part time trainer for Critical Path Training, and has been a SharePoint MVP since 2007. As a developer, software architect, author and trainer he has focused on Microsoft’s Information Worker and Collaboration stack for over 15 years. Dave is the founder of the Tri-State SharePoint User Group, focused on topics covering SharePoint and the entire Office System. He is an author for multiple books, has written whitepapers for MSDN, and articles for magazines and online sites. He presents regularly at user groups and code camps, and has presented sessions at major conferences, including Microsoft’s SharePoint Conference, the Office Developer’s Conference, and the SharePoint Best Practices Conference.
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Mike Gannotti
SharePoint Productivity Technical Architect at Microsoft
Presenting Sessions:
Lunch Keynote - Anytime, Anywhere with Anyone
Create a More Adaptable Organization - Microsoft Social Technologies - Executive Session
Microsoft Social Technologies - General Session
Real SharePoint Apps, Real Fast - Access Services - General Session
GR8 Technology Conferences is proud to announce that Mike Gannotti will be the keynote speaker for the GR8 DC SharePoint Conference. Mike’s selection was based on his longstanding leadership, passion, knowledge and devotion for SharePoint, Microsoft solutions and the Mid-Atlantic IT community. Mike exemplifies the theme of the conference: Social, Mobile and Business Transformation. Mike is one of the most respected and popular Microsoft SharePoint Consultants in the US and he is one of the Top 10 most followed Microsoft employees. Mike was recognized as one of The Top 25 Most Influential SharePoint Thought Leaders in Social Business Today by Forbes Magazine.
In January 2012, Mike came back to the Mid-Atlantic as a SharePoint Productivity Technical Architect at the Philadelphia Microsoft Technology Center (MTC - Philly). As a speaker, Mike has a unique ability to make complex IT topics easy to understand and fun for all audiences: business users, executives, IT professionals and developers.
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Gary Kahn
VP, Earley & Associates, Inc
Presenting Session:
Building a User Centric SharePoint Environment - Project Manager / Manager Session
Gary is a management consultant and program manager with over 25 years of business and technology experience. He works with executives and senior managers to strategize, plan, initiate and realize programs for business process improvement through the effective use of information technology. Gary is a versatile solution designer and skilled at ensuring stakeholder consensus through enterprise analysis and facilitation.
Gary has held positions with major consulting companies, including PriceWaterhouseCoopers and IBM. As a research scientist at Carnegie Mellon University, Gary developed innovative designs for knowledge-based systems. He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago. He has taught classes on information-based marketing and e-commerce at the Boston University School of Management.
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Jeff Morris
Mobility Solution Specialist, Microsoft
Presenting Sessions:
Going Mobile: Communicate and Collaborate. While On the Go! - General Session
Jeff was one of the top rated speakers at the 2012 GR8 Philadelphia Exchange & Link Conference and he provides customers a “365 degree” view of Microsoft’s solutions from the perspective of a mobile client. Jeff is a Mobility Solution Specialist for Microsoft’s US Operator Channel, managing the Windows Phone business for the Mid-Atlantic States and Federal Districts. For the past eight years, he has helped private and public sector organizations assess, approve, and adopt Microsoft mobility solutions by providing consultative guidance around device management and security for wireless messaging and mobile line of business application scenarios.
A 15-year veteran at Microsoft, Jeff is also well versed in Microsoft’s comprehensive enterprise on-premise and cloud software product and services offerings and has held several technical roles including Database and Developer Tools Technology Specialist, Application Platform Solution Specialist, and Account Technology Specialist.
Jeff is an excellent singer and musician and he has performed with many of rock’s legends while attending fantasy band camps.
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Bill Wolff
SharePoint and .NET Solution Architect at Agility Systems
Presenting Sessions:
Developer’s Guide to SharePoint – Part I & II - Developer Sessions
SharePoint 2013 Search Architecture - Developer Session
GR8 Technology Conferences is proud to announce that Bill Wolff will be the keynote speaker for the 2nd annual GR8 Philly SharePoint Conference. Bill was an active contributor to the Sharepoint 2013 beta program and his most recent experiences includes developing SharePoint 2013 solutions for a large enterprise organization. Bill’s selection was based on his longstanding leadership, passion, knowledge and devotion for SharePoint, Microsoft solutions and the Philadelphia IT community.
Bill is the founder and President of the philly.NET user group, which is one of the largest and most respected Microsoft user groups. As a speaker, Bill has a unique ability to make complex IT topics easy to understand and exciting for all audiences: business users, executives, IT professionals and developers.
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Neall Alcott
Project Server and SharePoint Architect
Presenting Sessions:
Top 10 Reasons to Manage Projects on SharePoint - General Session
Building a Project Based Culture - Executive Session
GR8 is proud to announce that noted project management consultant and author, Neall Alcott will be a featured speaker at Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and New York GR8 SharePoint Conferences.
Neall Alcott has more than 20 years of experience designing, managing and implementing corporate IT projects. He is one of the most experienced consultants in the United States in Project Server and SharePoint and has led more than 100 custom installs in these technologies in the last 8 years. He also works directly with Microsoft as a V-TSP where he helps Microsoft and their customers understand SharePoint and Project Server and how it can help their organizations.
He was the project lead and author of a custom ISA Server training solution that was awarded the Microsoft U.S. Partner of the Year Award for Innovation in 2005. The training solution was delivered to the customer's employees and partners throughout North America. |
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Jonathon Wynn
Director of Innovation - 5th Method
Presenting Session: Copresenting with Mike Yearick
Executive Overview of SharePoint 2013 - Executive Session
Migrating to SharePoint 2013 - IT Professional Session
Jonathan Wynn is the Director of Innovation for 5th Method, a business and IT consulting firm focused on collaboration, content, and process driven solutions built on the Microsoft platform. Based out of Pittsburgh, PA, he has been intimately involved in SharePoint since V1, SharePoint 2001. Jonathan is an active member of the Pittsburgh SharePoint User Group and speaks regularly at SharePoint user groups. In addition to deploying SharePoint to the enterprise, Jonathan has been fortunate enough to work closely with the Microsoft SharePoint Product & Program Managers on the last three versions of SharePoint as an early adopter. Jonathan contributed to the Step by Step InfoPath 2010 & SharePoint 2010 MSPress book. |
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Mike Yearick
Sr. SharePoint Consultant
Presenting Sessions:
Executive Overview of SharePoint 2013 - Executive Session
Migrating to SharePoint 2013 - IT Professional
Mike has been designing and developing custom SharePoint solutions since beta stages of SharePoint 2007. He has experience working with both end users and developers to create innovative and useful business resolutions. Mike also has experience with data migrations and the transforming of legacy SharePoint, non .Net applications, and custom .Net solutions into the SharePoint framework.
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Brenton Jakiel
Applications Consultant at Plus Consulting
Presenting Session:
SharePoint Branding and Design for Developers - Developer Session |
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Max Morrow
SharePoint Developer, Plus Consulting
Presenting Session:
Developing SharePoint Applications Using JQuery - IT Pro & Developer
Max is programmer with a background in Visual Basic, ASP.NET, HTML & CSS, and C#, & Javascript. He has worked extensively with SharePoint 2010. Mas has a wide variety of experience in application development and has created many thick client applications as well as web based solutions. Many of the applications I have created integrate with SharePoint and Max is very familiar with the SharePoint REST/SOAP Services, Client side API, and the general SharePoint.
Specialties: ASP.NET Web Development (C#), CSS, jQuery, WPF, SharePoint Development
Custom SharePoint 2010 Branding
- Custom SharePoint 2010 Web Parts
- SharePoint 2010 Client Side Object Model
- REST / SOAP services
- Extensive use of jQuery / JavaScript
- WPF Application Development
> C# Backend
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Ron Douglass
Principal, 5th Method
Presenting Session:Copresenting with
Automating Business Processes – Workflow and Forms
Ron Douglass is a Principal with 5th Method, a business and IT consulting firm focused on collaboration, content, and process driven solutions built on the Microsoft platform. Based out of Atlanta, GA he specializes in business process improvement and automation, and has extensive experience helping customers realize the business value of their investment in technologies such as SharePoint and K2. Ron has helped optimize and automate processes across the enterprise, ranging from the common HR, purchasing and finance processes found in most companies, to the mission critical operational processes that make companies unique and drive competitive advantage. When not working with customers, Ron enjoys coaching his daughters soccer teams, golf and Braves baseball. |
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Manoj Kurup
Co-Founder, eConnectionSoft
Presenting Session:
Governance / Taxonomy Planning Roadmap - PM / Mgr - Session
Planning a SharePoint 2013 Migration / Upgrade Part I - PM / Mgr Session
Planning a SharePoint 2013 Migration / Upgrade Part II - PM / Mgr Session
Mr. Kurup is responsible for architecting, designing and successfully implementing SharePoint as a corporate platform to clients. Being in the technology industry for over 15 years, he has worked closely and integrally with a wide range of industries ranging from Big Pharma to small business, to help them envision, plan, build and deploy mission critical solutions.
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Gurpreet Maini
Co-Founder, eConnectionSoft
Presenting Session:
Governance / Taxonomy Planning Roadmap - PM / Mgr - Session
Planning a SharePoint 2013 Migration / Upgrade Part I - PM / Mgr Session
Planning a SharePoint 2013 Migration / Upgrade Part II - PM / Mgr Session
Mr. Maini is responsible for the conception, design, architecture and implementation of Microsoft technologies. Mr. Maini and his professional services organization are Microsoft-certified technologists with real-world experience with SharePoint Architectures, Migrations and Deployments, Enterprise Collaboration and Portal Strategies, Content Management, Search and Business Intelligence. |
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Eric Eichler
Chief Process Architect at 5th Method
Presenting Session:
Automating Business Processes – Workflow and Forms
Eric Eichler is the Chief Process Architect for 5th Method, a business and IT consulting firm focused on collaboration, content, and process driven solutions built on the Microsoft platform. Based out of Atlanta, GA, he has extensive experience helping customers design and builds business process automation solutions and has been implementing large scale enterprise applications focused on the Microsoft .NET platform for the past 14 years. As a K2 Insider, Eric has early visibility on upcoming features in the K2 stack. When not in the weeds, Eric enjoys extra-curricular activities with his children, golf, running, and wood working. |
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Denis Rudd
Training Manager, New Horizons
Presenting Sessions:
Access and Share from Anywhere with Office - General Session
Denis specializes in SharePoint Products and Technologies, Office migrations, graphics and web design, and a myriad of other applications, programming languages, and information technologies. |
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Brian Cochenoures
Application Technical Trainer, New Horizons
Presenting Sessions:
What's New for IT Professionals - Part I
What's New for IT Professionals - Part II
Brian possesses exceptional analytical skills and extensive programming knowledge and experience. He specializes in high level database, programming, and technical programs and applications.
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Les Latulippe
Senior Consultant, Plus Consulting
Presenting Sessions:
Migrating On-Premise Solutions to SharePoint Online
Since we received such positive feedback about Les Latulippe at the 2012 GR8 Pittsburgh SharePoint Conference, we invited her to be a featured speaker at all the GR8 SharePoint 2013 Conferences. Les is a captivating speaker and she has the unique ability to deliver an executive SharePoint briefing and then switch gears and provide an indepth migration session for IT professionals.
She is a successful SharePoint installation and implementation Project Manager. Her work experience also includes web part development, relational database design using MS-SQL Serverand SharePoint administration, mainly in manufacturing business applications. Her favorite SharePoint projects have close interaction with MS-SQL server. |
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Carl Heiningeren
Strategic Enterprise Sales Manager, Comcast
Presenting Session:
Building a Fast Reliable and Scalable Data Network
Carl is the Manager of a Major Account team focused on Government, Education, Medical, Finance and the largest accounts in Western, Central and Northeast Pennsylvania. Product offerings consist of high bandwidth data networks, Internet and advanced voice products. |
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Ben Carroll
SharePoint Architect, CTN Dynamic
Presenting Session:
Maintaining SharePoint Apps for IT Professionals - IT Professional Session
SharePoint 2013 Cloud App Model - Developer Session
Ben Carroll has been asked to speak at the GR8 SharePoint conference based on his vast knowledge and experience developing Enterprise Content Management, Web and Business Intelligence Solutions. During his 15+ years as a Technology Consultant, Ben has achieved a wide range of accomplishments in a variety of roles. Most recently Ben was recognized for the strategic planning and successful implementations of SharePoint 2010 and 2013, along with its integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM by The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson University, CTN Dynamic, and Liberty Associates.
Ben’s work experience also includes the successful completion of Microsoft SharePoint projects to large enterprise clients including The Federal Reserve, Pfizer, Deloitte Consulting, EMD Serono, and Independence Blue Cross. Ben is a dynamic, innovative professional who is skilled in assessing client needs, providing technical expertise, and consistently exceeding expectations. Ben has a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems from Drexel |
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