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This will be a short post, mainly because I’m writing this on my phone (I left my laptop in my hotel room; I don’t really need it today), and writing a blog post from my phone is difficult to do. But anyway… I’m writing from the lobby of the Seattle Convention Center for PASS Data Community Summit! Today is mainly a day of precons (which I’m not registered for).

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I figured this was a good time for an upcoming event update. I am confirmed for two upcoming events, both of which are related to PASS Data Community Summit! I will be doing my networking presentation at the following two PASS events. Tuesday, August 19: PASS Summit On Tour NYC November 19-21 (exact date TBD): PASS Data Community Summit…

I can now say it's official: I've been selected to speak at 2025 PASS Data Community Summit! This will be my fifth time speaking at this event, and my third time making the trip to Seattle for this event (the other two were virtual)! I'll be doing what is probably my favorite presentation: my networking talk! This is in addition to my trip down to NYC for PASS On Tour in August! Hope to see you in Seattle the week of November 17!

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Now that I've announced PASS Summit On Tour NYC, this is probably a good time to update my list of upcoming speaking engagements. Saturday, June 14 (this upcoming Saturday): SQL Saturday Montreal -- I will be presenting my networking and job-hunt sessions this Saturday north of the border this weekend! These are probably my two best-selling presentations. On se voit au Canada ce samedi!

It's been a while since I've written one of these "upcoming engagements" posts, but quite honestly, that's because I haven't had any speaking gigs coming up. But now that NYC SQL Saturday is a month away, and I've submitted presentations to a couple of other events, I figured this would be a good time to list what I (might) have coming up.

It's been a few years since I attended PASS Data Community Summit; the last one I attended was 2022. I submitted, but was not accepted, for 2023, and I did not apply in 2024. Now that it's 2025, the call for speakers is out, and I'm contemplating putting in for it again. A couple of things are helping it out: airfares are somewhat palatable, and a new twist this year: …

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