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It is with great honor I announce the keynote speaker at CodeStock 2010 will
be Rachel Appel. Rachel is a well
known and respected speaker, a rising star of the .Net community. I have
no doubt she will giving the keynote address at larger conferences in the
coming years, and I will have a bit of self pride when I say she’s been the
keynote speaker at CodeStock!
I’ve known Rachel for several years now, as a fellow speaker,
ASPInsider, and ASP.NET MVP. She has been involved with CodeStock 2008
and 2009, and holds the Microsoft Certified Trainer, MCAD & MCSD
certifications (she knows her stuff!).
Her work in the community goes beyond speaking at community and professional
events across the nation. Rachel is the Vice President of the .Net Valley
user group, as well as a leader and regular speaker in the Philly.NET and
Central Penn.NET user groups of Pennsylvania. In January of 2010, Rachel
joined Microsoft’s Developer & Platform Evangelism team as a Developer
Evangelist for the New York City metro area.
Want to join Rachel? CodeStock is still accepting speakers!
We are still looking for speakers for CodeStock 2010 (deadline is February
28, 2010). We need not only developer focused topics, but also IT Pro and
entrepreneur topics as well. If you have a podcast or an idea for a panel
discussion, we are taking submissions for those as well.
My topic is NDA though, can I submit a session?
I just returned from two weeks of GameFest and Microsoft’s MVP Summit, so I
know some awesome stuff that is top secret today, but will be public knowledge
by CodeStock. We will accept NDA topics (so long as they will be
public before CodeStock 2010) – just submit a session as “NDA” in the area you
think it best fits. Be sure to submit some non NDA sessions in that area
as well, incase a last minute changes is needed. NDA sessions will be
selected by the CodeStock committee, and not available for attendee vote, or
listed before the NDA is lifted (that may be obvious, but wanted to state that
to be clear).
Should I focus on intro content, or “go deep”?
Both. We welcome developers and IT pros at all levels, and just
because a person is an expert in one area doesn’t mean they aren’t a novice in
another.
Isn’t CodeStock a Microsoft only event?
NO! CodeStock is open to any technology and platform,
however submissions in non Microsoft have always been light. We cannot
select a session topic that isn’t submitted, so if you want to see a greater
representation of your favorite platform, speak up (literally!).
To submit a topic to CodeStock 2010 and read
more on the selection process, please visit us at http://CodeStock.org