LT Pact 2008 Agenda
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Announcing the 3rd Annual LT PACT Poker Tournament (Total purse $5000) with Master of Ceremonies Robert W. Thompson II from NBC's BravoTV Celebrity Poker Showdown. All attendees are eligible and encouraged to participate in this FREE and fun event!
Wednesday, June 25th 2008
* Tentative schedule - subject to change
6pm - 9pm
Cocktail Reception (Open Bar)
Network with Attendees, Sponsors and LT.
Thursday, June 26th 2008
* Tentative schedule - subject to change
7:15am
BREAKFAST
9:00am
Keynote Address – Cloud/Grid Computing: A Classic Disruptive Technology
Speaker: James Staten (bio), Principal Analyst – Forrester Research Inc.
10:00am
MORNING BREAK
10:15am
Key Industry Trends in Hosting and Managed Services
Speaker: John Pozadzides (bio), CMO & VP of Sales – Layered Technologies
11:00am
Virtualization in Windows Server 2008 – Technical Review of Hyper-V for the Hosting Market
Speakers: Chris Samson (bio), Senior Hosting Technology Specialist - CSNA &
Deven Kampenhout, Web Platform Architect Evangelist – Microsoft
Deven Kampenhout, Web Platform Architect Evangelist – Microsoft
11:45am
LUNCH – Entertainment from #1 comedian, Russ Merlin
Hilarious insanity best describes Russ Merlin, a madcap comedian, who was voted #1 in Vegas; always leaving the audience in hysterics; should be one of the highlights of the event. www.russmerlin.com
1:30pm
Optimize Your Web and MySQL Infrastructure with Solaris
Speaker: Steve Staso (bio), Global Director for Web & Internet Infrastructure Solutions &
Jimmy Guerrero (bio), Sr Product Marketing Manager - Sun Microsystems
Jimmy Guerrero (bio), Sr Product Marketing Manager - Sun Microsystems
2:15pm
SEO – SEM: Optimization for Top Rank & Strong Conversion
Speaker: Jonah Stein (bio), Owner – It’s The ROI
3:00pm
AFTERNOON BREAK
3:15pm
SaaS : How HP is helping Layered Technologies develop the next gen of services
Speaker: Byron Garvey, District Manager and Jeff Laird, Enterprise Account Manager - Hewlett-Packard (HP)
4:00pm
Architecting for Success: A Q&A session with a Top 25 web destination
Speaker: Tommy Toles (bio), Business Development Executive – AMD
(Featuring Barry Abrahamson Systems Wrangler of WordPress)
(Featuring Barry Abrahamson Systems Wrangler of WordPress)
4:30pm
Adjourn for the evening
Friday, June 27nd 2008
* Tentative schedule - subject to change
7:30am
BREAKFAST
10:15am
MORNING BREAK
10:30am
Managing Your Sender Reputation: Tools, Tactics & Tricks to Avoid
Speaker: Dennis Dayman (bio), Chief Privacy Officer – Eloqua
11:00am
Storage: The “Real Estate” in the Cloud
Speaker: Tim Johnson – Seagate
11:30am
Automating Your Business with Parallels Plesk Control Panels
Speakers: Soeren von Varchmin (bio) & Rob Lovell – Parallels
12:00pm
LUNCH
1:00pm
Blogging and Wordpress: Past, Present and Future
Introduction By: Matt Mullenweg – Wordpress (bio)
1:15pm
The Business of Blogging
Panel: John Pozadzides – Layered Technologies, Matt Mullenweg – Wordpress, Lorelle VanFossen – Lorelle on Wordpress
2:00pm
Security Strategies for Diminishing Top Security Threats in 2008
Speaker: Matt Tanenbaum (bio) & iGosh
Panel: Jeremy Suo-Anttila (bio), CTO – Layered Tech, Jonathan Levin – Applicure & Dennis Dayman – Eloqua
Moderator: Terrance Bush (bio), CIO – Layered Tech
Panel: Jeremy Suo-Anttila (bio), CTO – Layered Tech, Jonathan Levin – Applicure & Dennis Dayman – Eloqua
Moderator: Terrance Bush (bio), CIO – Layered Tech
3:00pm
AFTERNOON BREAK
3:15pm
The Future of Server Backup: near-Continuous Data Protection
Speaker: David Wartell (bio), VP & founder - R1Soft
3:45pm
Is Cloud Computing Ready for the Enterprise
Speaker: Barry X Lynn (bio), Chairman and CEO – 3Tera
4:15pm
Trends in Virtualization and Their Impact on Business
Panel: Todd Abrams & Karen Rhodes – Layered Tech, Barry X Lynn – 3Tera, Mike Riolo – Parallels
Moderator: John Pozadzides – Layered Tech
Moderator: John Pozadzides – Layered Tech
6:30pm
Cocktails (Open Bar)
7:00pm
Dinner
8:00pm
LT PACT 2008 Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament
$5000 in Cash Prizes
LT Pact 2008 Texas Hold'em Tournament
Hosted by
Robert W. Thompson II
from
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Friday June 27, 2008
8:00pm to 12:00am
$5,000 in Cash Prizes
Open Bar until 11:00pm
8:00pm to 12:00am
$5,000 in Cash Prizes
Open Bar until 11:00pm
Look for additional opportunities during the conference
for you to earn extra chips.
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