Dog Food Conference 2014
Columbus, Ohio
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Dog Food Steering Committee 2014

-  Picture taken Nov 2013: Pictured from L to R: Carey Payette, Deborah Carrier, Jared Faris, Cassandra Faris, Mike Austin, Keith Mayer, Danilo CasiƱo, Trey Mayer, Ben Thorp
 -  Twitter handle is @DogFoodCon and #DogFoodCon

 -  In 2012, we started a "Dog Food for Human Food" drive for the Mid-Ohio Foodbank and the Life Care Alliance and we will continue in 2013

Food Drive
Dog Food Conference 2014: Steering Committee


  • President & Board of Directors: Cassandra Faris, Improving Enterprises: Registration, conference center logistics, outreach, sponsor fulfillment and swag lead.  


  • Vice President & Board of Directors: Michelle Caldwell, Avanade: sponsorship & partner lead

  • Vice President: Carey Payette, Telerik Community outreach, app dev guidance.

  • Infrastructure content chair: Tom Walters, QSI: Technical direction, infrastructure, Core IO, System Center, Windows and IT Pros



  • Conference agenda lead: Trey Mayer, HMB: Speakers, agenda and online conference tool (Hubb.ME) lead

  • Marketing leads: Jacquie Bickel & Daniel Gray: Marketing leads, conference registration desk leads

  • Board of Directors:  Danilo Casiño, technical direction and project management

  • Project Manager & Treasurer: Tony Milne, HMB

  • MS Liaison for MS Heartland District: Mike Austin, Microsoft





2014 Volunteers
:


Tom Kincaid, Avanade: Sponsorship lead
Jerry Regan, QSI: Infrastructure chair assistance, logistics

Suresh Rachuri: Food Drive
Brenda Hibner: Conference website
Mike Bowman: Conference website
Dan Shultz: Artwork
Mario Fulan, MS: MS Liaison
Dan Shea, MS: MS Liaison
Brian Cassidy, MS: co-founder, MS Premier Support








                                                                             Dog Food  2014 Track Owners

Application Lifestyle Management, TFS, Agile, Scrum:
  • Ben Thorp, Cardinal Solutions
  • Adam Essenmacher, Cardinal Solutions
Community, start ups
  • Cassandra Faris, Improving Enterprises
Windows Phone, mobility, Surface
  • Sam Basu, Telerik & MS MVP
  • Doug Mair, Improving Enterprises
Lync
  • Mike Austin, MS
SharePoint
  • Ricardo Wilkins, Bennett Adelson
  • Arnulfo Wing
MS Exchange, Windows Server, System Center
  • Tom Walters, QSI
  • Jerry Regan, QSI
  • Keith Mayer, Microsoft

Microsoft Services
  • Andrew Sloan, Microsoft
SQL, BI, Performance Point
  • Craig Purnell
PowerShell
  • Ryan Dennis, Blue Chip 
  • Sarah Dutkiewicz, Cleveland Tech Consulting, Software Craftsmanship Guild & MS MVP
Security
  • Joe Kuemerle
.NET, Web development
  • Jared Faris, HMB & MS MVP
Azure, SOA
  • Josh Harrison, Improving Enterprises
Dynamics, Project Server
  • Danilo Casiño 



Dog Food Conference Code of Conduct

All attendees, speakers, sponsors and volunteers at our conference are required to agree with the following code of conduct. Organizers will enforce this code throughout the event. We are expecting cooperation from all participants to help ensuring a safe environment for everybody.

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The Quick Version

Dog Food Conference is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion (or lack thereof). We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks, workshops, parties, Twitter and other online media. Conference participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference without a refund at the discretion of the conference organizers.

The Less Quick Version

Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.

Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately.

Sponsors are also subject to the anti-harassment policy. In particular, sponsors should not use sexualized images, activities, or other material. Booth staff (including volunteers) should not use sexualized clothing/uniforms/costumes, or otherwise create a sexualized environment.

If a participant engages in harassing behavior, the conference organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the conference with no refund.

If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a member of conference staff immediately. The Dog Food Conference steering committee, track owners and volunteers are listed above.

Conference staff will be happy to help participants contact Quest Conference Center, the Dog Food Conference steering committee & volunteers or local law enforcement, provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing harassment to feel safe for the duration of the conference. We value your attendance.

We expect participants to follow these rules at the conference and conference-related social events.