This Conference that we are holding in Andorra next January (23rd to
25th inclusive)will be a constructive interactive event with all sides
working together to learn, teach, swap ideas and hopefully break new
ground with new conclusions.  We want it to be different from events
where people sit trapped as passive prisoners in a chair listening to
some bore droning on!  If you want that there are plenty of people
offering DVDs, webcasts etc.  To get the best out of this Conference
we want to make the most out of bringing end-users (business and
technical), analysts, vendors, technical experts etc. together in the
same physical locale.

Starting off in this spirit of interactivity, I would be grateful for
you as the Group who have inspired this Conference to come up with
some constructive suggestions relating to format and content, please.

Here are a few ideas which we have had:

Format
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(1)  Some traditional-style presentations, in such categories as
technical, strategic positioning, techno-commercial, business,
needs, benefits and issues, case studies (e.g. the Amazon system) etc.
We would try and ensure that these were interesting enough to inspire
Q&A sessions

(2)  Workshops.  These are normally mostly technical, but we could
have some for business users as well.

(3)  Debates.  For example, WS vs. REST.

(4)  Expert panel discussion groups.  This would be an opportunity to
take certain pertinent themes further and thrash out the issues.  All
sorts of attendees could interact at these sessions and hopefully the
experts on the panel would learn from others as well, for instance
users' concerns and experiences.

Topics & Themes
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This is obviously a moving feast.  Who was talking about Web 2.0 a
year ago?  Let us for the sake of this exercise assume that the
Conference will take place in the very near future, i.e. what are the
relevant topics and themes now?

Broad Categories:

For example: SOA, BPM, Composite Apps., Web 2.0, Middleware

Topical subjects:

For example: SOA Governance, REST, WS, Other SOA technologies, e.g.
J/JS, CORBA etc., ESBs

Please send your suggestions to the Group, or if you prefer, directly
to me.

As this is an interactive process, over to you!

many thanks,

Gervas








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