Call for Participation: Software Engineering and ManagementConference (Jan 09, Munich)

Call for Participation

OOP 2009: The Essence of Modern Software Technology

Including topics: Architecture, SOA, Management and Metrics, Agility,
Requirements Engineering, Product Lines, Embedded, Eclipse, Testing,
Soft Skills etc.

January 26 -30, 2009
in Munich, Germany (ICM, Neue Messe Munich)

http://www.oopconference.com/

In the week of Jan. 26-30, 2009, internationally renowned software
experts speak at a major software technology conference ("OOP")
that is held in Munich, Germany. The conference includes ca. 100
technical presentations and tutorials on modern software development
topics
including e.g. requirements engineering, architecture, product lines,
model-driven development, UML, project management, management and
metrics,
Eclipse, service-oriented architectures, multi-site development,
security,
agile processes, and the realization of these technologies e.g. in
automation,
automobile, medical, banking, insurance, and telecommunications
domains.
A special focus is made on "soft skills" such as communication,
teamwork,
etc as these are often the cause of failed projects.

The conference is aimed at software architects, software project
leaders,
software developers, quality assurance persons, and consultants.

The conference sessions include also case studies of the application
of these
techniques at well-known companies including Allianz, Bundesagentur
für Arbeit,
DLR, Deutsche Post, Dräger Medical, eXXcellent, Fiducia, hello2morrow,
Kassenärztliche
Vereinigung Bayerns, Kaufland, Kühne & Nagel, Lockheed Martin Corp.,
PostFinance Schweiz,
Robert Bosch, VSA ApothekenSystem. Ca. 70 companies are represented in
the
accompanying exhibition (including IBM and Microsoft).

The OOP attracts yearly ca. 1000 conference attendees and is a highly
respected
technical software conference, especially due to the high quality and
practical expertise of the speakers.
About 25% of the presentations are in English (usually 2 of the 8
parallel sessions are in English).
There are separate conference brochures for 1) all sessions and for 2)
the English-language
sessions in the download area of the conference web page. The english
version is available at:
http://www.sigs.de/kongresse/oop_200...Program_en.pdf

Internationally renowned speakers include:
- Tom DeMarco, a world-renowned thought leader on “people” topics,
will hold a keynote on Wednesday as well as a joint session with Peter
Hruschka.
- Frank Buschmann, Christa Schwanninger, Michael Stal, Kai Tödter, and
Peter Zimmerer of Siemens on architecture, Eclipse, and testing
topics.
- Linda Rising, well-known in the agile and patterns area, holds a
keynote on Tuesday and a
full-day tutorial on Monday.
- Sam Adams of IBM with a keynote on "The future of OOP in a Manycore
World" and a presentation on End-User Programming
- Horst Zuse (son of Konrad Zuse, the inventor of the computer) will
give a keynote on the history of the computer.
- Gunter Dueck of IBM, will kick off the “soft skills” track with a
session on “how do I convince my management?”.
- Walter Tichy on the topic of the challenges of of multicore systems
- Alan M. Davis, leading expert on requirements engineering, will hold
a full-day tutorial on “Just enough requirements management” and also
address the topic “what a software engineer should know about
startups”.
- Roman Pichler, well-known agile and lean expert will hold a full-day
tutorial and session.
- Peter Kriens, the technical lead of OSGI will hold a session on
converting large applications to OSGI.
These are just a few of the key speakers, other key speakers include:
Paul Allen, Adam Bien,
Dan Cocks, Jim Coplien, Jutta Eckstein, Peter Eeles, Nicolai Josuttis,
Kevlin Henney,
Kim Lauenroth, Hans-Joachim Popp, Gernot Starke, Markus Völter,
Ralf Westphal, Eberhard Wolff, and Andreas Zeller.

There are tracks e.g. on the topic of SOA&BPM (Track Chair Nicolai
Josuttis),
Agile Enterprise (Track Chair Roman Pichler), Management and Metrics
(Track Chair Thorsten Janning), and Soft Skills (Track Chair Matthias
Bohlen),
Architecture, Requirements and Modelling, Testing, Security,
Usability, and OSGI.

Special: You can conduct an orchestra of real musicians and learn how
to apply
these techniques to your software development teams at a half-day
workshop.

Early bird discount and a special gift (Sound2Move cordless speakers)
are available
to all persons who register prior to the “Early Bird” deadline of Dec.
5, 2008.
There is also a discount for Gesellschaft für Informatik members of
15% (note
you cannot combine discounts).

For complete and official information on the conference, please see
http://www.oopconference.com