Reminder: VA Smalltalk Forum Europe 2008 (23. September 08)

Instantiations and objektfabrik cordially invite VA Smalltalk Customers
and people interested in VA Smalltalk to the

VA Smalltalk Forum Europe 2008

This event will take place in Frankfurt am Main on September 23rd,
starting at 10:00 am. We ask you to regster for this complimentary
event. More Information and regsitration form can be found either at
http://www.objektfabrik.de (only in German) or on
http://www.instantiations.com/mktg/e...-europe08.html . E
ven more Details (in German) can be found on my Blog:
www.joachim-tuchel.de.

A Glimpse of the agenda:

* Market Perspectives and Strategies, Nicholas Gilman
Nick will discuss general trends of the VA Smalltalk marketplace,
including growth in the market and verticals driving that growth. He
will describe Instantiations' process for driving product enhancements,
new Consulting Services offerings, and the company's strategic
relationship with objektfabrik.

* Integrating VA Smalltalk into Today's IT Landscapes, Joachim Tuchel
Joachim will provide an overview of current trends in IT architectures
and discuss how VA Smalltalk can fit into those architectures. He will
include a demonstration of how SST can be used to build a RESTful web
services server and client.

* VA Smalltalk 8.0 and Beyond: Product Updates and Roadmap, John O'Keefe
The Instantiations VA Smalltalk product continues to evolve. This talk
will focus on the new capabilities that will be included in v8.0,
including Seaside support, an updated browser look-and-feel, enhanced
tool integration and revamped documentation. The presentation will also
address Instantiations' plans for product direction beyond the 8.0 release.

* Customer Experience Report --- Versicherungskammer Bayern
Martin Elsässer and Steffen Müller will give an overview of the
insurance agency information system "VerIA" and its 10-year history.
They'll discuss how VisualAge Smalltalk and VA Smalltalk helped them
meet the growing need to integrate with several in-house systems, using
different integration features of the IDE.

* Building GUIs in VA Smalltalk and Seaside, Joachim Tuchel
In this session, Joachim will show parallels between VA Smalltalk's
model of building GUIs and the component concept and callback mechanisms
in Seaside. He will focus on how to build a web server application with
VA Smalltalk, turning a fat client into a web server, including typical
changes in the application's design and architecture that are necessary
to serve multiple users. Joachim will also discuss how to integrate a VA
Smalltalk-based Seaside application into existing web/intranet
infrastructures in the enterprise.

* Ask the Experts: Q & A
John O'Keefe, Joachim Tuchel and Nicholas Gilman will lead a free-form
question and answer session with attendees.

* Networking Opportunities
Don't forget to network! Our attendees provide a wealth of knowledge and
experience about VA Smalltalk development, IT project management and the
industry as a whole.

We look forward to seeing you in Frankfurt!

Joachim