The Open Group Conference

Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference Other Open Meetings
PROMISE (Wednesday, April 29, 9.00 - 12.30)
Gathering Customer Requirements for Cloud Computing (Wednesday, April 29, 11.00 - 12.30)
The Collaboration Community of Practice (CCoP) (Wednesday, April 29, 12:30 - 1:30 - working lunch)
Also, some forum and working group meetings

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Conference registrants are welcome to attend any session in any of the parallel streams

Back to London Conference home

Monday, April 27

Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference : Pre-conference meetings
3:30 - 4:00	C o f f e e
4:00 - 6:00	4:00 - 5:00 Introduction to TOGAF™ (The Open Group Architecture Framework) Jason Uppal, QRS, Canada 5:00 -5:30 Overview of The Open Group Certification Programs (ITAC, ITSC, TOGAF) Paul Hickey and Steve Philp 5:30 - 6:00 pm Overview of Association of Open Group Entrprise Architects (AOGEA) Birgit Hartje, Program Manager, AOGEA
6:00 - 7:30	Networking Reception - sponsored by ArchiMate®

Tuesday, April 28

· Note: Attendees are presumed to have attended the Monday tutorials, or to have equivalent knowledge

Pre-conference meeting
08:30 - 08:50	08:30 - 08:50 Introduction to The Open Group - for non-members and first-time attendees Chris Greenslade, Chair of the Supplier Council, The Open Group
EAPC PLENARY: European Launch of TOGAF™ 9
9:00 – 10:30	09:00 – 09:10 Welcome Allen Brown, President & CEO, The Open Group 09:10 – 09:55 Keynote: Introducing TOGAF 9 Steve Kirby, Principal Enterprise Architect, SAP EMEA 09:55 - 10:00 Spotlight: ArchiMate® Forum 10:00 – 10:30 Certifications for Enterprise Architects Henry Peyret, Forrester Research, France
10:30 – 10:55	C o f f e e
10:55 – 12:30	10:55 - 11:00 Spotlight: Architecture Forum 11:00 – 11:40 Using TOGAF 9 to Develop Industry Reference Models (EMMMv) Sarina Viljoen, Senior Consultant, Real IRM Solutions, South Africa Helius Guimaraes, Global IS&T Manager, Rio Tinto 11:40 - 11:45 Spotlight: Business Architecture Work Group 11:45 – 12:45 Analyst Panel - “Resisting Short-Term Thinking: Rationalizing Investments in Enterprise Architecture during a Recession” Moderator: Kevin White, Contributing Editor, Computer Business Review Panelists: Henry Peyret (Forrester) Thomas Obitz (Principal Architect, Infosys Technologies) Mike Turner (Enterprise Architect, Capgemini) Terry Blevins (Customer Council Board Member, The Open Group) Phil Pavitt (CIO, Transport for London)
12:45 - 2:00pm	Lunch
EAPC Parallel Streams
	Stream: TOGAF 9 In Detail Host: Jane Varnus, Enterprise Architect, Bank of Montreal, Canada	Stream: Business Analysis Host: Ron Tolido, CTO, Europe & Asia Pacific, Capgemini
2:00 - 3:30	2:00 – 2:45 TOGAF 9 Content Framework Mike Turner, Capgemini 2:45 – 3:30 TOGAF 9 and Business Alignment Judith Jones, CEO, Architecting-the-Enterprise, UK	2:00 - 2:30 A Compelling Case for Open Business Analysis Ron Tolido, CTO Continental Europe & Asia Pacific, Capgemini 2:30 - 3:00 Lost in Translation - Multiple Lenses in Business Analysis Nigel Green, Executive Enterprise Architect, Capgemini, UK 3:00 - 3:30 Workshop: How BPM Governance Can Exploit TOGAF™ 9 to Create Value for the Enterprise Dr. Ann Rosenberg, Global Practice Owner for BPM, SAP, Denmark (continues after coffee break)
3:30 - 4:00	Coffee
	Stream: TOGAF 9 In Detail (continued) Host: Jane Varnus, Enterprise Architect, Bank of Montreal, Canada	Stream: Business Analysis (continued) Host: Ron Tolido, CTO, Europe & Asia Pacific, Capgemini
4:00 - 5:30	4:00 – 4:45 From Architecture to Execution with TOGAF 9 Robert Weisman, Build the Vision, Inc., Canada 4:45 – 5:30 TOGAF 9 Capability Framework Paul van der Merwe, Real IRM, South Africa	4:00 – 5:00 Workshop: How BPM Governance Can Exploit TOGAF™ 9 to Create Value for the Enterprise (continued) Dr. Ann Rosenberg, Global Practice Owner for BPM, SAP, Denmark
6:00 - 10:00	Offsite Networking Dinner

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Wednesday, April 29

EAPC Parallel Streams
	Stream: EA in Government and the Public Sector Host: Ed Harrington, EVP & COO, Model Driven Solutions	Stream: EA Modelling and Analysis with ArchiMate® Host: Henry Franken, Chair, ArchiMate Forum	Stream: SOA Host: Stuart Boardman, Director Consulting, CGI
9:00 - 10:30	09:00 – 09:45 An eGovernment Architecture for Self-Service to Citizens: The Dutch Social Insurance case Jack Verhoosel, IT Architect, TNO, Netherlands 9:45 – 10:30 Realizing and Distributing an Enterprise Architecture to Support Servicemen and Veterans in UK Defence John McNaughton, The Salamander Organization, UK	9:00 – 9:45 Introducing ArchiMate and the ArchiMate Forum Henry Franken, Chair, ArchiMate Forum 9:45 – 10:30 Tutorial Archimate Remco Blom, EA Consultant, Bizzdesign, Netherlands	9:00 – 9:45 SOA Comes of Age: Introducing the SOA Sourcebook Dr Chris Harding, Forum Director for SOA and Semantic Interoperability, The Open Group 9:45 – 10:30 Service Oriented Business Applications: Road towards Agile Enterprise Tarmo Ploom, Credit Suisse, Switzerland
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee
	Stream: EA in Government and the Public Sector (continued) Host: Ed Harrington, EVP & COO, Model Driven Solutions	Stream: EA Modelling and Analysis with ArchiMate (continued) Host: Henry Franken, Chair, ArchiMate Forum	Stream: SOA (continued) Host: Nikhil Kumar, President, Applied Technology Solutions, Inc.
11:00– 12:30	11:00 – 11:45 Using Targeted EA to Focus the Client on their Strategic Objectives Grant Brown, Senior Manager, Performance Improvement Consulting, PricewaterhouseCoopers 11:45 – 12:30 Towards a Federated Learning Environment for Three Dutch Universities Bert van Zomeren, University Information Officier, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands	11:00 – 11:45 Case Experiences Using ArchiMate Henry Franken, Chair, ArchiMate Forum 11:45 – 12:30 Enterprise architecture modelling, visualization and analysis with ArchiMate and TOGAF Henk Jonkers, Senior Research Consultant, BiZZdesign, Nethrlands	11:00 - 11:45 Case Study: Enterprise Interoperability through SOA Mark Burnham, Director, Deloitte, UK 11:45 - 12:30 Dos and Don'ts for successful SOA deployment Vivek Gupta and Yogesh Vitavkar, Global Consulting Practice, Tata Consultancy Services
12:30 - 2:00	Lunch
	Stream: EA Development Host: Chris Greenslade, Chair of the Supplier Council, The Open Group	Stream: Tools for Enterprise Architecture Host: Paul van der Merwe, Real IRM, South Africa	Stream: Cloud Computing Co-Hosts: Scott Radeztsky , Sun Dave Lounsbury, The Open Group
2:00 - 3:30	2:00 – 2:45 A Pragmatic Approach to Architecture Danny Greefhorst, Principal Consultant, ArchiXL, Netherlands 2:45 – 3:30 Project Start Architecture: the killer application for EA Martin van den Berg, Architecture Service Line Manager, Sogeti, Netherlands	2:00 – 2:45 Tools for Enterprise Architecture Remco Blom, EA Consultant, Bizzdesign, Netherlands 2:45 – 3:30 Case Study: Enterprise Modelling at Birmingham City Council Dr Tim O'Neill, Executive Director, Avolution Pty Ltd, Australia	2:00 – 2:45 Inside the Cloud – the Supporting Architecture of Cloud Computing Jack Hanison, Outsourcing Enterprise Architect, CTO Team, Capgemini, UK 2:45 – 3:30 Service-Oriented Cloud Computing Infrastructure Mateen Greenway, Hewlett-Packard, UK
3:30 - 4:00	Coffee
	Stream: EA Development (continued) Host: Chris Greenslade, Chair of the Supplier Council, The Open Group	Stream: Tools for Enterprise Architecture (continued) Host: Paul van der Merwe, Real IRM, South Africa	Stream: Cloud Computing (continued) Co-Hosts: Scott Radeztsky , Sun Dave Lounsbury, The Open Group
	4:00 – 4:45 Stepping-Stones of Enterprise Architecture Tom Graves, Principal Consultant, Tetradian Consulting, UK 4:45 – 5:30 Beacon Architecture – What Can an Enterprise Architect Do that Retains its Value Beyond the 3-year Horizon? Amit Bhagwat, Independent Consultant, UK	4:00 – 4:45 Getting Serious about Enterprise Architecture Bhavish Kumar, Deputy Practice Leader, Cognizant Technology Solutions, UK 4:45 – 5:30 UML enabling the TOGAF Content Framework Selvyn Wright, Director of Training, Celestial Consulting Ltd	4:00 – 4:45 Growing a Startup in the Cloud David Jackson, Armstrong Process Group, Inc., US 4:45 – 5:30 Whitebeards and Cloudsters: Is Enterprise Architecture relevant in the Cloud? Scott Radeztsky, Ph.D., Sun Principal Engineer, Chief Technologist, Americas Systems Engineering, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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Thursday, April 30

EAPC Parallel Streams
	Stream: EA and Business Strategy Host: Robert Weisman, Build the Vision, Inc., Canada	Stream: EA Lifecycle Host: Jason Uppal, QRS, Canada	Stream: Knowledge-Based Architecture Host: Dr Chris Harding, Forum Director for SOA and Semantic Interoperability, The Open Group
9:00 - 10:30	9:00 – 9:45 The Future of Enterprise Architecture: A Case Study from the year 2019 William Sheleg, Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting, US 9:45 – 10:30 Business Driven Strategic Planning with TOGAF 9 Mike Lambert, Architecting the Enterprise, UK	9:00 – 9:45 Enterprise Architecture Life Cycle – What Is the Glue that Keeps the Practises Together? Jason Uppal, QRS, Canada 9:45 – 10:30 'ABCD is easier than EFG!' - TOGAF 9 Deployment and Governance issues Christopher Blake, Principal Mentor, Architecting-the-Enterprise Limited, UK	9:00 - 9:45 Knowledge-Driven EA - The Essentials Guy Tozer, Principal Associate, Doriq Associates 9:45 - 10:30 Enterprise Architecture and Brownfield Jeremy Caine, Senior IT Architect, IBM Global Business Services, UK
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee
	Stream: EA and Business Strategy (continued) Host: Robert Weisman, Build the Vision, Inc., Canada	Stream: EA Lifecycle (continued) Host: Jason Uppal, QRS, Canada	Stream: SOA Host: Don Kavanagh, Lead SOA Enterprise Architect, Capita IT Services
11:00 – 12:30	11:00 – 11:45 Enterprise Architecture: The Strategic Tool for Innovation in Tough Times Robert Weisman, Build the Vision, Inc., Canada 11:45 – 12:30 Panel Session: EA and Business Strategy	11:00 – 11:45 Sustainable Enterprise Architecture Richard Latham, Lead Consultant, Smart 421Ltd, UK 11:45 – 12:30 I Rest My (Business) Case Vilas Prabhu, Consulting Chief Architect, WIPRO, UK	11:00 - 11:45 Model-Driven Solutions: Open Source Tooling for Implementing OMG's new SOA ML Standard Ed Harrington, EVP & COO, Model Driven Solutions 11:45 - 12:30 Enterprise Reference Architecture - Addressing key challenges facing EA and enterprise-wide adoption of SOA Ahmed Fattah, Executive IT Architect, IBM Global Business, Australia
12:30 - 2:00	Lunch
	Stream: Business Architecture Host: Walter Stahlecker, Open Group Fellow	Stream: EA and Governance Host: Colin Wheeler, Principal Consultant in Business and Technology, EA Global	Open Meeting: Architecting SOA Host: Heather Kreger, STSM, SOA Standards, IBM
2:00 – 4:00	2:00 - 2:05 Introduction by host 2:05 – 2:25 "Holistic" Architecture and the Positioning of EBA Walter Stahlecker, Fellow of The Open Group, Germany 2:25 - 3:00 Business Architecture.... is it your weakest link? Paul Homan, IBM, UK 3:00 – 3:35 Engaging Real Business People in Real Business Architecture Graham McLeod, Promis Solutions AG, Switzerland 3:35 - 4:00 Facilitated discussion: Business Architecture Facilitator: Dave van Gelder	2:00 – 2:45 Enterprise Architecture Governance during the Crisis Gert du Preez, Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Belgium 2:45 – 3:30 EA Governance Practioner - Law Maker, Enforcer & Counsel John Sanders, Enterprise Architect, CSC, Australia 3:30 – 4:00 Panel Discussion: EA Governance	This open meeting includes: a review of SOA events at the conference a panel discussion on the State and Direction of SOA** an introduction to architecting SOA with the SOA Source Book, and a panel discussion on Architecting SOA. See the session agenda
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