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19th Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference
July 21-23 2008, Chicago

Plenary & Parallel Track Presentations

Objective of Meeting

The Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conferences are organized by Enterprise Architecture practitioners, for Enterprise Architecture practitioners, and for those directly involved in the management and oversight of Enterprise Architecture. 

The Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference at Chicago addressed some of the key issues and challenges that face Enterprise Architects today. In this highly practical three-day conference and series of workshops, Open Group members and non-members alike came together to share insights and perspectives on best practices in Enterprise Architecture. 

The conference underlined the continuing role of The Open Group in providing a truly global forum in which Enterprise Architects from all sectors of the industry can come together to discuss best practice in Enterprise Architecture, hone their skills, find new ways to solve problems, share experiences, and learn from each other. 

Summary

Each day of the three-day conference included a mix of plenary presentations, with industry leaders from near and far sharing their insights on the day’s theme; and a set of parallel tracks examining specific areas in depth. The various tracks delivered innovative viewpoints, practical insights, and case study presentations by enterprise architecture professionals from both vendor and customer organizations; and provided experience-based insight into the approaches and methods that have proved most effective for developing architectures around the world. 

The event as a whole provided a wealth of current case study and tutorial material. The presentations can be accessed from the links below under separate daily headings:

The presentations referenced below are freely available only to members of The Open Group and conference attendees.

Monday July  21 2008

Opening Plenary: Frameworks for Federated Architectures

Parallel Tracks

TRACK A: Government Enterprise Architecture
STREAM A1: Government Architecture Case Studies

Host: Robert Weisman, Partner & Executive Consultant, Global Enterprise Architecture Practice Leader, CGI (Canada)

STREAM A2: Government Enterprise Architecture & e-Government

Host: Jason Uppal, Chief Architect, QRS (Canada)

TRACK B: SOA
STREAM B1: SOA & Enterprise Architecture

Host: E.G. Nadhan, Lead Technologist, EDS

STREAM B2: SOA Deployment

Host: Jerry Larivée, Principal Consultant, Infosys

TRACK C: TOGAF™
STREAM C1: TOGAF™ Case Studies

Host: Chris Forde, American Express (US), and Chair, The Open Group Architecture Forum

STREAM C2: TOGAF™ Case Studies (continued) armstrong

Host: Sarina Viljoen, Real IRM (South Africa)

TRACK D: EA Best Practice Management
STREAM D1: EA Best Practice Management

Host: Chris Armstrong, President, Armstrong Process Group, Inc. (US)

STREAM D2: EA Best Practice Management (continued)

Host: Tim Kostyk, Metaplexity Associates (US)

Tuesday July  22 2008

Plenary: Architecting Government Services & SOA

Parallel Tracks

TRACK A: Business Architecture
STREAM A3: Business Architecture

Host: Dave van Gelder, Capgemini (Netherlands)

STREAM A4: Business Analysis and Enterprise Architecture

Host: Ron Tolido, Capgemini (Netherlands)

TRACK B: SOA
STREAM B3: SOA and the Boundaryless Enterprise

Host: Nikhil Kumar, President, Applied Technology Solutions, Inc.

STREAM B4: SOA TOGAF Workshop

Host: Anil Rode, Senior Advisor, Shell Information Technology International

TRACK C: Architecture Profession
STREAM C3: Professional Development

Host: Jane Varnus, Bank of Montreal (Canada)

STREAM C4: Architecture Profession and The Open Group

Host: James de Raeve, VP Certification, The Open Group (UK)

Wednesday July  23 2008

Plenary: Architecting Secure Information Delivery

Parallel Tracks

TRACK A: Architecting Secure Information Delivery
STREAM A5: Enterprise Security Architectures
STREAM A6: Managing Secure Enterprise Architectures
TRACK B: Enterprise Architecture Development
STREAM B5: EA Development

Stream B5 was sponsored by IBM Corporation.

Host: Lou Varveris, Director of Product Management, EA Solutions, Telelogic

Outputs

The presentations, tutorials, and workshops at the meeting, and the associated discussions and panel sessions, all provided participants with a wealth of experience-based insight into current best practice in enterprise architecture, from leading experts and practitioners around the world.

Participants at this unique event were able to:

  • Participate in highly practical workshops and tutorials teaching best enterprise architecture practices
  • Review case studies from organizations who have put theory into practice, and learn from them what works and what doesn't
  • See demonstrations and presentations on leading tools supporting open architecture methods
  • Network with leading architecture experts, vendors, and peers in the enterprise architecture field

Next Steps

This 19th Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference was a great success, confirming the global need for this unique series of events.

The next Enterprise Architecture Practitioners' Conferences will be held in Munich, October 20-22, 2008 in association with The Open Group Member Meetings, October 20-24. 

If you are interested in presenting at future Enterprise Architecture Practitioners' Conferences, then please submit a Presentation Proposal.

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