The Open Group Amsterdam 2010
October 18-22, 2010
Objective of Meeting
This conference addressed some of the key issues in IT today.
Security Plenary: Cybersecurity
Architectures for managing uncertainty are becoming increasingly important as they are brought into focus by increased threats to cybersecurity.
High-profile speakers will highlight cybersecurity threats and the responses being made by governments and private enterprises, including integrating security into the development of enterprise architectures.
Business Architecture Plenary: Transforming EA into a Business Discipline
This plenary will help you understand the overriding need to more closely align the practice of EA with the requirements of business decision-making at ‘board room’ level.
It will help prepare EA professionals to make real and significant contributions to the development of business strategy.
Thought-leaders and leading practitioners in Business Architecture will present the critical success factors for today’s Business Architect and we will show you how TOGAF™ can be used today to present Business Architecture in a meaningful way to the business.
Cloud Computing: Business Impact of Cloud Computing
Hear the latest ideas on how to build and measure ROI from Cloud Computing.
Discuss the best practices and commonly-encountered issues for Cloud deployment.
Gain an understanding of the risks of and rewards from using the Cloud.
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 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 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 October 18
SECURITY PLENARY: Cybersecurity
Welcome
Allen Brown, President & CEO, The Open Group
Keynote — Towards A Modernized Network and Information Security Policy in Europe
Andrea Servida, Deputy Head of the Internet, Network and Information Security Unit, Information Society and Media Directorate-General, European Commission
Trusted Technology Forum – Build with Integrity, Buy with Confidence
Andras Szakal, Director Software Architecture, IBM US Federal Software Group
CyberSecurity: What Seven National Governments are Doing
Nicolas Mansfield, Information Security Consultant, Organisation for Economic Co-Operation & Development (OECD)
PARALLEL TRACKS
Security Architecture (Hosted by Jim Hietala, VP Security, The Open Group)
Using ISM3 to Gain Management Acceptance for the Security Business
Lars Minth, Chief Architect, Armed Forces Command Support Organisation, Swiss Army
How GRC helps improve Information Security Management
Jacques Buith, Managing Partner, Enterprise Risk Services, Deloitte
Security Architecture Integration into a TOGAF™-Based EA
Robert Weisman, CEO, Build the Vision Inc., Canada
TOGAF™ and SABSA – Frameworks to Develop Security Architectures
John Sherwood, SABSA Institute (Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture)
TOGAF™
SOA
Professionalizing the Discipline of Enterprise Architecture
Professionalizing the Discipline of EA
Paul Bonnie, Head of Enterprise Architecture Office, ING, The Netherlands
B-Source Profession Model and Open Group Certification
Peter Kaufmann, B-Source SA, Switzerland
Fabio Baj, Head of Solution Architectures, B-Source SA
Growing Architecture Capabilities Across a Global Organization
Rolf Siegers, Engineering Fellow; Lead of Raytheon Mission Architecture Program (RayMAP)
Professionalism of IT
Adam Thilthorpe, Director for Professionalism, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
How to Manage the Enterprise Architecture Practice
Jaap Schekkerman, Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments (IFEAD)/Logica Management Consulting, The Netherlands
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Moderated by James de Raeve, VP Certification, The Open Group
Tuesday October 19
ARCHITECTURE PLENARY: Transforming EA into a Business Discipline
Welcome
Allen Brown, President & CEO, The Open Group
The Quest for Business Architecture
Dave van Gelder, Global Architect, Capgemini
Business Architecture: Learning by Doing
Harry Hendrickx, CTO, HP
Building and Deploying an EA Framework in a Banking Group
Jean-Christophe Mache, Head of Functional Architecture, BNP Paribas, France
EA as a Business Discipline?
Chris Forde, VP Enterprise Architecture & Membership Capabilities, The Open Group
PARALLEL TRACKS
Business Architecture
Business Architecture: Representation of the Properties of a Structure
Harry Hendrickx, CTO, Certified Global EA, HP
Business Architecture Domains: A Common Controlled Vocabulary, with Illustrative Case Study
Robert Bratulic, Global SME, Telecommunications Business Architecture, IBM
Architecture: From Inconvenient Truth to Enormous Opportunity
Sjir Nijssen, PNA Group, Netherlands
Serge Valera, Senior Software Engineer, European Space Agency
Knowledge Sharing Challenge
for Partners in
European Space Projects
Sjir Nijssen, PNA Group, Netherlands
Serge Valera, Senior Software Engineer, European Space Agency
Derivation of the Knowlegde Triangle
Sjir Nijssen, PNA Group, Netherlands
Serge Valera, Senior Software Engineer, European Space Agency
Panel Discussion
Moderated by Dave van Gelder, Global Architect, Capgemini, Netherlands
Business Transformation
Successful Post-Merger Integration with EA Management and TOGAF™
Uwe Weber, Managing Partner, Detecon International GmbH
Rationalization of Information System Landscape at Dutch Transmission System Operator
Tom Coenen, Logica Management Consulting, The Netherlands
Enterprise Architecture: How the Dutch Government Has Developed a Step-by-Step Approach
Peter Bergman, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Architecture Advisor in Project MARIJ
Roland Groustra, Enterprise Architect, Dutch Ministry of Justice
ASL – Framework for Application Management/BISL – Framework for Business Information Management
Lucille van der Hagen, Managing Director ASL,BISL Foundation
Remko van der Pols, Managing Consultant
Tom van Sante, Getronics Consulting
SOA
TUTORIAL: Using TOGAF™ for SOA
Ed Harrington, Principal Consultant, Architecting the Enterprise
Dave Hornford, Architecture Practice Principal, Integritas Solutions Inc.
TUTORIAL: Implementing SOA
Don Kavanagh, Capita IT Services, UK
An Ontology for SOA: Using the Ontology in your SOA Solutions
Heather Kreger, Lead Architect for SOA Standards, IBM
Integrating Process Analysis and Service Architecture
Eric Roovers, Manager Architecture, IDS Scheer
Wednesday October 20
PARALLEL TRACKS
Enterprise Architecture & Business Strategy
ArchiMate®
ArchiMate Tutorial: Adding Value to TOGAF™
Harmen van den Berg, Partner and Co-Founder, BiZZdesign
CASE STUDY: EA at Work at Boskalis, an International Dredging Company
Alexander den Hartog, Systems Architect, Royal Boskilis Westminster NV
CASE STUDY: Enterprise Architecture at Corus, a Steel Company
Evert de Vos, Manager Enterprise Architecture, Corus
CASE STUDY: Enterprise Architecture at De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the Dutch Central Bank
Henrik Jacobsson, Lead Architect, De Nederlandsche Bank
Cloud Computing
CASE STUDY: A Cloud-Based SaaS Solution Architecture for India's SM Business Groups Requirements
Sankaran Prithviraj, Principal Solution Architect, Mahindra Satyam
Sankaran has also made his related paper available:
CASE STUDY: A Cloud-Based SaaS Solution Architecture for India's SM Enterprises
Business Perspective to Buying Cloud
Penelope Gordon, Cloud and Business Architect, 1Plug Corporation
CASE STUDY: Risk and Return of Cloud Computing – Identifying Practical Actions to Manage Adoption and Risk Assessment
Mark Skilton, Global Director, Capgemini
WORKSHOP: Using Open Group Cloud Buying Tools
Moderated by Penelope Gordon and Mark Skilton
Introduction and Case 1 (MP3)
Case 2 (MP3)
Discussion (MP3)
Effectively Addressing Challenges of Cloud Computing
Tejpal (TJ) Virdi, Computing Architect, The Boeing Company
Cloud, the Enterprise, and the Enterprise Architect: Convergence that Drives Sustainable Business Value
Pamela Isom, Executive Enterprise Architect, IBM
The Open Group Cloud Security Architecture
Stuart Boardman, Senior Business Consultant, Getronics Consulting
PANEL: Building Cloud into your Enterprise Architecture and Q&A (MP3)
Moderated by Pamela Isom
Value Creation in the Enterprise – The Role of Architecture and Alignment
Introduction
Walter Stahlecker, Fellow, The Open Group
Context: What are Architecture and EA Really About?
Len Fehskens, VP Skills & Capabilities, The Open Group
Building and Deploying an EA Framework in a Banking Group
Jean-Christophe Mache, Head of Functional Architecture, BNP Paribas, France
Example of EA: The Supply Chain Environment Architecture as Part of EA
Caspar Hunsche, CTO, Supply Chain Council
Building the Bad Bank – Business/Context, Integration of IT
Thomas Obitz, Principal Architect & Partner, Senacor AG Germany
Holistic EA – An Ecosystem of Concerns, Methods, and Processes to Optimize Enterprises
Walter Stahlecker, Fellow, The Open Group
The HR Environment Architecture as Part of EA
Peter de Bley, HR Management, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Marjan Verbeeck, Senior Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Leveraging Architecture: Service Engineering as the Next Challenge (with a focus on customer benefits)
Wil Janssen, Manager Networked Enterprises, Novay, The Netherlands
Call for Suggestions to Tackle Holistic EA
Moderated by Walter Stahlecker and Len Fehskens
Enterprise Architecture Methods & Tools
Universal Data Element Framework (UDEF)
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
architecture, security, and cloud computing, from leading experts and practitioners around
the world.
Next Steps
The next Enterprise Architecture Practitioners' Conference will be
held in San Deigo, CA, February 7-11, 2011 .
If you are interested in presenting at future Open Group Conferences, then please submit a Presentation
Proposal .
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