Berlin Conference

Architecture Briefing

On Wednesday April 25 there will be another in the Series of Open Group Symposia on Architecture Tools, Interoperability and Building Blocks.

The objectives are

• To enable enterprise architects in IT customer organizations to understand the scope and limitations of the different types of tool currently available for enterprise architecture, and to discuss their requirements for more effective tools.
• To provide IT solutions vendors and integrators with an opportunity to review tools and methods for asset management and product line engineering to support the provision of effective customer solutions and services.
• To provide tools vendors with an opportunity to review new market opportunities, and the business case for implementing standards for IT architecture.

The agenda is as follows:

Wednesday 25th April 2001
ARCHITECTURE BRIEFING (OPEN TO NON-MEMBERS)
09:00	Welcome / Agenda Review	John Spencer, The Open Group
09:10	The Architectural Challenge	Chris Greenslade, Frietuna Consultants
09:45	The ESAP Project: Evolvable Systems Through Architectural Patterns	Stephen Cook, University of Reading (UK)
10:30	Break
11:00	Technical Architecture Builder & Browser (TABB)	Chris Dobbyn, The Open University (UK)
11:45	A Generic Architecture for the Telecommunications Industry (provisional)	Tony Richardson, TeleManagement Forum
12:30	Lunch

Those interested in attending might like to review the agenda for previous Briefings or Symposia during the San Jose Meeting and the Washington Meeting.  Regional Meetings in London and Washington have also covered some of the ground.

Interested parties should contact John Spencer, Director of the Architecture Forum.