Conference Themes

Technology

Technology is often where theory meets reality. Sessions might explore emerging technologies or novel aspects and uses of established technologies:

• Enterprise Development Platforms (e.g. J2EE, .Net)
• Novel architectural technologies (e.g. grid computing, caching, P2P, hardware acceleration, business rules)
• Emerging development technologies (e.g. DSLs, MDA)
• Languages, libraries and frameworks (e.g. Java, C#, Smalltalk, Spring, XAML)
• Novel technologies for designing and testing software

People

Software is an intensely human activity and understanding how to organise and support people is a key challenge in software development. Sessions might deal with:

• Dynamics of software development
• Communication, motivation and reflection
• Problem solving and thinking models

Process

Understanding how software can be developed and delivered predictably is a central issue. Sessions might examine:

• Software and system architecture
• Requirements capture
• Modelling techniques
• Agile verses plan-driven lifecycles
• Stakeholders' needs
• Software product lines

Practice

Do you have a valuable experience to share, be it positive or negative? Sharing experience is an important part of improving the state of practice. Sessions might deal with experience reports and case studies that:

• Highlight the lessons learned
• Patterns and pattern languages
• Comparative experience (what we have learned or can learn from other disciplines)
• Management of complex and changing environments