Promoting UDDI (and XML.org) at OASIS Symposium

OASIS UDDI TC members:

As you may be aware, the OASIS Symposium, our largest annual meeting, will be
held in San Diego, April 15-18. The overall theme of the main program is
"eBusiness and Open Standards: Understanding the Fact, Fiction, and Future." In
addition to the main, two-day program (which will have business and technical
tracks), there will be a day of tutorials and three days for TC meetings and
other activities.

http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium/2007/call-for-participation.php 

I think the Symposium would be a great opportunity to promote UDDI and the
XML.org site. It seems like a long way off, but now is the time to start making
plans so we can reserve the necessary meeting space and have time to promote
our activities. A few things TC members may want to consider:

1. submit abstracts on UDDI for the main program; the deadline is 15 December.
If a UDDI presentation is accepted, 
we could highlight an excerpt from it on the UDDI XML.org homepage before the
event to build some buzz and encourage attendance.

2. offer a half- or full-day tutorial before the main program.

3. schedule a TC meeting following the Symposium

4. host a UDDI BoF during the Symposium (a special table or separate area
during lunch or an evening session)

5. reserve a special area for table top displays from UDDI companies

6. offer a short UDDI webinar before the event to encourage attendance

7. TC members could wear UDDI XML.org shirts or UDDI OASIS Standard shirts at
the event

Other ideas?

Carol



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Carol Geyer
Director of Communications
OASIS
+1.978.667.5115 x209