Fw: [members] SECOND ANNUAL OASIS SYMPOSIUM - THE FUTURE OF XMLVOCABULARIES

I just made my reservation and learned
at the end that only 13 rooms were still available at the OASIS rate for
the week. I would encourage people to make their reservations ASAP! (hotel
has a 72hr cancellation policy)

Rich 

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[members] SECOND ANNUAL OASIS
SYMPOSIUM - THE FUTURE OF XML VOCABULARIES

SECOND ANNUAL OASIS SYMPOSIUM - THE FUTURE OF XML VOCABULARIES

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Website: http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium_2005/

Dates: 24-29 April 2005

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

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The OASIS Symposium is a two-day event that blends technical and

application-oriented presentations with invaluable networking

opportunities. Preceding the OASIS Annual General Members Meeting and

three days of OASIS TC meetings, the Symposium represents the largest

face-to-face gathering of OASIS members., The OASIS Technical Advisory

Board presents a program that brings together leading experts sharing

their understanding and experience to help the XML and OASIS community

build stronger, more useful vocabularies. Sessions consider a full range

of topics including UBL, Versioning and Development, Semantics and

Ontologies, and Experiences/Case Studies/Verticals. Of particular

interest this year, are presentations focusing on lessons developers and

designers have learned (and are continuing to learn) about the evolution

of vocabularies.

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PRE-SYMPOSIUM TUTORIALS - on Sunday, 24 April are FREE to all Symposium

Registrants. The list of tutorials include: 

~  Creating UBL Conformant Schema

~  Information Constraint Processing with IBM's BICS 

~ Document Engineering: Designing Documents for Transactions and Web

Services 

~ The Web Services Modelling Ontology 

MORE DETAILS:

http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium_2005/tutorials.php

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SYMPOSIUM PRESENTER LINE-UP:

~  William Barnhill, Senior Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton 

~  Jon Bosak, Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

~  Anthony Coates, Chief Architect, London Market Systems 

~  David Connelly, CEO, Open Applications Group 

~  Peter Denno, Computer Scientist, NIST 

~  Alan Doniger, Chief Technology Officer, Petrotechnical Open Standards

Consortium 

~  Bob DuCharme, Consulting Software Engineer, Reed Elsevier 

~  Paul Ehrlich, Individual 

~  Jim Gabriel, Architect, digitalML Ltd.

~  Erik Hennum, Information Architect / IBM DITA Domains Architect,
IBM

Corporation 

~  Ken Laskey, Lead Engineer and Technical Lead, Mitre Corporation

~  Dave Orchard, Technical Director, BEA Systems, Inc.

~  Ash Parikh, Director of Development and Technology, Raining Data

Corporation 

~  Ellen Perry, Manager, MTG Management Consultants, LLC 

~  Martin Roberts, B2B Solutions Designer, BTplc 

~  John Ruegg, Director, LA County Information Systems Advisory Body

~  Bryan Schnabel, Information Architect, Individual 

~  Gunther Stuhec, Standards Architect, SAP 

~  Paul Tearnen, VP Standards Management, RosettaNet 

~  Darrel Thomas, Chief Technologist, EDS Hosting Services

MORE DETAILS:

http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium_2005/program.php

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RELATED EVENTS HELD INCONJUNCTION WITH THE SYMPOSIUM INCLUDE: 

~  The OASIS Annual General Meeting (AGM) ~  OASIS Technical
Committee

Meetings ~  Birds-of-a-Feather (BoFs)~  OASIS TC Lightning Rounds
~

Beyond Robert's Rules: Effectively Chairing an OASIS Committee Workshop

~ OASIS Book Table 

MORE DETAILS

http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium_2005/related_events.php

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REGISTRATION EARLY-BIRD DISCOUNT AVAILABLE 

Register for the Symposium before 1 April 2005 to take advantage of

the early-bird discounted fee of 350 USD for OASIS Members and 400 USD

for non-members.After the early-bird deadline, the cost increases by 50

USD. Symposium registration includes access to all Symposium sessions,

luncheons, coffee breaks, receptions, and associated materials, as well

as access to Pre-Symposium Tutorials. 

MORE DETAILS:

http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium_2005/registration.php

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ACCOMMODATIONS - ROOM BLOCK DEADLINE IS 28 MARCH 

A limited number of rooms are available at the special OASIS Symposium

rate of 179 USD/single and double. High-speed wireless Internet access

in both the sleeping and meeting rooms are included in the above group

rate. Please make your reservations by calling the hotel directly,

identifying yourself as an "OASIS Symposium Attendee".  The
deadline for

securing this rate is 28 March 2005, however, it is very possible that

the OASIS room block will sell out before that date. The event coincides

with the popular New Orleans Jazz Festival. All attendees are advised to

reserve early!

MORE DETAILS:

http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium_2005/hotel_info.php

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