2008 Management Developers Conference Schedule

Schedule - Sunday, November 16

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Registration & Badge Pick-Up
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Demo Lab (setup only)

Schedule - Monday, November 17

08:30 am - 5:00 pm	Registration & Badge Pick-Up
10:00 am - 4:00 pm	MDC University (Introductory)
10:00 am - 4:00 pm	MDC University (Advanced)
05:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Demo Reception Demo Lab Sponsored by WBEM Solutions, Inc.

   

Schedule - Tuesday, November 18

07:30 am - 05:00 pm	Registration & Badge Pick-Up
	Track 1 SMI	Track 2 CDM	Track 3 Developer
08:30 - 09:20 am	SMI-S: Using Jython with CIM client libraries Steve Quinn Hitachi Data Systems	CDM Standard Technical Overview Kevin Kuelbs Hewlett Packard
09:30 -10:20 am	SMI-S: Techniques for SMI-S Data Collection Steve Quinn Hitachi Data Systems	CDM Forum Plans & Timeline Jerry Chin Hewlett Packard	Python CIM Providers Bart Whiteley Novell
10:20 -10:40 am	Morning Break
10:40 -11:30 am	SMI-S: Deployment Best Practices Mike Lamb IBM Paul von Behren Symantec	CDM Development Tools Doug van Aman PC-Doctor, Inc.	Java WBEM API (JSR48) Jim Davis WBEM Solutions
11:40 -12:30 pm	SMI-S: Best practices for Indications Paul von Behren Symantec	CDM Conformance Program and Birds of a Feather Session Rodney Brown IBM	Integrated Access Control Manager for Consolidated Enterprise Systems Fumio Machida NEC
12:30 -01:30 pm	Lunch - Sponsored by Intel
01:30 -02:20 pm	The Multi-Tenant CIMOM: Fact or Fiction? Bart Whiteley Novell	Energy Efficiency in the Data Center Larry Lamers The Green Grid	WBEM Solutions Development & Test Tools Carl Chan  WBEM Solutions, Inc
02:30 -03:20 pm	Management of Customer Experience and Quality of Next Generation Services Alex Zhdankin Harris Stratex Networks Jeff Wheeler Cisco
03:20 -03:40 pm	Afternoon Break
03:40 -04:30 pm	Managing User Accounts and Privileges Using DMTF Profiles Aaron Merkin Dell	CDM Demo **Demo Room	cmpi-bindings - Compiler-free provider development Klaus Kämpf Bart Whiteley Novell
04:40 -05:30 pm	Managing Security Credentials Using DMTF Profiles Hemal Shah Broadcom Corporation		Testing Providers with PyWBEM Tim Potter Hewlett Packard

Schedule - Wednesday, November 19

08:00 am - 5:00 pm	Registration & Badge Pick-Up
	Track 1 CDMB, PMCI	Track 2 Virtualization	Track 3 Developer
08:30 - 09:20 am	CMDB Federation Overview Vince Kowalski BMC, Marv Waschke CA	Virtualization Initiaitve Overview Winston Bumpus VMWare	Inova Development Tools Karl Schopmeyer Inova Development
09:30 -10:20 am	CMDB Federation Technical Description Marv Waschke CA Mark Johnson IBM	CIM System Virtualization Model Larry Lamers VMWare
10:20 -10:40 am	Morning Break
10:40 -11:30 am	CMDB Federation Demonstration Mark Johnson IBM, Dave Snelling Fujitsu	Update on System Virtualization Resource Profiles Larry Lamers VMWare	WBEM Solutions J WBEM Server 3.0 Jim Davis WBEM Solutions, Inc.
11:40 -12:30 pm	Platform Level Data Model (PLDM) Technical Overview Hemal Shah Broadcom Corporation	Virtual Switch Profile John Parchem Microsoft	OpenPegasus Overview Karl Schopmeyer Inova Development
12:30 -01:30 pm	Lunch - Sponsored by Novell
01:30 -02:20 pm	Platform Level Data Model for Monitoring and Control Tom Slaight Intel Corporation	OVF Overview Rene Schmidt VMWare	Griffin - a Multi-protocol Manageability Framework Tim Potter Hewlett Packard
02:30 -03:20 pm		OVF Panel Moderator: Larry Lamers, VMWare Panel: Mark Johnson, IBM Shishir Pardikar, Citrix Rene Schmidt, VMWare
03:20 -03:40 pm	Afternoon Break
03:40 -04:30 pm	Platform Level Data Models for SMBIOS Data Transfer and BIOS Control/Configuration Hemal Shah Broadcom Corporation	Virtualization Management Demo **Demo Room	OpenTestMan Update Akash Malhotra AMD
04:40 -05:30 pm			Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager and DASH. Bob Blair AMD
05:30 - 07:30 pm	Networking Reception - Sponsored by Intel

Schedule - Thursday, November 20

08:00 am -1:00 pm	Registration & Badge Pick-Up
	Track 1 SMASH, DASH	Track 2 CIM	Track 3 Web Services
08:30 -09:20 am	SMASH and DASH Overview Jeff Hilland Hewlett Packard	Profile Usage Guide 1.1 George Ericson EMC	WS-Management Introduction Josh Cohen Microsoft
09:30 -10:20 am	SMASH and DASH Certification   Fred Maciel Hitachi Perry Vincent Intel	CIM Schema Overview John Crandall Brocade	WS-Management Client in your Favorite Programming Language Anas Nashif Intel
10:20 -10:40 am	Morning Break
10:40 -11:30 am	Physical Platform Profiles (PPP) Overview: Part I David Hines Intel Hemal Shah Broadcom Corporation	Machine Readable Profiles overview Bob Blair AMD	Scripting openwsman server plugins Klaus Kämpf Novell
11:40 -12:30 pm		Generic Operations overview and WG update George Ericson EMC	DASH and Active Directory Bob Blair AMD
12:30 -01:30 pm	Lunch
01:30 -02:20 pm	Physical Platform Profiles (PPP) Overview: Part II David Hines Intel	Using CIM for model driven management integration Guru Bhat SAP AG	ActiveWsman - Applying the active record pattern to WS-Management Klaus Kämpf Novell
02:30 -03:20 pm		Using CIM for system landscape management Guru Bhat SAP AG	Resource Catalog Format Vince Brunssen IBM
03:20 -03:40 pm	Afternoon Break
03:40 -04:30 pm	DASH & SMASH Demos **Demo Room	Metrics Profile overview Aaron Merkin Dell	Windows Remote Management with WS-Management Past, Present and Future Wassim Fayed Ryan Mack Microsoft
04:40 -05:30 pm		UML profile for CIM overview George Ericson EMC	Windows Management Instrumentation Introduction and Future Roadmap Nitin Bhat Microsoft
Conference End

*Speakers & schedule are subject to change without notice.