Call For Presentations
Management Developers Conference (MDC) 2009 Call for Presentations
Nov 16-19, 2009
Santa Clara Marriott
Santa Clara, California
http://mandevcon.com
Management Developers Conference (MDC) educates, trains and informs software developers about the exciting and evolving technologies for developing and deploying enterprise management solutions. MDC is one-stop shopping for all your standards-based enterprise management needs. MDC provides university days for attendees new to standards-based technologies.
MDC encourages participation by individuals and organizations with standards, research or practical experience for standards-based management, including government and commercial users, universities, research laboratories, and early adopters.
As a Management Developers Conference presenter, you’ll benefit from the prestige and visibility associated with participating in this years highly anticipated conference program. Management Developers Conference is now accepting abstracts for the November 2009 conference program. Individuals interested in presenting need to submit their abstract by Tuesday, June 15, 2009 for consideration.
Specific areas of interest for MDC 2009 include standards, research and practical experience for standards-based management for the following:
* Management Initiatives (CDM, DASH, SMASH, SMI and Virtualization)
* Green Initiatives
* Developer tools and infrastructure
* Developer API
* Client Application Development
* Provider Development
* Emerging Technologies
* Real-world solutions & experiences
How to submit an abstract:
Fill out the Call For Presentations Submission Form and send electronically to presentations@mandevcon.com. Include submission title, author name(s), target audience (Introductory, Intermediate, Advanced), type(s) (Standard, Developer, Product, Tools), organization, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, length of presentation (see below) and a brief description of how your contribution relates to the theme of this conference. Also designate a primary contact person, phone number, and e-mail address. Submissions are due June 15, 2009. Authors will be notified by email on June 30, 2009.
Presentations:
Each presentation will be allowed 50 minutes or 1 hour, 50 minutes, which includes 5 to 10 minutes for Q&A. Once a person is accepted as a presenter, he or she must provide a copy of their presentation slides using our designated Open Office or PowerPoint template.
Panel Discussions:
Panel sessions are a less structured environment and allow conference attendees to interact with the panelists. Panel discussions are 1 hour, 50 minutes. Panelists are not required to submit a presentation, but each panelist is encouraged to deliver a short 2-5 minute introduction.
Contact:
Nuala Ferdinand
Conference Manager
T: (978) 947-3620
E: nuala.ferdinand@mandevcon.com
Program Committee:
Troy Biegger, WSI
Winston Bumpus, VMWare
Mark Carlson, Sun
Jim Davis, WSI
Nuala Ferdinand, MDC
Jeff Hilland, HP
Kevin Kuelbs, HP
Fred Maciel, Hitachi
Norm Paxton, Novell
Karl Schopmeyer, Inova
Perry Vincent, Intel
Calendar:
Apr 1, 2009 Call For presentations Opens
Jun 15, 2009 Call For presentations Closes
Jun 25, 2009 Selection Process Completed
Jun 30, 2009 Speakers are Notified
Jul 1, 2009 Schedule posted on website
Oct 15, 2009 Presentations due
Nov 16, 2009 Conference starts
The 2009 Management Developers Conference would like to thank the following sponsors for their support.
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Sponsorships at the Management Developers Conference are designed to provide a number of sponsorship opportunities that will promote companies participation and involvement in standards based management technologies. Please contact sales for more information about sponsorship opportunities for the 2009 Management Developers Conference.