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Thursday, November 20
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Time
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Session & Abstract
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Speaker
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07:00 - 09:00
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Sky Lounge Open
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07:30 - 08:30
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Breakfast and Registration
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08:30 – 08:45
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Welcome Address
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Welcome to SAF
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Opening Address
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Simon Guest; Microsoft Corporation
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08:45 – 09:15
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Opening Keynote
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Role of Architecture in Current Economic Climate
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In the recent months, the economy has taken a big hit and fears of a long recession have been growing. In this keynote, we will be taking a “glass half full” approach and discuss how architects can reinforce the value they bring to their company, particularly in this difficult climate. Examples of what Microsoft is doing or has done will also be discussed.
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Neil Leslie; Microsoft Corporation
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09:15 – 09:45
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Keynote
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Software + Services
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In this keynote, we’ll describe the platform vision and roadmap for software + services, with a focus on recent announcements of new developer technologies to enable hybrid architectures that combine local client and on-premises server software with cloud services.
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Tim O'Brien; Microsoft Corporation
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09:45 – 10:15
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Keynote
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Business Benefits of Social Computing
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This session will explore business opportunities & benefits for Enterprises to connect seamlessly with the constantly evolving on-line social networking & consumer communities to influence community perceptions, broaden customer/partner connections, foster new business opportunities, and optimize operational costs through the practice of crowdsourcing.
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Bob Pearson; Dell
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10:15 - 10:30
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Break
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Time
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Session & Abstract
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Speaker
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10:30 - 11:30
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Breakout Sessions
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Analysis and Architecture: Perfect Together
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This session is intended to act as a starting point for an exploration of how analysts and analysis relate to the work of the architect. We will look at the kinds of challenges and influence Enterprise Architects can have on how portfolios of projects are defined, looking for consistency, reuse, etc. We will explore how Solution Architects leverage their own analysis skills, and how their technology experience can be shared and leveraged by those tasked with defining what a system is supposed to do.
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Matt Hessinger; Hessinger Consulting
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Rationalizing the Emerging Web
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The Emerging Web is an ecosystem that is inundated with buzz words (Web 2.0, Web 3.0, the Semantic Web, RIAs etc), technologies, and a multitude of opinions about the current and future states. This session will present Business and Solution Architecture oriented perspectives of the Emerging Web in an attempt to rationalize and address related opportunities & implications for consumers, enterprises, and social/consumer service providers.
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Karthik Ravindran; Microsoft Corporation
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Architectural Principles for Software + Services
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Every architect is exposed to different acronyms, tools, and methodologies. SOA. SaaS. Cloud Computing. Which ones are right for your organization? Which ones are going to deliver value for your projects? This session will take a look at the current state of the industry and ask the question, “What would happen if we could use just the best part of each?” As we do, we'll introduce a new term called Software + Services, an approach that has the potential for changing the architectural thinking behind tomorrow’s applications.
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Simon Guest; Microsoft Corporation
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Time
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Session & Abstract
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Speaker
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10:30 - 11:30
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Breakout Sessions
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Enterprise Metadata Management
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Tagging, Tag Clouds, Taxonomies, Ontologies, and Folksonomies are all actively applied and discussed trends of pertinence to fostering collective intelligence the social computing ecosystem. These practices can also be applied very effectively within an enterprise to facilitate knowledge management & employee productivity like never before. This session will discuss the practice of Enterprise Metadata Management to materialize these benefits within an Enterprise.
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Ian Dunmore; SchemaLogic
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Streaming the Olympics
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Are you wondering how web sites for mega events are designed and implemented? Come and learn about large scale web site development from the team that built the web sites for the Olympics and the Democratic National Convention.
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Jason Suess; Microsoft Corporation
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Growing Architects
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IT Architecture is an immature profession that we are still in the process of shaping. In this talk Kevin aims to add to the architecture body of knowledge by exploring the progression path from developer to architect, outlining what makes a good architect and how to lead and effectively build those skills in the developers and architects in your teams.
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Kevin Francis; Object Consulting
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11:30 - 11:35
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Break
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11:30 - 14:00
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Sky Lounge Open
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11:35 - 12:35
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Breakout Sessions
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Delivering Architectural Guidance in the Development Environment
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Blueprints are the next generation of Microsoft's multi-year Software Development and Lifecycle automation initiative known as Software Factories. Come learn about consuming Microsoft Blueprints as well as authoring your own Blueprints.
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Jack Greenfield; Microsoft Corporation
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Time
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Session & Abstract
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Speaker
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11:35 - 12:35
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Breakout Sessions
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Enterprises Going Social
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This session will explore enterprise solution frameworks for engaging with social communities. Options discussed will include integrating with existing social networking & media communities, investing in on-premise community engagement solutions, and subscribing to services that enable business-to-community connections.
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Christof Sprenger; Microsoft Corporation
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The GoGrid Cloud
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GoGrid is a pioneer in delivering “infrastructure in the cloud”. The CEO and Co-Founder will provide an overview of how they had the vision to anticipate the demand for cloud computing and review the architectural choices they made in delivering cloud infrastructure, including virtualization and hypervisor technology, IP addressing, VLANs, and more.
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John Keagy; GoGrid
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Green Computing
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What happens when you are tasked with Strategic IT planning for Environmental Sustainability? What are the common models and what architectural areas are leveraged? How are Business and Regulatory issues impacting strategic IT planning?
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Lewis Curtis; Microsoft Corporation
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Enterprise-grade Cloud Applications
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Hosted applications today do not offer many of the features that large enterprises expect around identity, management, and data. In this session, we will walk through detailed examples of ‘enterprise grade’ hosted application design. At the end of the session, you will understand how to implement a federated identity scenario, enable remote management of your application and allow a richer control on how the data is stored.
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Eugenio Pace; Microsoft Corporation
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Time
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Session & Abstract
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Speaker
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11:35 - 12:35
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Breakout Sessions
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Certification for Architects
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As the “job role” architect moves from a role to a profession the value and issue of certification will drive many discussions and changes. As it sits today in a “maturing” IT landscape, how we build and leverage certifications will determine both our path towards a profession as well as the simple clarification of our profession.
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Don Browning; Turner Broadcasting
Scott Andersen; Microsoft Corporation
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12:35 - 13:30
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Networking Lunch
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13:30 - 14:30
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Open Space Nomination of Topics
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14:30 - 15:30
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Open Space Discussion
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15:30 - 15:45
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Break
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15:45 – 16:45
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Open Space Discussion
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16:45 - 17:00
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Break
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17:00 - 18:00
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Closing Discussion
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18:00 - 22:00
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Evening Dinner & Networking
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18:00 – 22:00
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Sky Lounge Open
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