We are pleased to confirm that the next meeting of the WebSphere User Group (uk) will take place on 10th September 2009 at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. There will be no charge for this meeting and we have an excellent agenda lined up. Note: there will be a social gathering of the night before which will be an excellent opportunity for extended networking. London to Edinburgh return flights are approx £50 with easyJet.

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Provisional Agenda

Registration and Coffee begins from 8:30am, with the Chairman's Intro at 9:00am. The first session begins at 9:30am.

If you prefer a full Agenda listing with Abstracts and Speaker info, then you can view that here. Please note that this is both very long and also tends to get a lot more accurate in the days leading up to the event itself, once we're able to get hold of all the info we need!

Stream	09:30	10:15	10:45	11:40	12:30	13:30	14:25	15:10	15:30	16:25
Keynote	Keynote: WebSphere Directions	Coffee	Project Blue Spruce: The Web Browser	No Session	Lunch	No Session	(empty)	Coffee	(empty)	(empty)
WebSphere Portfolio	Event Processing and WebSphere Business Events	Coffee	WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance. The	No Session	Lunch	No Session	(empty)	Coffee	(empty)	(empty)
Architect SIG	Solution Architecture Patterns Update	Coffee	The Process of Software Architecting	No Session	Lunch	No Session	(empty)	Coffee	(empty)	(empty)
WAS Admin SIG	Change Management for WebSphere Administration	Coffee	Automating the Configuration of WebSphere	No Session	Lunch	No Session	(empty)	Coffee	(empty)	(empty)
SOA & WebServices SIG	Re-introduction to SCA and the OASIS	Coffee	SCA and the Evolving Technology Landscape	Practical use of Web Services transactions in SOA	Lunch	WS-ReliableMessaging and WS-Notification in WAS7	(empty)	Coffee	(empty)	(empty)
WebSphere Experiences	No Session	Coffee	No Session	Business Process Management: Experiences	Lunch	Faster Payments: The Challenges of Delivering ...	(empty)	Coffee	(empty)	(empty)
WebSphere Platform	No Session	Coffee	No Session	WAS 7 Internals 'Under The Covers'	Lunch	OSGi in the WebSphere Programming Model	(empty)	Coffee	(empty)	(empty)
WebSphere Messaging In Focus	No Session	Coffee	No Session	Behind the scenes of the Service Integration Bus	Lunch	Using WAS and MQ together	(empty)	Coffee	(empty)	(empty)
Portal SIG	No Session	Coffee	No Session	Extending the value of Social Software into WAS	Lunch	Creating Web Experiences for WebSphere and Portal	(empty)	Coffee	(empty)	(empty)

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Location: ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH - Edinburgh

Address

ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH - Edinburgh
22-26 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ.
Tel: (0)131 240 5000

Car Parking

If you are arriving by car please note that parking near The Royal Society is limited to meter parking only which can prove costly. The nearest car parks are at the St James centre; Leith Street or Castle Terrace, where there are 24 hour car parks. Please allow 10-15 minutes after parking to get to the venue.

By Road

Main roads into Edinburgh are the M8 from the West and the A1 from the South. From the East please follow the A90 and head for Queensferry Road

By Rail

Waverley Station is a five minute walk from the Royal Society with frequent local and national services. For Further information on train services please contact National Rail Enquiries on 08457484950

By Air

Edinburgh airport is approximately 12 kilometres from the city centre and is well served by frequent bus services and airport taxis. Car hire is available at the airport . The airport is a 20-30 minute car drive from the city centre.

Note, return flights from London are currently avaliable from budget carriers such easyJet for approx £50.

By Bus

Bus services to and from Edinburgh arrive/depart from St Andrew Square which is a five minute walk away.

By Bicycle

Main roads into Edinburgh are the M8 from the West and the A1 from the South. Cycle paths exist within Edinburgh. If you wish to come by bicycle please advise so that bike storage facilities can be arranged.