[oslc] OSLC at Innovate 2011 (June 5 - 9)

[Steve K Speicher]

Dear community members,

I’d like to tell you about the OSLC related activities that are being 
planned for the Innovate 2011 conference in Orlando, Florida (June 5–9). 

In addition to visibility in the keynote presentations (‘Integration’ will 
be a key message throughout the conference), there are at least 14 
breakout sessions that include OSLC content including experiences in 
implementing and deploying integrations using OSLC, featuring members of 
this community. On Tuesday 7 June, I will be running a technical workshop: 
‘Enable Tools for Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration in a Day’. 
I've started to summarize OSLC activities at Innovate on the wiki at 
http://open-services.net/bin/view/Main/OslcAtInnovate2011 (please update 
as needed).

New this year will be a OSLC-focused interoperability center in the 
exhibit hall that focuses demonstrations of how OSLC is being used to 
implement integration scenarios across IBM and IBM business partners.

On top of sessions, there will also be opportunities for networking and 
discussion with community members and other conference attendees with an 
interest in OSLC; and a chance to see how OSLC is being used by IBM and 
IBM business partners. We are planning an evening ‘Birds of a Feather’ 
session on OSLC. 

In order to recognize OSLC community members at the event and to raise 
visibility of, and foster conversations around OSLC, we plan to have 
conference badge ribbons with the slogan “OSLC: Let’s Integrate” that will 
help identify those attendees who are interested in promoting OSLC and 
sharing their experiences.

To find general information about Innovate 2011 please visit: 
http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/innovate/  During registration, be 
sure to enter "OSLC" in the suggested topics for the Birds of a Feather.

If you have any questions about or further ideas on how to raise the 
visibility of OSLC at Innovate 2011, please don’t hesitate to reach out to 
me. Looking forward to seeing you there.

Thanks,
Steve Speicher | IBM Rational Software | (919) 254-0645