Agenda

Wednesday, April 9, 2007		Speaker
7:30am - 8:30am	Registration and Breakfast
8:30am - 9:00am	Forum Welcome Address	Mark Relph

9:00am - 10:15am	The Next Wave of Application Opportunity	Norm Judah

10:15am - 10:45am	Break

10:45am - 12:00am	The Current and Future State of Enterprise Architecture	Richard Cleaver

12:00pm - 1:00pm	Lunch

1:00pm - 2:00pm	Breakout sessions:
	Business Process Infrastructure Optimization	Bart Bischoff
	Core Infrastructure Optimization	Damir Bersinic
	Application Platform Optimization	William Oellermann
	Data Center Virtualization Roundtable: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly	Richard Campbell

2:00pm - 2:15pm	Break

2:15pm - 3:15pm	Breakout sessions:
	Building an Agile IT – The CN Way	Plamen Hristov
	Managing a Virtual Infrastructure	Damir Bersinic
	Server 2008 as a SOA Application Platform	Dave Remmer
	Business Intelligence in the Enterprise	Kristina Kerr

3:15pm - 3:30pm	Break

3:30pm - 4:30pm	Breakout sessions:
	Realizing Dynamic Systems	Dave Remmer
	Improving the End User Computing Experience at Bombardier	Alain Paquette
	Building Business Intelligence Applications with the MS Platform	Kristina Kerr
	Roadmap for Implementing an SOA	Mohammad Akif

4:30pm - 4:45pm	Break

4:45pm - 5:45pm	Aligning IT with Business Strategy/Performance	Stephen Ibaraki

5:45pm - 6:00pm	Day's Wrap-up

6:00pm - 10:00pm	Evening Event

Thursday, April 10, 2007
7:30am - 8:30am	Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 am	Day's Welcome Address	Peter van der Zouwe

8:45am - 9:30am	EA - Everything Aligned	Gary Doucet

9:30am - 9:45am	Break

9:45am - 10:45am	Breakout sessions:
	Internet Service Bus	Mohammad Akif
	Designing the Optimized Desktop in the Enterprise	Darin Travis
	Architecting Solutions using the Windows Live Platform	Ryan Storgaard
	Identity Management	Damir Bersinic

10:45am - 11:00am	Break

11:00am - 12:00pm	Breakout sessions:
	Malware Landscape Update	Roger Grimes
	Designing the Optimized Desktop in the Enterprise	Darin Travis
	The SQL Server 2008 Data Platform	Ram Ramanathan
	Risk Management Issues in Security	Dana Epp

12:00pm - 1:00pm	Lunch

1:00pm - 2:00pm	Breakout sessions:
	Security Defence Trends	Roger Grimes

	The Rich Interactive Application (RIA) Platform: The Importance of User Experience in Today’s Applications	Paul Laberge
	Opportunistic Development vs. Systematic Development	Joel Quimper

2:00pm - 2:15pm	Break

2:15pm - 3:15pm	Breakout sessions:
	Enterprise Ready Data Platform	Ram Ramanathan
	Decreasing the Number of Admins	Rogers Grimes
	Accessing Data on the MS Platform	Jamie Wakeam
	Dynamic IT at Microsoft: Intimate and Interactive	Barry Briggs

3:15pm - 3:30pm	Break

3:30pm - 4:45pm	Dynamic IT at Microsoft	Barry Briggs

4:45pm - 5:00pm	Day's Wrap-up

6:00pm - 10:00pm	Evening Event

Friday, April 11, 2007
7:30am - 8:30am	Breakfast
8:30am - 8:45am	Day's Welcome Address	Peter van der Zouwe

8:45am - 9:30am	The Microsoft Canada Development Centre	Par Singh

9:30am - 9:45am	Break

9:45am - 10:45am	Breakout sessions:
	Interoperability	Joel Quimper
	SQL Server 2008 Infrastructure Management	Scott Stauffer
	ESB, Integration and SOA Platform	Peter Kelcey
	Office Business Applications: Intimate and Interactive	Juergen Daiberl and Steve Fox

10:45am - 11:00am	Break

11:00am - 12:00pm	Breakout sessions:
	Integrating LOBs into OBAs	Juergen Daiberl and Steve Fox
	Anywhere Access; the Microsoft Security Strategy	Bruce Cowper
	Building Solutions Effectively using Visual Studio Team System 2008	Adam Gallant
	Directions in Modeling	David Trowbridge

12:00pm - 1:00pm	Lunch
1:00pm - 2:00pm	Breakout sessions:
	Web 2.0: Understanding the Trends and Architecting for Collaboration	Paul Laberge
	Virtualize the Datacenter	Nelson and Danielle Ruest
	Building Solutions for the Modern Web with the Microsoft Platform	Adam Gallant
	IT Architect Skills in the Next Decade	Dave Remmer

2:00pm - 2:15pm	Break

2:15pm - 3:15pm	Architectural Considerations for Sustainability	Lewis Curtis

3:15pm - 3:30pm	Forum Wrap-up