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                             CALL FOR PROPOSALS
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                              OBJECTWEBCON06
                 ObjectWeb Annual Conference, 5th EDITION
                             Paris, France
                       January 31st - February 2nd, 2006
                    http://ObjectWebCon06.objectweb.org/

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                 SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 21th, 2005
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ObjectWebCon06, the next ObjectWeb annual conference will take place in
Paris, la Défense, France, from January 31st to February 2nd, 2006.

As ObjectWeb is moving in Analyst reports from a pure technical player  in
open source infrastructure software to a consortium of market  players, its
annual conferences strengthens as unique opportunity for  professionals to
discover, learn and exchange on middleware and open  source software
technology and Ecosystems.

As an experienced professional of the domain, you are invited to submit
proposals in one or more of the following sessions:
- Parallel sessions
- Best use case awards
- Podium talks

Please freely distribute this call to interested colleagues and friends.

We thank you for making your submission online before November 21th, and
are looking forward to reading your proposals,

Best regards,

ObjectwebCon06 Program Committee
mailto:OWCon06-contact@objectweb.org

Note: More information can be found on the web at
http://ObjectWebCon06.objectweb.org/ or below in plain text form.

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The ObjectWebCon06 program committee is seeking to receiving proposals for
the following sessions:

1. Parallel sessions (45 minutes)
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Sessions will cover the three following topics:

T1- "Using Open Source Middleware for...":(3 presentations in each topic)
      . enterprise Java/APS (J2EE, Webportal, B2B, BI)
       . SOA (application integration, ESB,...)
       . Clustering/ GRID (autonomic management, provisioning large scale
systems)
       . Ad hoc networked systems (telco, mobility, RFID, embedded)
       
T2- "In the business of Open Source Middleware..." (6 presentations)
Business models, legal aspects, OSS Strategy, public policies, real world
cases, governmental uses)

T3- "Focus on ObjectWeb projects" (10 presentations) Overview,
introduction, primers, guided tours, getting started with ObjectWeb
projects

Guideline to submit in Parallel sessions
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* The title of the presentation.
* A brief outline or abstract of the presentation (not to exceed 400
words).
* For each speaker, the speaker name, title, company, professional street
and email addresses, phone and fax numbers. Addresses, phone and fax
numbers are for organization purposes only and will not be distributed to
third parties without prior agreement.
* A short biography of the proposed speaker(s) showing relevant experience
and qualification to speak on the proposed subject matter (not to exceed
300 words).

Submissions should be made online at
http://ObjectWebCon06.objectweb.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/CFP and should be
written in English, presentations are to be given in English.

Important dates for Parallel sessions:
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- Abstract due: November 21th, 2005
- Notification: starting December 5th, 2005

2. Best Use Cases Awards
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The ObjectWebCon06 Best Use Cases contest is a challenge for which you may
file one or several submissions about real world use cases of ObjectWeb
components and platforms. Winners will be nominated by ObjectWeb members
through on-line vote (December 1st-15th).

Awards will be offered in the following categories:
A1: Entreprise Java: production use of ObjectWeb enterprise Java components
and platforms
A2: ISV & Integration: commercial offering or development embedding some
ObjectWeb components
A3: Jury's Special Prize: any use of ObjectWeb components and platforms

Guideline to run for Use Cases Awards:
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* A brief outline or abstract (not to exceed 150 words).
* ObjectWeb components that have been used.
* a comment about this success "why has it been a success according to
you?".

In option, you may add:
* a complete description of the Use Case.
* screenshots

Submission should be made online at
http://ObjectWebCon06.objectweb.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/AwardsForm

Important dates for Use Case Awards:
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- Abstract due: November 21st, 2005
- Online vote: December 1-12
- Notification: Starting December 15th

3. Podium talks
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Podium talks intends to give all participants an opportunity to present
work they do relating to open source middleware. Podium speaker will have
the floor for 10 minutes and may use up to 5 slides. Podium talks will
complement technical sessions on the following topics:
- enterprise grid
- J2EE/APS
- SOA/ESB
- Telco

Guideline for podium speakers:
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Podium talks are scheduled on a first-come first-served basis.
Send an email to OWCon06-contact@objectweb.org in order to reserve a slot.

On behalf of the ObjectWebCon'06 Organization Committee,
Xavier MOGHRABI
ObjectWeb Consortium
http://www.objectweb.org