SPA2007: the Software Practice Advancement Conference
The Software Practice Advancement conference is on 25-28th March. This conference is run by the SPA Specialist Group of the British Computer Society. Formerly, the OOPS group (Object-Oriented Programming and Systems). The conference is now in it's 15th year and over time the interests of our members evolved until eventually the mission of the group had little or nothing to do with object-oriented technology and so we renamed both the group and the conference, to Software Practice Advancement or SPA for short.
SPA2007 will explore a broad range of subjects from leading-edge technology, through pioneering software development practices, to innovative techniques for managing projects and the people that make up the project team. There are several sessions about agile software development and both DSDM Consortium and Agile Alliance are among our sponsors. For full details of the programme see http://www.spaconference.org/
We're delighted to have Brian Marick, Dave Thomas and Tony Hoare as Keynote speakers, along with a fantastic programme of over 4 days.
Other sessions include:
. Concurrency in Java 5 - Wolf Schlegel
. Architecture Modelling on Agile Projects - Roman Pichler & Jim Siddle
. Creativity in practice - Marina Haase
. API Design as if Unit Testing Mattered - Michael Feathers
. Lessons Learned from Scaling XP - David Talby
. Effective Distributed Workforces - Laura Hill & Bernard Horan
. XML Databases - Chris Wallace
. Scrapheap Challenge: Use and Usability - Nat Pryce & Ivan Moore
SPA is the only conference of its kind, with its unique combination of interactive learning, leading-edge topics and open and frank discussions with Europe's leading software practitioners. The conference venue, Homerton College in Cambridge, provides an excellent mix of modern and traditional architecture set in beautiful grounds for this residential conference.
To secure your place today and for more information, visit www.spaconference.org or call 0870 760 6863. We are offering early-bird discounts until 31st January with discounts to BCS members.