World Congress

The 4th Annual World Business Congress will highlight how the new R4 release delivers business value to the Mobile, Telematics, and Digital Home markets. In addition it will focus on the latest products, end-to-end architectures, and software solutions across multiple environments.

Featuring plenary sessions, breakouts, and Town Hall panels, the Congress will highlight:

• The spread of OSGi technology around the world
   
• How OSGi User Forums are proliferating OSGi-based solutions in their regions
   
• Perspectives on the business models driving the adoption of OSGi technology
   
• First hand insights into how organizations are using OSGi technology to develop incremental revenue and profit pools.

Previous OSGi Alliance events have drawn hundreds of senior executives, developers, and users from 70 countries around the world.

AGENDA

Thursday: October 13
 

07:30

Registration; Coffee & Breakfast Pastries

09:00

Opening Remarks & Introduction of Conference Chair Deepak Kamlani, President, Global Inventures

09:10

Chairperson’s Remarks: OSGi Alliance Status Address John Barr, Ph.D., President, OSGi Alliance; Director, Standards Realization, Motorola

09:45

Keynote Presentation

The Benefits of an Open Service Oriented Architecture in the Enterprise Craig Hayman, VP Development & Technical Support,| Workplace, Portal & Collaboration Software, IBM Software Group

10:45

Networking & Refreshment Break/Exhibit Viewing

11:00

The Business Case for OSGi Technology & Unveiling Release 4   This session will provide a ‘business friendly’ overview of R4, with speakers highlighting how this release delivers business value to the mobile, telematics, and digital home ecosystems. The session will conclude with a panel discussion and Q & A. Session Moderator: Susan Schwarze, Ph.D., Vice President of Marketing, OSGi Alliance; Marketing Director, ProSyst Software Release 4 from a Business Perspective Peter Kriens, OSGi Alliance Fellow; Technology Officer and President, aQute The Business Case for the Mobile Ecosystem Jon Bostrom, Co-Chair OSGi Alliance Mobile Expert Group; Chief Architect Java, Nokia Panel Discussion and Open Q & A All Session Participants

12:45

Networking Luncheon

14:00

Global Deployment of OSGi Technology

In the last twelve months, as OSGi technology has gained global traction, User Forums have been established around the world to proliferate OSGi based solutions in relation to regional market needs. This session will focus on what each forum is doing to maximize the adoption of OSGi technology in their value chain. The session will conclude with a panel discussion and Q&A. Session Moderator: Dan Bandera, Vice President of Americas, OSGi Alliance; Program Director, Emerging Device Standards and Strategy, IBM OSGi Users' Forum – France Olivier Pavé, Co-Chair Vehicle Expert Group, OSGi Alliance; Software Architect, Siemens VDO Automotive   OSGi Users' Forum – Japan Ryutaru Kawamura, Senior Manager, NTT OSGi Users' Forum – Korea Chung-Kon, Ph.D., Vice President, Corporate Technology Operations, Samsung Electronics Panel Discussion and Open Q & A All Session Participants

15:30

Networking & Refreshment Break/Exhibit Viewing

16:00

Town Hall

Business Implications of Open Source OSGi Implementation Moderator: BJ Hargrave, OSGi Alliance Fellow & CTO; Senior Software Engineer, IBM Panelists: Richard S. Hall, Ph.D., Invited Researcher, OSGi Alliance and OSCAR Participant Jeff McAffer, Project Leader, Eclipse Equinox Christer Larsen, CEO, Gatespace Telematics and Knoplerfish Enrique Rodriguez, Product Architect, Apache Software Foundation Deepak Kamlani, President, Global Inventures

18:00

Chairperson’s Wrap-up and Review of Day One John Barr, Ph.D., President, OSGi Alliance; Director, Standards Realization, Motorola

 Friday: October 14

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