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Events Archive 2003/2004 Season

The Forum meets eight times a calendar year, on the 3rd Thursday of every month, breaking for summer holidays and Christmas.

2003/2004 Season: sept - oct - nov - jan - feb - march - aprill - may

September 18, 2003

Location
Webplan (700 Silver Seven Rd, Kanata)
From downtown Ottawa, take the HWY 417 West
Take the PROMENADE TERRY FOX/TERRY FOX DRIVE exit- exit number 140.
Turn LEFT onto TERRY FOX DR.
Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto PALLADIUM DR
Turn RIGHT onto SILVER SEVEN RD.

Time
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Topic
Innovation: Capturing and evaluating new ideas, fostering innovation, and building early-stage products.

Roundtable/Speaker
Graham Brown, Corel
Richard Dumas, TrueContext
Don Campbell, Cognos
Sebastien Marineau, QNX

Meeting Minutes

October 23, 2003

Location
Adobe Ottawa (785 Carling Ave.)

Time
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Topic
Patents and IP Protection in software – practical advice (and some
war stories) for VPs of Engineering and software managers.

Roundtable/Speaker
Mike Milinkovich, Oracle
Richard Mitchell, Marks & Clerk
John Duimovich, IBM
Steve Carkner, Advanced Bioelectric and Intectus
Dallas Smith, Gowlings
Kevin Simzer, Entrust (Moderator)

Resources

November 20, 2003

Location
Corel (1600 Carling Ave)

Time
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Topic
Productivity and Metrics

Roundtable/Speaker
Khaled El Emam, NRC/TrialStat
Marc Graveline, Cognos
Kevin Simzer, Entrust (Moderator)

Roundtable minutes

January 15, 2004

Location
Oracle (50 O'Connor St, 13th floor)

Time
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Topic
Web Services and the Microsoft Indigo Platform

Roundtable/Speaker
Paul Cotton, Program Manager of XML Standards, Microsoft Canada, and Chairman of the W3C XML Query Working Group

February 19, 2004

Location
Alcatel (600 March Road)

Time
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Topic
Web Services Part II - Web Services in Practice

Roundtable/Speaker
Scott Newman, WebPlan
Sylvain, St-Germain, Macadamian
Matt Butler, Adobe
John Shortt, Watchfire
Mark Baker, Nanometrics
Frederic Boulanger, Macadamian (moderator)

March 25, 2004

Location
Watchfire (1 Hines Road, Suite 200)

Time
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Topic
eXtreme Programming and Agile Methods in the real-world

Roundtable/Speaker
Dana Smith, The Agile Manager
Dave Rooney, Mayford Technologies
Alan Knight, Cincom Systems
Brian Pirie, Corel Corporation

April 15, 2004

Location
Microsoft Canada (World Exchange Plaza, 45 O'Connor, Suite 1850)

Time
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Topic
Compensation and Motivation in Engineering Teams

Roundtable/Speaker
Marilyn Sikes, Compensation and HR Management
Mel Mulligan, Human Resources Management Consulting

May 20, 2004

Location
Cognos

Time
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Topic
Outsourcing Software Development

Roundtable/Speaker
Sergio Pellizzari (Nakina)
Terry Cass (Adobe)
Frederic Boulanger (Macadamian)
Ron Huberman (Alcatel)
Peter O'Blenis (Trialstat)
Moderator: Marc Graveline (Cognos)
 

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