BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Upcoming: AgileEvents Events PRODID:-//Upcoming.org/Upcoming ICS//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080804 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080809 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Agile 2008 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/241646/ ] Industry conference about agile software development run by non-profit Agile Alliance URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/241646/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/241646/ DTSTAMP:20070821T093939 LAST-UPDATED:20070821T093939 CATEGORIES:Commercial ORGANIZER;CN=rachelclairedavies:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/156950/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/81727/":Toronto Sheraton Centre @ 123 Queen Street West\, Toronto\, Ontario M5H 2M9 CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Toronto Sheraton Centre ADDRESS:123 Queen Street West CITY:Toronto REGION;X-ABBREV=on:Ontario COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=ca:Canada POSTALCODE:M5H 2M9 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://starwood.webcanada.com/sct/ END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20080807T190000 DTEND:20080807T210000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Cloud computing - how safe is your corporate data? DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/923218/ ] For more info: ceo@ict-eu.com At a recent gathering of over 70 security professionals\, the subject of cloud computing and the issues that it raises regarding the security of our networks was discussed. The forum interactively identified numerous issues that must be addressed within the enterprise to ensure that proprietary\, personal and private information is protected when using cloud computing technology. The talk described different types of cloud computing solutions and how they allow information to leak from the enterprise. Other cloud computing issues covered were data ownership\, legal liability\, verification and validation\, virtualization\, and e-discovery implications. This talk will describe the results of that collaboration and will provide insight into how security professionals are addressing cloud computing in the enterprise. For example\, if your organization is using cloud computing services is your present security model going to have to change? Speaker: Mark S. Kadrich - CISSP - The Security Consortium\, Inc For the past 20 year Mark Kadrich has been a contributing member of the security community. His strengths are in systems level design\, policy generation\, end point security\, and risk management. His book Endpoint Security (Addison Wesley) is available now. Mr. Kadrich is presently President and CEO of The Security Consortium\, whose mission is to provide security testing\, research\, counsel\, and leadership to their customers. Prior to TSC\, Mr. Kadrich was Senior Manager of Network and Endpoint Security for Symantec. His role was to ensure that the Symantec business units correctly interpreted security policy during their pursuit of innovative technology solutions. Mr. Kadrich was senior scientist with Sygate Technologies prior to the Symantec acquisition. Mr. Kadrich joined Sygate through the acquisition of a start-up company where he was a founding member. Dinner\, wine\, cold drinks are included! $20. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/923218/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/923218/ DTSTAMP:20080722T195615 LAST-UPDATED:20080722T195615 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=FullCalendar:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4368/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/97983/":Samovar Conference Hall @ 1077 Independence Ave\, Mountain View\, California 94043 US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Samovar Conference Hall ADDRESS:1077 Independence Ave CITY:Mountain View REGION;X-ABBREV=ca:California COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=us:United States POSTALCODE:94043 GEO:37.4201;-122.097 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/97983/ END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20080813T183000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Agile in Belgium user group meeting - BV Game DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/925660/ ] After our first nice encounter where you find artefacts @ the XP.be yahoo group (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xp-be/?yguid=346283339)\, I am pleased to invite you to the second 'Agile in Belgium' user group meeting on the 13th of August @ Capgemini Belgium (http://www.be.capgemini.com/). Please subscribe before the 11th of August by means of a mail to jurgen.desmet@agfa.com. Topic: Business Value Game Presenters: Vera Peeters & Pascal Van Cauwenberghe Both are independent consultants. Vera runs her own company Tryx (http://wiki2go.tryx.be/FrontPage.html)\, for Pascal this is Nayima (http://www.nayima.be/). Both have a significant amount of years experience in developing software systems\, development in all kinds of high-technological environments applying agile ways of working in different flavors and environments. Both have presented workshops at several conferences\, invented the XP Game as well as they founded XP.be community. Objectives: Learn how to assign business value to projects and stories\, prioritize and make plans that bring value. Contents: Agile teams want to deliver maximum business value. That's easy if the Onsite Customer assigns business value to each story. But how does the Customer do that? How can you estimate business value? How do you decide between stories? How do you decide between projects? How do you decide between clients? This session gives you some simple business value estimation techniques that are "good enough" for everyday use. The session is run as a game\, where teams of 'businesspeople' have to make plans for their development team. The goal of the game is to deliver the highest possible business value\, like in the XP Game. This game is a complement to the XP Game: how do these 'business value points" on the XP Game story cards get chosen? Each businessperson in the team represents one (or more) clients who will buy the team's product IF their feature(s) is in the product. The team is going to have to make some tough decisions\; the team is going to have to disappoint some clients\, because the development team has a finite capacity. Pascal & Vera provide the clients and their wishes + they suggest the techniques to estimate business value. The rest is up to us. Agenda: 18.30h Welcome 19.00h Start of the session 20.30h Round up be on time! A big thanks to Bart Reyserhove for the location this time! Also many thanks to Vera & Pascal for this unique opportunity\, much appreciated! URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/925660/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/925660/ DTSTAMP:20080723T142513 LAST-UPDATED:20080723T142513 CATEGORIES:Social ORGANIZER;CN=JurgenDeSmet:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/249511/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/178689/":Capgemini Belgium @ Bessenveldstraat\, Diegem\, Vlaams Brabant 1831 BE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Capgemini Belgium ADDRESS:Bessenveldstraat CITY:Diegem REGION;X-ABBREV=bru:Vlaams Brabant COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=be:Belgium POSTALCODE:1831 GEO:50.8839;4.4397 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/178689/ END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080820 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080822 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Certified ScrumMaster Training - 2 day course DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/467464/ ] Learn the essentials of working as a ScrumMaster or Scrum team member in this two-day course. While the Scrum Alliance provides a list of core concepts that must be covered in the class\, each instructor creates his or her own material\, allowing courses to differ based on the strengths\, interests\, and experiences of the instructor. This two-day ScrumMaster certification course provides everything you need to get started with Scrum and Agile. One of the largest and fastest-growing agile project management methodologies\, Scrum is a simple software management technique that has a small set of interrelated practices and rules\, in not overly prescriptive and is able to produce productivity gains for software development teams almost immediately. Delivered by SolutionsIQ Agile thought leaders\, this course shares time-tested practices for managing product backlogs\, planning your releases and iterations (Sprints) and tracking and reporting progress. You'll learn how to plan and run Sprint Planning Meetings\, daily Scrum Meetings\, Sprint Reviews\, Sprint Retrospectives and more! On completion\, participants are registered as Certified ScrumMasters (CSMs)\, which includes a one-year membership in the Scrum Alliance\, (www.scrumalliance.org) where valuable ScrumMaster-material and information are available exclusively to CSMs. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/467464/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/467464/ DTSTAMP:20080401T123814 LAST-UPDATED:20080401T123814 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=tsudol:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/170328/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/90503/":The Harbor Club Seattle @ The Norton Building\, 801 Second Avenue\, 17th Floor\, Seattle\, Washington 98104 US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:The Harbor Club Seattle ADDRESS:The Norton Building\, 801 Second Avenue\, 17th Floor CITY:Seattle REGION;X-ABBREV=wa:Washington COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=us:United States POSTALCODE:98104 GEO:47.6021;-122.328 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://www.harborclub.org/seattle.cfm END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080910 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080912 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Agile Program Management with Scrum - 2 day course DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/467468/ ] Are you looking for techniques to grow your successful Agile projects into an Agile program? Do you know what your next steps are on the Agile Maturity Scale? In this two day course you will learn practices to help you grow your agile teams into successful Agile programs\; enabling you to take on more complex challenges while staying true to the agile values and practices that you used in the Agile projects. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/467468/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/467468/ DTSTAMP:20080401T124157 LAST-UPDATED:20080401T124157 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=tsudol:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/170328/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/90503/":The Harbor Club Seattle @ The Norton Building\, 801 Second Avenue\, 17th Floor\, Seattle\, Washington 98104 US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:The Harbor Club Seattle ADDRESS:The Norton Building\, 801 Second Avenue\, 17th Floor CITY:Seattle REGION;X-ABBREV=wa:Washington COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=us:United States POSTALCODE:98104 GEO:47.6021;-122.328 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://www.harborclub.org/seattle.cfm END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20080912T170000 DTEND:20080912T140000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20080915T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Simple Design and Testing Conference DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/462000/ ] The Third Simple Design and Testing Conference is back by popular demand. SDT Conf is focused on providing agile practitioners a platform to meet face-to-face and discuss/demonstrate simple design & testing principles/approaches. The conference will use Open Spaces to structure conversation\, improve understanding\, facilitate brainstorming and help innovate. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/462000/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/462000/ DTSTAMP:20080323T040521 LAST-UPDATED:20080323T040521 CATEGORIES:Social ORGANIZER;CN=nashjain:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/169314/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/11265/":Microsoft Midwest District Office @ 3025 Highland Pkwy.\, Suite 300\, Downers Grove\, Illinois 60515 US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Microsoft Midwest District Office ADDRESS:3025 Highland Pkwy.\, Suite 300 CITY:Downers Grove REGION;X-ABBREV=il:Illinois COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=us:United States POSTALCODE:60515 GEO:41.8319;-88.0106 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://www.windowsitpro.com/roadshows/sqlserverdba/index.cfm?code=techvenueevents END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080915 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080917 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Certified ScrumMaster Training - 2 day course DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/467465/ ] Learn the essentials of working as a ScrumMaster or Scrum team member in this two-day course. While the Scrum Alliance provides a list of core concepts that must be covered in the class\, each instructor creates his or her own material\, allowing courses to differ based on the strengths\, interests\, and experiences of the instructor. This two-day ScrumMaster certification course provides everything you need to get started with Scrum and Agile. One of the largest and fastest-growing agile project management methodologies\, Scrum is a simple software management technique that has a small set of interrelated practices and rules\, in not overly prescriptive and is able to produce productivity gains for software development teams almost immediately. Delivered by SolutionsIQ Agile thought leaders\, this course shares time-tested practices for managing product backlogs\, planning your releases and iterations (Sprints) and tracking and reporting progress. You'll learn how to plan and run Sprint Planning Meetings\, daily Scrum Meetings\, Sprint Reviews\, Sprint Retrospectives and more! On completion\, participants are registered as Certified ScrumMasters (CSMs)\, which includes a one-year membership in the Scrum Alliance\, (www.scrumalliance.org) where valuable ScrumMaster-material and information are available exclusively to CSMs. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/467465/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/467465/ DTSTAMP:20080401T123908 LAST-UPDATED:20080401T123908 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=tsudol:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/170328/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/90503/":The Harbor Club Seattle @ The Norton Building\, 801 Second Avenue\, 17th Floor\, Seattle\, Washington 98104 US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:The Harbor Club Seattle ADDRESS:The Norton Building\, 801 Second Avenue\, 17th Floor CITY:Seattle REGION;X-ABBREV=wa:Washington COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=us:United States POSTALCODE:98104 GEO:47.6021;-122.328 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://www.harborclub.org/seattle.cfm END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20081119T200000 DTEND:20081119T230000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20081122T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:QCon San Francisco 2008 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/765567/ ] Join us for this second annual Enterprise Software Development Conference\, designed for developers\, team leads\, architects and project management providing a unique opportunity for learning\, networking\, and tracking innovation in the Java\, .NET\, Ruby\, SOA\, Agile\, Ajax\, and architecture communities. Speakers include: • Kent Beck\, Three Rivers Institute • Erik Meijer\, Creator\, LINQ • Rod Johnson\, Spring Creator • Robert Martin\, Agile Programming expert • Martin Fowler\, Refactoring\, Analysis Patterns • And many many more…. At our inaugural San Francisco conference we saw more than 400 attendees and 78 speakers. On November 17–18 a number of tutorials are being organized\, please check back on our website for more information. Register by July 31 and save up to $400\, pay just $1\,695 for a 3 -day conference pass. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/765567/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/765567/ DTSTAMP:20080605T225230 LAST-UPDATED:20080605T225230 CATEGORIES:Commercial ORGANIZER;CN=Trifork:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/224414/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/114767/":The Westin San Francisco Market Street Hotel @ 50 Third Street\, San Francisco\, California US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:The Westin San Francisco Market Street Hotel ADDRESS:50 Third Street CITY:San Francisco REGION;X-ABBREV=ca:California COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=us:United States POSTALCODE: GEO:37.7867;-122.403 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/114767/ END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081122 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:XP Days Benelux 2008 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/871579/ ] URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/871579/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/871579/ DTSTAMP:20080710T073339 LAST-UPDATED:20080710T073339 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=Pascal Van Cauwenberghe:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/160510/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/165521/":Koningshof Conference Center @ Locht 117\, Veldhoven\, Noord-Brabant 5504 RM NL END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Koningshof Conference Center ADDRESS:Locht 117 CITY:Veldhoven REGION;X-ABBREV=:Noord-Brabant COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=nl:Netherlands POSTALCODE:5504 RM GEO:51.3935;5.3867 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://www.nh-hotels.nl/nh/nl/hotels/nederland/veldhoven.html END:VVENUE END:VCALENDAR