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JumpStart Sessions
Audience: Developers, system administrators and technologists/IT Managers
Lotusphere JumpStart sessions are designed to get developers and administrators up and running on products, techniques, and technologies that Lotus and WebSphere Portal Software offers. Get ready for the rest of Lotusphere by jumping into that AJAX, Web Services, Web 2.0 or JavaScript class you always meant to take. And back for Lotusphere 2009: We're sub-dividing the sessions in the JumpStart track into the traditional, technology-oriented sessions, and a whole set of product-oriented "QuickStarts" for the new products that you've ask for extra training on. "Traditional" sessions will continue to cover important tools and technologies; the QuickStart sessions will be immersion-style overviews of newer Lotus products, focusing on features and functionality.
Sessions will begin on Sunday, January 18th, and are two hours in length.
NEW! "Show 'n Tell" Sessions
Audience: Developers and administrators of all levels
Due to the enormous popularity of the Lotusphere Hands-on track, we've reworked it to expand the audience far beyond what we were able to accommodate in previous years. The new Show 'n Tell track is designed to bring you classroom-style technical presentations, complemented by a hands-on sandbox where you can run through the exercises after the session at your own pace using virtual machine environments supplied by the presenters. Simply put, the Show 'n Tell track will be a fast track to your education on a single topic. From start to finish, with picture by picture screenshots that you can take home with you and use to set up your own environment. All sessions will adopt a teaching approach with heavy emphasis on documentation and the supporting hands-on labs.
Track One: Futures and Innovations
Audience: IT, MIS and business managers and architects, developers and administrators of all levels
Back with even more for Lotusphere 2009, this track concentrates on the brand-new, "hot-off-the-press" technologies and innovations coming from the IBM and Lotus Research labs and engineers, including exciting new technologies and glimpses of the future from industry gurus. With "sneak peeks" at every turn, this track will be full of sessions that you won't be able to see anywhere else, we promise!
Track Two: Application Development
Audience: Developers of all levels
The focus of this year's App Dev track is on enhancing the efficiency of developers so that you can be more successful with your applications in less time. With every Lotus software tool, there is exciting news about improvements, from visual development to simplifying the integration between Lotus collaboration products. It's now going to be easier than ever to create new applications and update existing applications while at the same time making them attractive and lightening fast. You'll find a broad selection of sessions about application development tools and technologies for Lotus Domino, and beyond with WebSphere Portal, Lotus Quickr and Lotus Connections. You'll leave with lots of ideas, helpful hints and new skills to make your applications better than ever!
Track Three: Planning and Managing Your Collaboration Infrastructure
Audience: System architects, administrators and integrators of all levels
Sessions in the Infrastructure track tell you the "what's what" of the "how-to". These sessions dive deep into product architecture, features and capabilities, deployment, as well as system management topics such as administration, directory, security, and performance. You'll pick up top tips straight from the developers who wrote the code, product managers, or 'in-the-field' experts. Whether it's Lotus Notes and Domino, Lotus Quickr, Lotus Connections, WebSphere Portal, or Lotus Sametime, you'll find the 'how-to' and the 'when and why' right here.
Track Four: Best Practices
Audience: Business and IT managers, application developers, system administrators and integrators
In a world where you're required to know everything about everything, and business as usual is anything but, you need solutions that can be used today -- from the best minds in the Lotus Community. The 2009 Best Practices track is here to deliver the tools you need to get things done! This track will meet your 'get it done now on a reduced budget demands' with trips, tricks, and quick maneuvers that you can take back to your organization for immediate rescue and relief. With the sessions in this track, you'll return better and stronger in IBM Lotus Sametime development and management, IBM WebSphere Portal, IBM Lotus Quickr, IBM Lotus Connections, and IBM Lotus Notes and Domino systems. This track has the power to provide you with the confidence needed to take on high end-user productivity and innovative IT solutions, giving you the key to solve today's complexity of collaborative applications.
Business Development Day
Audience: IBM Business Partners (members of IBM PartnerWorld)
Lotusphere Business Development Day is the kick-off event for IBM Business Partners-the only place that delivers IBM Business Partner strategy and opportunity for 2009 and sets the stage for your successful year. This day long program will focus on providing you the business skills needed to identify new revenue opportunities for product sales and services, delivering information on key marketing programs and best practices order to maximize the market opportunity and win over competition; outlining product plans and marketing strategies for selling into the SMB market and cover new ways for you to expand your business offerings to include other emerging markets. Pre-registration is required. No additional fee.
Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions
Audience: Any and all Lotusphere attendees
Come one, come all! Birds-of-a-Feather sessions are a popular feature of Lotusphere, bringing together communities and individuals with similar interests. These sessions are informal, interactive discussion groups for like-minded attendees to share ideas and experiences in an small group, open forum setting.
