OOP 2007 Conference Feedback
OOP 2007 Conference Feedback – I gave a tutorial and a keynote at the SIGS-DATACOMM OOP Conference in January. I was really honored to be asked to speak at this conference, as it was my first ever invitation to speak in Europe. The trip was a bit challenging because of the terrible weather, but the German people were so warm and inviting that I felt right at home. Perhaps my favorite story was that on Wed Jan 24th I needed to take the train from Munich to Heidelberg so that I could teach some Innovation Games® classes to staff members and friends of the SAP Design Services Team. Unfortunately, the original train was cancelled. I was lucky to find myself befriended by a German woman (from Brazil, no less!) who was also traveling to Heidelberg. Seven hours and three trains later—I was in Heidelberg.
Another great memory of the OOP conference was that I was invited by the conference organizers to attend a special reception dinner on Monday evening Jan 22nd. At the dinner we had a lively discussion about the pros/cons of changing the name of the conference. Like so many other conferences, the OOP conference has evolved substantially over the years. Yes, objects are still important, but so are many other facets of software development, all of which are covered at the OOP conference.
Should the OOP conference change its name? This is a tough branding question. Delegates from prior years know that the conference covers many topics. The concern, though, centers around new delegates: Will they be put off by a conference with “OOP” in the title if they’re looking for something about agile or product management? In the end, I told the conference organizers that I think they had already made up their mind to change the name of the conference and that we were really discussing “when” they should change the name and not “if” they should change the name. They smiled when I said this. I then told them that I agreed with their decision, and that in this case changing the name seemed like a sensible thing to do.
Here is my conference feedback, received today from Wolfgang Reuter, the very helpful and thoroughly organized Conference Organizer. Click here for the Excel feedback form.
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Luke,we would like to thank you on behalf of SIGS-DATACOM for your participation at OOP 2007 in Munich.
The initial feedback we received from our delegates was very positive.
Enclosed you will find the evaluated feedback forms of your session.
Many thanks again from the whole SIGS-DATACOM team
Wolfgang
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Wolfgang Reuter
Konferenzmanager
Conference Manager
Tel. +49 (0)2241/2341-211
Fax: +49 (0)2241/2341-199
wolfgang.reuter@sigs-datacom.de
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