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BRITISH COMPUTER SOCIETY CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST GROUP
The specialist group for Change, Release and Configuration Management
2nd BCS CMSG Conference Cambridge 21 & 22 June 2005
The World of Change, Configuration and Release Management
Following on from the success of our 1st Conference in 2003, the 2nd
Conference of the British Computer Society Configuration Management
Specialist Group (BCS CMSG) will be held 21 & 22 June, 2005, at Homerton
College in Cambridge. The conference will bring together managers and
practitioners working in Change, Configuration and Release management.
Presentations by practitioners and world leaders in the field will cover
a wide variety of topics.
The conference objectives are to encourage the cross fertilisation of
Change, Configuration Management and Release Management best practices
across different worlds and explore collaborative ways of working that
enable better management of configurations.
As business and technology changes rapidly we need to focus on the
future while coping with the present: how can we manage e-commerce
applications; web configurations and content; large complex
configurations? Are there new standards and tools that will help us leap
forward? How do we sell the processes and prove that best practice helps
organisations achieve their goals? How do we develop as professionals?
We welcome both newcomers and old hands to the BCS CMSG sharing
experiences and lessons learnt.
The conference themes are:
- Change, Configuration and Release Management as practised in
large-scale Systems Integration programmes and projects.
- Change, Configuration and Release Management best practices for
software development in commercial environments e.g. better, faster,
cheaper.
- Configuration management across the lifecycle from development
to the live environment, including service management.
Venue
Cambridge is a historic and exciting city and Homerton College is
close to the heart of it. The conference venue is within walking
distance of the station. Cambridge can easily be reached by train, plane
and car.
Conference Programme
The conference programme will consist of plenary, parallel, poster
and workshop sessions in Change, Configuration and Release management.
In addition, panel discussions, special interest group sessions, vendor
displays, exhibits, demonstrations and meetings and other related
gatherings will be scheduled. The conference schedule will provide time
for relaxed social and professional interaction.
Submissions should be relevant to the conference themes. The CMSG
would particularly like to hear from potential speakers sharing their
own experiences.
Submitting papers for the Conference – by 15 January 2005
If you are interested please submit a proposal for a paper and
include sufficient detail to make the audience, meaning and value of the
session clear.
- Short Title + Synopsis of no more than 150 words
- Presenter Name
- Organisation/Affiliation
- Conference Objective addressed
- Theme
- Audience (Beginners/ Intermediate/ Experts)
- Short biography + CV
- Previous conference papers
All works submitted will be assigned to three committee members for
peer review. The results of this review will determine whether a work
will be accepted for plenary, parallel or poster presentation.
Notifications of acceptance will be sent by 1 March, 2005. Authors
retain the copyright to all submitted work and, by submitting, grant
permission for inclusion in the conference proceedings.
Materials should be submitted electronically to
secretary@bcs-cmsg.org.uk
DEADLINES and KEY DATES
February 4, 2005 Final submission deadline. Workshop proposals due.
February 28, 2005 Notification of acceptance.
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