Re: [eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee] Potential Business Track

[Mike Taylor <mike_taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ian,
Great list! A while ago I approached Shane 
Pearson (VP at BEA) about talking about how a 
company goes about making the strategic business 
decision to adopt eclipse. I could rekindle that 
conversation if you think it would be interesting 
and I'd be happy to help recruit other speakers.
MikeT

> At the last EclipseCon Program Committee, I volunteered to send out a list
> of potential business track sessions and then follow-up with recruiting the
> speakers for these sessions.   Below is a first draft of the list.   I’d
> appreciate everyone’s comments and feedback.   Based on the feedback, I will
> start recruiting the speakers later this week.
>
> Thanks
> Ian
>
>
> - Carl Zetie from Forrester research on Eclipse and the Long Tail
>
> Carl has done extensive research on how Eclipse is being adopted in the
> enterprise.  He is also looking at the concept that Eclipse enables
> small/niche oriented ISVs to develop specialize products, hence the Long
> Tail.
>
> - Stephen O’Grady on Conversation Marketing  (similar to what he did in
> Chicago)
>
> Stephen did a very successful presentation at the recent Eclipse members
> meeting on marketing to developers.   I think it would be worthwhile
> repeating at EclipseCon.
>
> - Kathy Sierra on Creating Passionate Users   ( a popular blog)
>
> This lady has a popular blog titled ‘Creating Passionate Users’.  I think it
> would be applicable for project leaders and ISVs looking to develop their
> own user community.
>
> - Evans Data to present on some recent market research studies
>
> Evans Data does a lot of market research of the developer community.  It
> would be interesting for them to come and talk about the trends they are
> seeing.
>
> - Cliff Schmidt to discuss the pros and cons of different open source
> licenses
>
> Cliff is the VP of legal affairs at Apache Software Foundation and an
> Eclipse Technology PMC member.
>
> - I was thinking of doing a session on marketing open source projects
>
> I'd be happy to do a session on my experiences of marketing in the Eclipse
> community.
>
> - Panel discussion on RIA and RCP applications   (probably also a user track
> session)
>
> I think it would be interesting to have a panel discussion that explores the
> different models of building RIA and/or RCP applications.
>
> - Panel discussion deploying Eclipse in the enterprise
>
> Attemept to have a number of people with experience deploying Eclipse within
> an enterprise.
>
> - Panel discussion of Strategic members on there experiences of joining the
> Eclipse community
>
> Invite representatives from the companies that joined as Strategic Members
> during last years EclipseCon (BEA, Borland, Sybase, CA and Scapa) to discuss
> their experiences over the pass year.
>
>
>
> Ian Skerrett
> Director of Marketing
> Eclipse Foundation, Inc.
> Tel: 613-224-9461  ext. 227
> Fax: 613-224-5172
> ian.skerrett@xxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.eclipse.org
> Blog: http://ianskerrett.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
>
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