Collaboration University 2007: Two Times Two!
Category NoneLast year, SNAPPS teamed up with three other business partners and IBM to produce a unique type of seminar, and called it Collaboration University. We focused in on Sametime and QuickPlace, on the heels of the Sametime 7.5 launch from IBM. On the heels by, like, 30 minutes! We held the event in both Kansas City and London, diving deeply into the technical aspects of these two products. Delegates had the opportunity to network and learn in a super-focused environment, working their way from intermediate to advanced materials over 2 1/2 days. We presented 30+ sessions, introduced what would become Lotus Quickr 8, its templates, and were an official launch site for Sametime. It was a great success and we thought we might repeat in 2007...even though none of us are conference companies but rather a group of business partners, it seemed to make sense. The small yet focused event was valuable to everyone involved.
So based on feedback from 2006 CU Alumni, I'm pleased to announce Collaboration University 2007's TWO events, each to be held in both Kansas City and London.
| In July, we're holding Collaboration
University for IBM Lotus Quickr, QuickPlace and Sametime. This
event will introduce the release of Lotus Quickr 8.0 and focus once again
on Sametime 7.5. All-new materials are being prepared for developers
and administrators of these products. The Lotus QuickPlace users
aren't being deserted - exactly the opposite - don't forget that QuickPlace
becomes Lotus Quickr this summer! Sametime shops have had version
7.5 for six months now, so it's time to address those issues and deployment
concerns that are starting to crop up. This is a great opportunity
to do just that:
Kansas City: July 9-11, 2007 London: July 18-20, 2007 |
| Then in September, we're adding
an all-new technical event. With the most significant release of
Notes and Domino ever, we figured it would be valuable for the technical
community to have a deep-dive educational experience so have created Collaboration
University for IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8. Here you will learn
the details of composite applications, planning for deployment, the new
Eclipse UI in the Notes 8 Standard client, new development techniques,
and more. This will be your first opportunity to dive deep into this
most significant release.
Kansas City: September 10-12, 2007 London: September 19-21, 2007 |
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Each of these four events will provide delegates with an opportunity for significant technical education on the new releases. They each have more than 30 technical sessions, and provide significant return for delegates through networking with experts, code and examples, and hands-on opportunities.
So we listened to our Alumni several different ways...you asked for locations closer to major attractions, so we moved to the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City and from Heathrow to Central London. You asked for hands-on training, so we added three post-seminar workshops for each event. You asked for more coffee....wait, that was me.
I'll be blogging about CU throughout the summer - both in preparation and reporting from the events live as they happen. For more information on CU, please visit the website launched this morning at http://www.CollaborationUniversity.com. There are some discounts available, so make sure you check out the dates while you surf the site!
Update 4 PM - we just confirmed the keynote speakers for all four events - I'll blog about it tomorrow when they are all posted...
Comments
With ILUG scheduled for May and then CU in July and September we have an exciting few months coming up... Stuart
Posted by Stuart McIntyre At 10:28:06 PM On 04/09/2007 | - Website - |