To submit an abstract, please complete and submit this form by March 31, 2008.
You will be notified by May 14, 2008 whether your presentation has been accepted.
Focus of the Forum Conferences:
The Forum Conferences focus on user experience with actual application of business rules, enterprise decision
management (EDM), and/or related technologies. Talk proposals should generally be consistent with that focus,
and/or any new methodology, techniques or tools used to support such initiatives.
Please refer to the Call for Presentations to improve the chances of your talk being accepted. Abstracts will not be selected if they appear to directly promote any products or services, or are of a
commercial nature.
Step 2. Tell Us About Your Proposed Presentation
1. Title:*
As you would like it to appear in the brochure. (Maximum 15 words)
2. Abstract:*
Executive Summary of your presentation, plus 3-5 bullet points describing what an attendee
will learn from your presentation. This abstract will appear on the Conference website and in
the Conference proceedings. (Maximum 100 words)
3. Is this a Case Study? If so,
Provide the name of the Company/Organization that the case study is about:
Are you an employee of that company?
Yes:
No:
Do you have permission to identify this Company/Organization in your presentation?
Yes:
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Please carefully assess your proposed presentation when answering the following questions.
This information will be used by the attendees in deciding which sessions they will attend.
4. Audience familiarity with subject area required:*
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None
Some
Expert
5. Main focus of presentation*
Check one:
Business
Technology
Both
6. What area does your proposed presentation address?
Check all the appropriate areas
REAL-LIFE CASE STUDY: Presented by the actual people who undertook them to solve a business or application problem.
NEW TRENDS: The convergence of rules and ...
Business Process Management (BPM)
Business Intelligence (BI)
Business-Level Compliance and/or Governance
SOA/Decision Services
Other ... Tell us about it: (Maximum 100 words)
KEY TOPICS: Areas of central, continuing interest for business rules
Business Initiatives and How Business Rules Support Them
Using Rules and Rule Technologies
Decisioning Using Rules
Achieving Business Agility with the Business Rules Approach
Rule Techniques and Methodology
Rule Management and Repositories
Applying and Using Business Rule Engines (BREs)
Comparison and Acquisition of Rule Technologies
Business Rules Across the Life Cycle
Business Rules And Requirements
MEET THE CHIEF ARCHITECT Industry challenges—architectural solutions and best practices that your product supports
7. Tell us more about what your presentation covers.
Check all the appropriate areas—significant coverage only
BEST PRACTICES :
What Worked, Lessons Learned
Organizational Change
Building the Business Case for Business Rules
Getting Started
Selecting Quick-Win and Highest-Potential Applications
Facilitated Business Rule Capture
Techniques for Harvesting Business Rules
Business Rule Stewardship
SPECIAL INTEREST AREAS :
Establishing a Business Rules Center of Excellence
Measuring the ROI of Business Rules / Decisioning
Building a Business Vocabulary
Rule Verification & Validation
Ensuring Data Quality with Business Rules
Mining Business Rules
TECHNICAL TOPICS :
Building the Business Rules Management Environment
Incorporating Rule Engines into the Application Architecture
Leveraging Existing Legacy Systems Using Rule Technology
Best practices for Developing Agile Applications Using Rules
Incorporating Rules into the Development Life Cycle
Emerging Business Rule Industry Standards
8. Additional focus or positioning of content:List keywords that best position your presentation (up to 10).
(Maximum 10 words)
9. Give us any additional explanation not already covered.
(Maximum 100 words)
About the speaker(s)
1. Contact information for Speaker 1:
First Name: *
Last Name: *
Company:
Type of Organization:
Industry:
Title:
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Country: *
Zip/Postal Code:
Phone:*
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Speaker bio:*
Include a write-up of approximately 100 words about your experience with business rules or enterprise decision
management (EDM), including the number of years you've been involved, the types of projects you've been involved
in, your primary role in these projects, etc. This bio will appear on the Forum Conference websites and
proceedings.
(Maximum 100 words)
2. Contact information for Speaker 2:
First Name:
Last Name:
Company:
Type of Organization:
Industry:
Title:
Job Function:
Mailing Address:
Mail Stop:
City:
State/Province:
Country:
Zip/Postal Code:
Phone:
Fax:
Email:
Speaker bio:*
Include a write-up of approximately 100 words about your experience with business rules or enterprise decision
management (EDM), including the number of years you've been involved, the types of projects you've been involved
in, your primary role in these projects, etc. This bio will appear on the Forum Conference websites and
proceedings.
(Maximum 100 words)
3. Primary contact for this abstract:
Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Multiple speakers: If you are presenting jointly, one speaker must be designated as the
primary person to contact if the selection committee has any clarifying questions about the
presentation.
4. Representative information:
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Last Name:
Company:
Title:
Phone:
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