Call for Papers deadline is 1/7/08


This is the third year for the Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise conference. Our goal is to provide the Mid-Atlantic region a content-rich conference experience, helping this technical community sort through and learn more about developing trends in Java and open source.

Suggested Topics

Please do not feel limited by these topics when preparing your proposal. If you do propose a topic not on this list, please provide a brief reason why you think your topic represents an exciting emerging enterprise technology.

All talk sessions are one hour long, with your presentation being around 45 minutes. If you need any tools for your talk, you should specify so in your proposal (that way, our tech team can coordinate any installation requirements with you in time for the conference).

Agile Practices

  • Test Driven Development
  • Behavior Driven Development
  • Selenium
  • Project Process - Scrum, Extreme Programming, etc.
  • Domain Driven Design

SOA/Integration

  • Enterprise Service Bus
  • Web Services
  • REST

Lightweight Java

  • POJO-based Development
  • Scripting for the JVM - JRuby, Groovy, etc.
  • Spring
  • Seam
  • Hibernate

Web 2.0

  • RIA Frameworks - Adobe Flex
  • AJAX Frameworks - Prototype, Scriptaculous, etc.
  • Advanced JavaScript
  • JavaScript Performance and Testing - YSlow, Firebug, etc.
  • Building Accessible Web Applications
  • Interface Design
  • Semantic Web

Mashups

  • Tools - Yahoo Pipes, Google Mashup Editor, etc.
  • Social Network Applications - OpenSocial, Facebook applications
  • Amazon Web Services - S3, EC2, Mechanical Turk

Ruby in the Enterprise

  • Ruby in the Enterprise (pluses/pitfalls)
  • Debugging Tools and Techniques
  • Profiling
  • Deploying Rails Applications
  • Scaling Rails Applications

Management Track

  • The new startup
  • Green IT
  • Software Licenses
  • Web 2.0 - What it is? How to take advantage of it
  • Software as a Service

Our speaker package includes:

  • Complimentary access to the conference
  • Hotel overnight stay, if requested

Submitting a Talk

You can submit a talk by sending an e-mail to the conference organizers at twr@chariotsolutions.com. Please note that there is no limit to the number of proposals you can send.

When submitting one or more proposals, be sure to include the following in your e-mail:

Required Information

  • A title for your talk
  • A brief synopsis (less than 100 words) and outline of your proposed talk
  • A recent bio
  • The location from which you will be traveling
  • Your complete contact information (including phone number)
  • If available, a recent picture of yourself (highest resolution possible)