CallForSessions

XP Day Benelux
17 & 18 November 2005
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
http://www.xpday.net

XP Day Benelux is a two day international conference about agile software development, intended for software development and business people from all walks of life. It provides a good opportunity for exchanging ideas and sharing experiences and is suited for both experienced participants and novices. The focus of this conference is on practical knowledge and real-world experience.

Organizing a session is the best way to learn from a conference. It provides an opportunity to share your experiences, to get feedback on your ideas, and to try new session formats. We value interaction and audience participation over presentations and papers. Tutorials, workshops, simulations, and games have been successful at several earlier XP Days.

Sessions will be organized into four tracks over two days. Each session may be 60, 90, or 120 minutes in duration.

Topics

Possible session topics include, but are not limited to:

• Agile - crossing the chasm?
• Transitioning to an agile process
• Agile project management
• Continuous process improvement
• Beyond agile
• Responding to change vs. long term planning
• The economics of agile software development
• Contracts for agile software projects
• Thinking tools, e.g. systems thinking, Cynefin, theory of constraints, lean development
• Changing yourself and your organization
• Tools and technology supporting agile
• Agile method engineering

Review and acceptance process

We want to create an open and transparant review process that provides useful feedback to all session organizers. Sessions are reviewed in an atmosphere that encourages information exchange, with involvement from the community. Therefore, we invite session organizers to review other session proposals. You will also have the opportunity to rework your session proposal, based on the feedback you get from reviewers.

Please indicate with your session proposal if you wish to participate in the session review process. This means that you commit to reviewing at least three sessions between July 15th and August 5th and to submit your final review between August 12th and August 19th. See ReviewCriteria for details.

The program committee will compile the conference program based on the reviews and other criteria to arrive at a balanced program. In the beginning of September you will be notified of acceptance.

For a session proposal, the following information is required (you may provide more information if you feel that's appropriate):

1. Title
2. Objectives
3. Contents
4. Process & timetable
5. Format: e.g. simulation, game, workshop, interactive presentation or demo, case study, goldfish bowl
6. Intended audience & required experience level (e.g. apprentice, journeyman, master)
7. Benefits of participating
8. Benefits of organizing - what does the organizer expect to learn?
9. Duration: 60, 90, 120 minutes
10. Materials needed from the conference organizers: e.g. flip charts, beamer
11. Organizer resume and contact information

Session proposals should be sent in before July 11th, 2005 using the online session form or by emailing to sessions , using the template above.

Session organizers will get a free admission to the conference.

Program committee

• Vera Peeters (Tryx)
• Pascal Van Cauwenberghe (Nayima)
• Rob Westgeest (Agidem)
• Willem van den Ende (Living Software)
• Marc Evers (KNAW)

Organization and contact info

The XP Day Benelux conference is organized by AgileSystems v.z.w., a non-profit organisation with the aim to collect and disseminate knowledge and experience about agile software development and systems thinking - http://www.agilesystems.org

For more information, contact us at xpdayinfo