[p4] FW: Call for Papers - Joint BCS & itSMF Conference, 8&9 July 2008

[Robert Cowham]

Dear All

The BCS and itSMF are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for their
joint conference on 8&9 July 2008:

http://www.bcs-cmsg.org.uk/conference/2008/callforpapers.shtml

The CMDB and CMS - the Powerhouse Of Service Management

Olympia Conference Centre, London, 8 & 9 July 2008

This Conference, jointly run by the British Computer Society Configuration
Management Specialist Group (BCS CMSG) and the itSMF will be held 8 & 9 July
2008 at the Olympia Conference Centre in London.

Call for papers also available as PDF
(http://www.bcs-cmsg.org.uk/conference/2008/Call%20for%20Papers%20CMSG%20and
%20itSMF%20conference%202008.pdf)

The conference objectives are to gain knowledge on the way successful
organisations are implementing their CMDB/CMS (Configuration Management
Database / Configuration Management System) and understand the benefits that
can be achieved. The conference will bring managers and practitioners
working across the service lifecycle (which incorporates the application
lifecycle) together in an open forum to share their requirements with
vendors.

Presentations by world leaders in the field, vendors and practitioners will
cover a wide variety of topics and encourage the cross fertilisation of
ideas between practitioners, vendors and users of the CMDB/CMS solutions and
tools.

Conference themes:

Global trends and the CMDB/CMS

    *  ITIL and the CMDB/CMS
    * Collaborative development and working with partners
    * Open source strategies and options
    * CMDB/CMS vendor strategies - where next?
    * The impact of
          o Service Oriented Architectures
          o Virtualisation
          o Web services 2.0
    * Future proofing the CMDB/CMS

Configuration Management Across the Lifecycle

    *  ITIL managing service assets and configurations across the service
lifecycle
    * Portfolio management
    * Application and information lifecycle management
    * Infrastructure lifecycle management
    * Managing software
    * Managing old and new environments - applications, test, databases

Evolution of the CMDB/CMS

    *  What do users need?
    * Closing the gap between what CMDB/CMS users want and what vendors
offer
    * Managing disparate configuration management sources and tools
    * Incorporating open standards and open source solutions
    * Configuration structures and models for services
    * Configuration management of different technologies
    * Can CMS technology really bring it all together?

CMDB/CMS Implementation

    *  What do IT organisations and users need from a CMDB/CMS?
    * Developing an implementation strategy
    * Organisation and cultural challenges - how does this impact the
requirements?
    * Building the business case
    * Demonstrating a Return on Investment - vendor and user perspectives
    * Improving the requirements definition and Invitation to tenders when
selecting a CMDB/CMS solution
    * Selecting, designing and implementing a CMDB and CMS - real world
examples
    * Discovering the truth - implementing discovery tools within the CMS

Venue: Olympia Conference Centre, London.

Submitting papers for the Conference - by 15 February 2008
======================================

If you are interested please submit a proposal for a paper and include
sufficient detail to make the audience, meaning and value of the session
clear.

    * Short Title + Synopsis of no more than 150 words
    * Presenter Name
    * Organisation/Affiliation
    * Conference Objective addressed
    * Theme
    * Audience (Beginners/ Intermediate/ Experts)
    * Short biography + CV
    * Previous conference papers

All works submitted will be assigned to three committee members for peer
review. The results of this review will determine whether a work will be
accepted for presentation.

Notifications of acceptance will be sent by early March, 2008. Authors
retain the copyright to all submitted work and, by submitting, grant
permission for inclusion in the conference proceedings.

Materials should be submitted electronically to conference at bcs-cmsg.org.uk 

For more details, see:

http://www.bcs-cmsg.org.uk/conference/2008/callforpapers.shtml

Regards
Robert
BCS CMSG Chair
 

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