RAF Postmortem
Summary
The Microsoft Regional Architect Forum (RAF) Southeast Asia was held on 16th May 2007 in Singapore at the Intercontinental Hotel Ballroom. RAF is Microsoft’s premier gathering of strategic architects and other key influencers from enterprises around South East Asia. The Regional Architect Forum SEA is an invigorating and lively event, with key technology leaders from Microsoft Corporate sharing their vision with the audience. The theme for SEA RAF07 is Software + Services. Topics covered include Office Business Applications, Web 2.0, Software as a Service, Business/Enterprise Architecture. We had IASA, XMLOne and SiTF as supporting organizations for the event, with a keynote speaker from SiTF giving an overview on SOA trend/adoption in Singapore.
Event details/contents
Total number of attendees: 151 (pre-reg) + 22 (walk-ins) = 173 attendees
The agenda, speakers’ presentation slides and handouts are available at http://www.ap-businessit.com/msforum/downloader.html.
There are a total of 4 Corp speakers, namely Michael Platt, Atanu Banerjee, Khawar Ahmed and Fred Chong.
Key Highlights
67% of attendees feel more positive on Microsoft’s architecture and the progress made
57% of attendees are more likely to deploy Microsoft’s solution
72% of attendees have indicated that they will be building .Net applications in the near future
Key Lowlights
Not enough real life scenarios, case studies, in depth technical discussions and demonstrations
Availability of presentation materials to the attendees during event
Not enough seating and handouts due to overwhelming turnout
Acknowledgements
Special thanks and acknowledgements to SITF, XMLOne and IASA for supporting RAF 07.
Special acknowledgements to the distinguished speakers: Michael Platt, Atanu Banerjee, Khawar Ahmed, Fred Chong, John Eldridge, Erik Renaud (keynote), Lawrence Lim (SiTF)
Special thanks to the regional DPE team for driving and funding this event : Marcos Pindeo, Roberto Winckler
Special thanks to the following organizations for setting up booths outside the ballroom : IASA, SiTF-NYP SOA Centre, NetAssist (CWSP certification), MS Press, TechEd registration
Special thanks to marketing support : Neha Chhabria and event organizer APComm
Without them, none of this would have been possible. Thank you everyone for making this event a great success!
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