Postmortem of Regional Architect Forum 2008
Summary
The Microsoft Regional Architect Forum (RAF) 2008 was held on 23rd Apr 2008 in Singapore at the Pan Pacific Hotel, Ocean Ballroom. RAF is Microsoft’s premier gathering of strategic architects and other key technical influencers from enterprises. Overall, the event strived to provide the attendees with a full day of rich content as well as a good experience throughout the event. We had also taken last year’s feedback seriously in incorporating more real life examples/case studies and closer interactions with the speakers.
Key programme highlights
- Software + Services theme. Topics covered include Software + Services from an Architect’s perspective, Software Factories, Identity, Real world SOA examples, etc.
- Interactive sessions. Chalk talks were included for audience to get up, close and personal with our experts to share their thoughts and ideas on specific topics.
- Participation from supporting Industry partners and stakeholders. SiTF SOA Chapter representation with a speaker delivering his expertise on interoperability. We also had 4 booths from our very own BizTalk and Dynamics team, SiTF SOA Chapter as well as our partner IDS Sheer.
Event Outcome
· 70% of attendees are more positive about Microsoft’s architecture and the Software+Services strategy
· 86% of attendees agree that the forum was valuable and worthwhile for them to attend
Event Attendence Profiles
Total number of attendees: 138 (38 more than original target of 100; 116 pre-reg; 22 walk-ins)
Total number of organisations: 81
Total number of senior level TDMs & architects : 42 (C-level/Director/Deputy Director/VP)
Event Details/Contents
http://mssg.earth9.com/singapore/edm/2008/04/04/raf.html
There are 3 Corp/Australia speakers, namely Gianpaolo Carraro, Vittorio Bertocci and Tom Hollander. They have demonstrated their expertise and knowledge through the excellent sessions and chalk talks which were very very well received!!!
Additional Feedback
- Many attendees indicate very positive feedback… see some below.
- The event is fine. Should organise another event in future about .NET Platform/C++ and web technologies
- Well Organised
- Good Event. Informative and well conducted
- Very well done forum. Special appreciation for presentation from Mr Hollander
- A Great event. Well organised and executed. Interesting and useful
- It's a Great Forum
- I am very satisfied with the breaking down into different sessions with different experts
- Enough details
- Software factoring is an interesting idea, hope to see more.
- Very Good Session
- Good Information
- Very Good Session
- Overall organization is good. Topic and Presenter are both good and useful.
Acknowledgements
Special acknowledgements to the distinguished and fantastic speakers: Saw Ken Wye, Gianpaolo Carraro, Vittorio Bertocci, Tom Hollander, John MacLellan, Jeremy Ward, Ng Kian Sing, John Lim (SiTF SOA Chapter)
Special thanks to the RAF working committee: Chew Tat Leong, Rosalind Chew, Jennifer Leong, Quoc Bui, Harish Aitharaju, Ng Kian Sing
Special thanks to the following organizations and internal Microsoft team for setting up booths outside the ballroom : SiTF SOA Centre, IDS Sheer, BizTalk (Harish Aitharaju, Quoc Bui), Dynamics (Danny Condecido)
Some Memorable Moments…
