System Architect Conference
This is an interesting one.
I recently joined a debate between academics and Microsoft's Architect Council, where we explored the role that universities should play in job readyness. A fascinating debate, the results of which we'll share elsewhere (sufice to say that there were a, err, range of outcomes), made more so by the scale of what some of these architects do - from multi-country software projects, through to massive multi-user scale infrascructure work, I really gained an appreciation of how good you have to be at software development to see beyond it.
Anyway - they're holding a conference, and for those of you who teach large scale comuputing - it's almost certainly worth rubbing shoulders with these guys.
What: Architect Insight Conference
Where: Celtic Manor Resort, Newport
When: 5-6 March,
Who: senior enterprise, solutions and infrastructure architects, CTOs and senior IT decision makers
What: Tracks covering: Dynamic Systems, Web, Identity, Collaboration, Real World, Enterprise and Lifecycle.
How much: £795 + vat (includes all sessions, accommodation and meals)
More details at http://www.microsoft.com/uk/architectinsight
Andy
