verb: engage; 3rd person present: engages; past tense: engaged; past participle: engaged; gerund or present participle: engaging
1. occupy or attract (someone's interest or attention).
"he ploughed on, trying to outline his plans and engage Sutton's attention"
synonyms: capture, catch, arrest, grab, seize, draw, attract, gain, win, captivate, hold, grip, engross, absorb, occupy
"the tasks must engage the children's interest"
involve someone in (a conversation or discussion).
"they attempted to engage Anthony in conversation"
2. participate or become involved in.
"organizations engage in a variety of activities"
synonyms: participate in, take part in, join in, become involved in, go in for, partake in/of, occupy oneself with, throw oneself into; share in, play a part in, play a role in, be a participant in, be associated with, have a hand in, be a party to, enter into, undertake, embark on, set about, launch into
"they like to engage in active sports"
establish a meaningful contact or connection with.
"the teams needed to engage with local communities"
IBM Domino has long provided companies with a rich application development platform for lines-of-business applications. Today, companies require flexibility to deploy on-premises or in the cloud, extensible web development frameworks and rich APIs. Come learn how Bluemix, Domino Next and Domino Designer Next provide new possibilities for the Domino developer community. Come hear what's new, what's coming, proof points and see exciting demos.
Pete Janzen (IBM) @pjanzen20
Martin Donnelly (IBM) @TweeterDonnelly
Dev02. Expanding XPages with Bootstrap Plugins for ultimate usability
Thursday, March 24 | 11:30 - 12:30 | A. Foyer
Develop highly user friendly responsive web (XPages) applications by making use of Bootstrap and JQuery Plugins as Select2, DateTimePickers, Multiselect, Confirmation, Modals,Popovers and Notifications for ultimate usability based on the latest versions of these plugins, including solutions for the AMD problem. Expect more of XPages Applications and go beyond the basics and create applications that nobody ever thought possible using XPages. Comprehensive demos of several plugins are shown within an XPages application.
Johnny Oldenburger (Kranendonk Smart Robotics) @JOldenburger
Eme05. Live on the Edge of Innovation with IBM Bluemix
Thursday, March 24 | 08:00 - 08:45 | B. Neptune
In this session you will learn about IBM Bluemix, IBM's cloud application platform. I'll introduce some of the Bluemix services, especially services that can be used to build collaborative applications with the typical skills of Domino developers and line of business users who appreciate rapid application development. Developers should always be looking to improve their technical skills. If you don’t, you, your apps, and your company will be left behind while the rest of the world moves forward. Luckily cloud platforms like IBM Bluemix give developers the means to get started using modern technologies without doing all the hard work to set everything up. You will see demonstrations how to build collaborative applications with server side JavaScript, NoSQL databases, REST APIs, JavaScript frontends and access control lists, everything with functionality provided in Bluemix: Node.js, Cloudant and MongoDB, Swagger, AngularJS and LoopBack. Additionally I'll explain how to extend these applications with cognitive functionality provided by IBM Watson.
Niklas Heidloff (IBM) @nheidloff
Eme06. XPages on IBM Bluemix: the Do's & Don'ts
Wednesday, March 23 | 11:45 - 12:30 | A. Foyer
Since IBM XPages are available on IBM Bluemix there have been plenty of tutorials, webinars and blog post about how to get started. This session is a show and tell of things all of the above didn't tell you. The session will cover the following topics: - Unsolved caveats and restrictions - Design and data separation: best practices - Experiments: holding data in the XSP Runtime - Using the DDE-Plugin - and the CloudFoundry command line as an alternative - Understanding the "mysterious" MANIFEST.YML file - Plugins and extensions? No problem!
Oliver Busse (We4IT GmbH) @zeromancer1972
Str03. OpenNTF - From Donation to Contribution
Thursday, March 24 | 08:00 - 08:45 | A. Foyer
OpenNTF hosts over 850 Projects, from small snippets up to frameworks like the Extension Library, the OpenNTF Domino API and POI4XPages. Most of the projects are released as donations to the community and could act as a good starting point. But since the release of OpenNTF Essentials, everything has changed. The community has jumped from the passenger into the driver's seat. Projects like the OpenNTF Domino API live from the contribution of community. And for over a year, the community has been actively contributing to the Extension Library.
Christian Güdemann (WebGate Consulting AG / OpenNTF) @guedeWebGate
I have been to numerous events over the years and this was be far the best one I can remember. The structure, venue and content was great.
Wonderful event, one of the best I have been to. Focused on IBM Notes/Domino and Connections. Just what I want.
Theo (and team) did it again ! A very professional conference, with a great value for me as a Customer!
My first Engage, and despite the long travel distance for me, hopefully not the last.
It's a privilege to be able to attend Engage and this year was, most probably, one of the very best out there!!
Awesome event, for sure an organizational masterpiece. Excellent! It's hard to believe the Engage staff is not organizing conferences as principal job ;-)
It was the best event I attended so far. And I attend about 5-8 each year!
2nd time for me attending Engage, but it was incredible again! 2 days packed with extremely informational content, a great venue and a great community!
We did more business and collected more leads during Engage 2017 in Antwerp, than at IBM Connect in San Francisco.
As a first-timer I didn't really know what to expect. The organization of the event positively surprised me!
A premiere event that rivals anything produced by any other organization. Great job...AGAIN!!!
It's a treat to always keep coming back for more! Well done, once again, and look forward to the 10th edition next year!
It is mind boggling to see two people create an event that rivals those put on by larger vendors with dozens of resources.
And huge thanks to Theo and the others for giving me my first international speaking engagement!
Theo is a legend, Theo has style. And he is putting together the best event in this space, year after year.
Engage was my first UG as a speaker and it has developed into arguably the premier user group for ICS in Europe.
Yet again a brilliantly done event. One that is used as the yard-stick by which all other user group events are measured.
Theo and Hilde did it again: Engage was bigger than last year, venue was impressive and the event most successful.
It was a pleasure, due to the efforts of Theo his team, the sponsors, the location and the participants. Much appreciated!
I was extremely impressed on all levels. Thank you to Theo Heselmans for the opportunity to speak at this event!
I’ve been to several of the past Engage conferences and Theo always puts on a great event but this was better than ever.
What can one say about this Engage, Eindhoven, NL. It is in fact THE European user group meeting,...
Theo Heselmans has raised the bar yet again as to what can be achieved with organizing an IBM User Group event.