Events | March 30-31, 2015: Agenda with Sessions
Adm01. Let the Phoenix Rise - rationalise your IBM Domino environment!
Arshad Khalid (BCC Ltd) @arshad101
Stephanie Heit (BCC Ltd) @StephanieHeit
Tuesday, March 31
11:30 - 12:30
Room: B
Day to day administration of the Domino environment can be tedious and demanding. Bad decisions without understanding the true potential of the platform have often led to Domino being relegated to the status of a legacy system. Not only that, mismanagement of the environment also poses significant security issues resulting in legal complications.
Being the true Domino fans that we are, we've not only been helping raise its profile but have also gained a valuable insight at hundreds of customers over the years. In this session we will share our knowledge of best practices on how to streamline and standardise IBM Notes and Domino administration and application management, enhance system security and ensure compliance with legal regulations.
Being the true Domino fans that we are, we've not only been helping raise its profile but have also gained a valuable insight at hundreds of customers over the years. In this session we will share our knowledge of best practices on how to streamline and standardise IBM Notes and Domino administration and application management, enhance system security and ensure compliance with legal regulations.
Adm02. Mastering Your Logs, Everything You Should Know about Logging in IBM Domino
Ben Menesi (Ytria Inc.) @BenMenesi
Monday, March 30
11:30 - 12:30
Room: B
Properly logging and monitoring what happens in your Domino environment is critically important for both security and performance. In order to get the most out of your log data when things go wrong, it’s vital to understand its structure, how and what is (or isn’t) logged, and how to search logs effectively. In this in-depth session we will talk about the inner workings of various Domino logging mechanisms by dissecting the structure of log event documents such as Miscellaneous, Replication, Usage Session, User Activity etc. You’ll learn how to deal with verbose logging, retention best practices, monitoring bottlenecks, as well as behind-the-scenes data such as status codes and how to best use them. After this presentation you will walk away with a solid understanding of your log architecture, the means to set up notifications for when things go wrong and faster ways to find what you’re looking for.
Adm03. The BASHing Admins: The ICS Shell Scripting Class
Bill Malchisky Jr (Effective Software Solutions, LLC) @BillMalchisky
Tuesday, March 31
14:45 - 15:30
Room: B
Shell scripts do not have to be long and complex to be effective, they just need to save you time. Join BillMal as he reviews a day in the life of a busy admin to see how scripts can be used to simplify tasks and get more done in less time. This session provides foundational knowledge, then immediately moves to use cases with code samples across a few ICS products. Leave with the tools to further your scripting literacy and do more quickly at the office. This new session makes its global debut at Engage.
Adm04. Cloud Considerations
Chris Miller (Connectria) @IdoNotes
Monday, March 30
11:30 - 12:30
Room: C
You have decided or are investigating cloud as your chosen business direction. Start your path by gaining insight into actual bandwidth usage examples and considerations. Explore options for designing easy connectivity to the cloud provider for your organization and users. Take away numerous sample diagrams of deployment and network options. Learn the right questions to ask any cloud provider around security, redundancy and more.
Adm05. Best and worst practises deploying IBM Connections
Christoph Stoettner (Fritz & Macziol GmbH) @stoeps
Tuesday, March 31
13:30 - 14:30
Room: B
Depending on deployment size, operating system and security considerations you have different options to configure IBM Connections. This session will show examples from multiple customer deployments of IBM Connections. I will describe things I found and how you can optimize your systems. Main topics include; simple (documented) tasks that should be applied, missing documentation, automated user synchronization, TDI solutions and user synchronization, performance tuning, security optimizing and planning Single Sign On for mail, IBM Sametime and SPNEGO.
(Session is BP203 from IBM ConnectED2015)
(Session is BP203 from IBM ConnectED2015)
Adm06. What's new in Domino Security
Daniel Nashed (NashCom) @danielnashed
Tuesday, March 31
13:30 - 14:30
Room: C
This session gives you an overview and best practices for current Notes/Domino Internet security (HTTPS but also SMTP TLS. S/MIME, secure LDAP and IMAP).
It is an up to date presentation derived from an IBM ConnectED presentation covering the latest information about TLS/SSL support, SHA-2, the new keyring tool and other new information about SSL and ciphers.
This session provides technical details, best practices and current information from the field about security protocols and how they can be used in the current Domino 9.0.1 release.
It is an up to date presentation derived from an IBM ConnectED presentation covering the latest information about TLS/SSL support, SHA-2, the new keyring tool and other new information about SSL and ciphers.
This session provides technical details, best practices and current information from the field about security protocols and how they can be used in the current Domino 9.0.1 release.
Adm07. How To LDAP - Working With External Users In Connections
Gabriella Davis (The Turtle Partnership) @gabturtle
Tuesday, March 31
09:00 - 10:00
Room: B
Connections 5 introduces us to a new model of access - the external user. Designed to have limited rights within your Connections environment, meaning the security surrounding external user access is deliberately very restrictive. To achieve this we must tell Connections how to identity an external user by flagging either an LDAP attribute or a new LDAP source. In this session we'll discuss the options for external user configuration, how to manage registration and passwords as well as how everyone in your Connections world can work together.
Adm08. Who Did You Say You Were? The secrets to IBM SSO
Gabriella Davis (The Turtle Partnership) @gabturtle
Tuesday, March 31
08:00 - 08:45
Room: C
Single Sign On is the golden ring of security combined with convenience. In this session we'll explore how IBM products such as Domino, Notes, Sametime and Connections can provide a Single Sign On experience which maintains security whilst removing barriers for users. Whether you're centralising passwords, enabling SPNEGO or wanting full SAML integration, there are a wide variety of tools to fit your requirements.
Adm09. IBM Notes Traveler Daily Business - Administration, Monitoring and Troubleshooting
René Winkelmeyer (midpoints GmbH) @muenzpraeger
Monday, March 30
16:00 - 17:00
Room: C
IBM Notes Traveler is increasingly becoming an important component in business since working with mobile devices is the rule rather than the exception. Even solutions such as BlackBerry 10 or (in the future) Good Technologies use IBM Notes Traveler for their PIM synchronization.
Learn in this session how a Traveler environment gets administrated and what pitfalls are waiting for you. Have you ever thought about monitoring Traveler? We’ll dig into critical system metrics, logs, statistics and how to monitor and interpret them. Last but not least you’ll see useful (and unexpected) console commands for providing quick support.
Learn in this session how a Traveler environment gets administrated and what pitfalls are waiting for you. Have you ever thought about monitoring Traveler? We’ll dig into critical system metrics, logs, statistics and how to monitor and interpret them. Last but not least you’ll see useful (and unexpected) console commands for providing quick support.
Adm10. Free Beer 11! Or is it wine?
Rob Novak (SNAPPS) @IBMRockStar
Monday, March 30
17:15 - 18:00
Room: C
That's right folks, after five dry years it's time to bring back the international hit, Free Beer! Delivered in five countries, Free Beer began in Dublin with a few cans as prizes...but overnight grew to a full round for the room. Come join your speaker who, when he's not making friends with Trappist monks, actually develops some pretty cool technical content to go with the ale.
This time, we'll be talking about (10%) and demoing (90%) new and innovative ways to deploy Notes, Domino a designer, Domino Administrator, and third party tools across platforms.
And by that I mean, on Mac and Linux! So come thirsty for knowledge and a cold glass, sit back and enjoy!
This time, we'll be talking about (10%) and demoing (90%) new and innovative ways to deploy Notes, Domino a designer, Domino Administrator, and third party tools across platforms.
And by that I mean, on Mac and Linux! So come thirsty for knowledge and a cold glass, sit back and enjoy!
Adm11. Connx install in 45 minutes or less, or your money back
Sharon Bellamy (Cube Soft Consulting Ltd) @socialshazza
Tuesday, March 31
11:30 - 12:30
Room: C
Connx install in 45 minutes or less, or your money back (Entry fee €1.00 *)
New to Connections Admin / Dev? Need an environment to test your development? Need a test system or proof of concept? Don't know where to start? Never fear - We can help you become Collaboration Super Hero!!!
In this session we will help you plan, install and most importantly CONFIGURE a connections environment to fit what YOU need it for.
Need to get data into your new system - No problem. We will guide you through migrating / importing existing Connections data into your new Connections environment.
From software required, DB selection, useful tools and trouble shooting tips - for Linux and Windows - whether you are an admin or a developer we will enable you.
* Money back for this session only. Note - the actual install takes a lot more than 45 mins :)
** All money goes to Dander4Dosh 2015
New to Connections Admin / Dev? Need an environment to test your development? Need a test system or proof of concept? Don't know where to start? Never fear - We can help you become Collaboration Super Hero!!!
In this session we will help you plan, install and most importantly CONFIGURE a connections environment to fit what YOU need it for.
Need to get data into your new system - No problem. We will guide you through migrating / importing existing Connections data into your new Connections environment.
From software required, DB selection, useful tools and trouble shooting tips - for Linux and Windows - whether you are an admin or a developer we will enable you.
* Money back for this session only. Note - the actual install takes a lot more than 45 mins :)
** All money goes to Dander4Dosh 2015
Adm12. Now singing - moving beyond humming by adding Verse to Notes !
Uffe Sorensen (IBM) @uffesorensen
Kramer Reeves (IBM) @KramerReeves
Monday, March 30
13:30 - 14:30
Room: B
IBM is ushering in a new way of working by the introduction of IBM Verse taking the e-mail experience and business value to the next level !
Come hear the story about Verse and learn the roadmap for existing and new customers and how they get to be part of the Verse choir ...
We will also review the key news for IBM Notes and Domino and the roadmap and deliverables for IBM Notes/Domino and IBM Verse. In addition we will introduce "App Next" and how IBM is investing in the next generation applications on Notes/Domino and protecting your investment in your Domino application portfolio.
Come hear the story about Verse and learn the roadmap for existing and new customers and how they get to be part of the Verse choir ...
We will also review the key news for IBM Notes and Domino and the roadmap and deliverables for IBM Notes/Domino and IBM Verse. In addition we will introduce "App Next" and how IBM is investing in the next generation applications on Notes/Domino and protecting your investment in your Domino application portfolio.
Adm13. The lazy administrator – How to make your life easier by using TDI to automate your work
Wannes Rams (Ramsit) @wannesrams
Klaus Bild (WebGate Consulting AG) @kbild
Tuesday, March 31
08:00 - 08:45
Room: B
IBM Connections can be the datasource or the data destination for many other applications.
In this session we will show you how you can use TDI to maintain Community membership through an IBM Domino application or how you get data from the IBM Connections databases and use it in an IBM Domino application.
Come and see how you can reuse data without any headache and how your Admin life gets easier by using TDI assembly lines.
In this session we will show you how you can use TDI to maintain Community membership through an IBM Domino application or how you get data from the IBM Connections databases and use it in an IBM Domino application.
Come and see how you can reuse data without any headache and how your Admin life gets easier by using TDI assembly lines.
Bus01. How to Integrate IBM software and Salesforce
Andreas Rosen (QKom GmbH)
Peter Chittum (Salesforce.com) @pchittum
Tuesday, March 31
08:00 - 08:45
Room: A
Both platforms support social thinking.
How to use the case focus of Salesforce and connect it with people focused network of Connections? We demonstrate it in our examples what you can accomplish.
- connect IBM Activities with opportunities in Salesforce
- show Connections data live in a Salesforce web UI
- publish Salesforce events into the IBM activity stream
more Details http://en.qkom.de/ibm-activities-in-salesforce-2
If you have Domino as your application platform we want to show what you can do to connect e.g. workflow application's. http://en.qkom.de/salesforce-2
How to use the case focus of Salesforce and connect it with people focused network of Connections? We demonstrate it in our examples what you can accomplish.
- connect IBM Activities with opportunities in Salesforce
- show Connections data live in a Salesforce web UI
- publish Salesforce events into the IBM activity stream
more Details http://en.qkom.de/ibm-activities-in-salesforce-2
If you have Domino as your application platform we want to show what you can do to connect e.g. workflow application's. http://en.qkom.de/salesforce-2
Bus02. Take Back Control of Your Workday! How to use IBM Verse.
Maurice Teeuwe (IBM) @m8ui
Omar Davison (IBM) @OmarDavison
Monday, March 30
17:15 - 18:00
Room: A
Join us and find out how! We invite you to attend the IBM Verse - Take Back Control of Your Workday session to see how IBM can help you transform the way you work, and help you experience less clutter and more clarity. IBM Verse is about to be Generally Available in a matter of minutes now. It will be mail that understands you and allowing you to collaborate more easily and effectively with your colleagues. By attending this session you will:
Gain an understanding of what IBM Verse will be able to do for you and your business
See the latest product demo that will 'wow' you
Gain an understanding of what IBM Verse will be able to do for you and your business
See the latest product demo that will 'wow' you
Bus03. Zen and the art of requirements gathering, why getting to "In time, On budget and In scope" is easier if you start out right
Tim Clark (Teamstudio) @TimsterC
Femke Goedhart (Silverside) @FemkeGoedhart
Monday, March 30
13:30 - 14:30
Room: A
Often forgotten or trivialized, good requirements gathering can make or brake your project. This session will give you techniques and tips on how to effectively get to the core of the requirements, identify ways of prioritizing them and explains some core concepts of Functional and Technical design elements. Based on years of experience gathering requirements (and working with them!) Femke & Tim will take you through some of the real life examples they've come across and a lot of do's & don'ts they have run into. Tying them into practice and theory that can help you get your projects off to a better start.
Bus04. ConnectPeople and mobile devices, three years on the road: the statistics
Maarten Beijl (Dutch Tax and Customs Administration) @beijl
Robert van den Breemen (Dutch Tax and Customs Administration) @rvdbreemen
Tuesday, March 31
11:30 - 12:30
Room: A
Three years ago in 2011 we started delivering ConnectPeople, mobile mail etc to the employees of the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration as part of a bigger Digital Workspace Initiative. We will present the facts and figures of our deployment and usage of ConnectPeople (IBM Connections, Traveler etc) for our workforce and on mobile. We are looking for an open discussion on the value of mobile and social platforms within the enterprise space.
Com01. ICS Infrastructure Assessment - Analyze, Visualize and Optimize
Christoph Adler (panagenda) @cadler80
Monday, March 30
14:45 - 15:30
Room: B
Cloud, optimization, migration, virtualization - Everyone's talking about the next thing in enterprise IT, but clear answers on direction aren't readily available and mistakes are costly. Join this session as Chris show you how to understand the demands and usage patterns across your enterprise in order to make smart strategic decisions that help you manage IT while keeping cost in check. Analyze and visualize what in your IBM ICS Infrastructure is actually used, by whom and how their
geographic location should impact your decision. Learn about assessing crucial security topics, application design complexity and webification readiness without getting (any more) grey hair.
geographic location should impact your decision. Learn about assessing crucial security topics, application design complexity and webification readiness without getting (any more) grey hair.
Com02. Hands on with Ytria's administration tools: understanding your logs, consoles, replication, etc.
Ben Menesi (Ytria Inc.) @BenMenesi
Tuesday, March 31
10:15 - 11:00
Room: B
As a company that has been developing software tools to help IBM Domino Administrators and Developers for over 10 years, we talk to hundreds of customers and assist with tackling interesting, tedious and annoying problems every week.
We'll dive straight into a troublesome live environment to find, understand and resolve the toughest problems administrators face on a daily basis.
We will make use of the Ytria tools to get a quicker and better understanding of Log.nsf, identify and fix inconsistent replicas, discover and patch security holes, analyze application usage and more
We'll dive straight into a troublesome live environment to find, understand and resolve the toughest problems administrators face on a daily basis.
We will make use of the Ytria tools to get a quicker and better understanding of Log.nsf, identify and fix inconsistent replicas, discover and patch security holes, analyze application usage and more
Com03. Become your company's Meeting Hero!
Christian Guedemann (goodmeeting.biz) @mygoodmeeting
Roman Weber (goodmeeting.biz) @RomanWebGate
Tuesday, March 31
10:15 - 11:00
Room: C
Meetings are collaboration at its best. But there are several do's and don'ts to make a meeting a success! Learn from the creators of goodmeeting.biz why
.... after the meeting is before the meeting
.... preparation matters
.... contributors are more important then listener
Be prepared to change your own meeting culture.
And of course will we show how you can achieve a good meeting culture with goodmeeting.biz.
.... after the meeting is before the meeting
.... preparation matters
.... contributors are more important then listener
Be prepared to change your own meeting culture.
And of course will we show how you can achieve a good meeting culture with goodmeeting.biz.
Com04. Know. Share. Do. - Increase IBM Connections Usage, Adoption and ROI with integrated Web Content Management and Custom Applications
Felix Binsack (TIMETOACT GROUP) @TIMETOACTGROUP
Monday, March 30
14:45 - 15:30
Room: A
- How can employees learn what they need to know?
- How can employees collaborate and share?
- How can employees work with custom applications?
Create an integrated Intranet for Internal Communications, Enterprise Social Collaboration and Custom Applications with IBM Connections and XCC - Web Content and Custom Apps Extension. XCC increases IBM Connections Usage, Adoption and ROI.
- How can employees collaborate and share?
- How can employees work with custom applications?
Create an integrated Intranet for Internal Communications, Enterprise Social Collaboration and Custom Applications with IBM Connections and XCC - Web Content and Custom Apps Extension. XCC increases IBM Connections Usage, Adoption and ROI.
Com05. Modern Notes applications - social, web & mobile
Stefan Sucker (We4IT) @stefan_sucker
Tuesday, March 31
10:15 - 11:00
Room: A
Social business as a new way of working has many advantages. As more and more companies grapple with the introduction of such a platform. The nature of these environments focused on the browsers and mobile devices.
But what happens to the Notes applications developed and established for years? How can they be integrated into the new world? How can a standardized and future-proof environment be created for all applications?
Dealt with these issues this presentation shows you how to modernize your existing Notes applications quickly and convert them to social business applications. Access your applications on the IBM Notes client, browser and mobile devices. The result is a complete social business environment that will suit your needs.
But what happens to the Notes applications developed and established for years? How can they be integrated into the new world? How can a standardized and future-proof environment be created for all applications?
Dealt with these issues this presentation shows you how to modernize your existing Notes applications quickly and convert them to social business applications. Access your applications on the IBM Notes client, browser and mobile devices. The result is a complete social business environment that will suit your needs.
Com06. Keep your Domino apps & data alive with LDC Via
Ben Poole (LDC Via Ltd.) @benpoole
Matt White (LDC Via Ltd.) @mattwhite
Mark Myers (LDC Via Ltd.) @stickfight
Monday, March 30
14:45 - 15:30
Room: C
In this session we will introduce ourselves—we’re not newcomers to the Domino world!—and will then introduce our new offering, “LDC Via”.
We wish to set out how developers can create and maintain great applications based on apps and / or data originally held in IBM Domino.
Why migrate? How does LDC Via work? And what can be done with newly-migrated data? This session will explore all this and more.
We wish to set out how developers can create and maintain great applications based on apps and / or data originally held in IBM Domino.
Why migrate? How does LDC Via work? And what can be done with newly-migrated data? This session will explore all this and more.
Com07. A game changer in publishing content on all supports. “Forget the layout, Forget the format, Forget the cost! Focus on content creation”
Bert Ceuppens (PIXELIXIR) @CeuppensBert
Yves Monsel (Amangi)
Monday, March 30
14:45 - 15:30
Room: D
In this session you will discover a brand new software:
The future of publishing
Artificial Intelligence layout
Semio pragmatic input interface
The future of publishing
Artificial Intelligence layout
Semio pragmatic input interface
Com08. Getting work done with Connections Activities and Kudos!
Adam Brown (ISW-Kudos) @kudosbadges
Tony Holder (HADSL) @HADSLFirM
Tuesday, March 31
10:15 - 11:00
Room: D
Join us to learn how IBM Connections Activities and Kudos Boards can be used to get work done. Conduct a meeting, plan a marketing campaign, onboard a new employee, or leverage Agile Kanban to manage your project teams. Learn how to sort and manage your activities in a PERSONALISED way so you can focus on what is important to you.
We will also show you in detail how you can understand exactly what is happening in your Connections environment. Want to know your First Time Users? Which Communities are active (or not) and what content is most valued? Which of your blog posts or files are used the most by others? and who are they? Kudos Analytics will answer these questions and more.
We will also show you in detail how you can understand exactly what is happening in your Connections environment. Want to know your First Time Users? Which Communities are active (or not) and what content is most valued? Which of your blog posts or files are used the most by others? and who are they? Kudos Analytics will answer these questions and more.
Dev01. From XPages Hero To OSGi Guru: Taking The Scary Out Of Building Extension Libraries
Christian Guedemann (WebGate Consulting AG) @guedeWebGate
Tuesday, March 31
09:00 - 10:00
Room: D
You've built up a corpus of standard XPages controls, jQuery plugins, JavaScript frameworks, CSS resources and SSJS/Java libraries you use in your applications. Surely there's a better way than copying and pasting from NSF to NSF? Or maybe you have reached the limit of design elements in an NSF. We'll show you best practices for setting up a development environment, demystify some key concepts of the XSP Starter Kit, and show how to test, debug and deploy your plugin efficiently.
Dev02. Unleash the power of Git
Jan Krejcarek @jan_krejcarek
Martin Jinoch @mjinoch
Tuesday, March 31
11:30 - 12:30
Room: D
Whether you are a lone wolf developer or you work in team(s), Git can help you with problems you face every day. See real world examples of how we use it to be more productive and effective.
Dev03. REST services and IBM Domino/XWork
John Dalsgaard (Dalsgaard Data A/S) @john_dalsgaard
Monday, March 30
17:15 - 18:00
Room: D
Loose coupling of systems is key to future development! Why? Because it will allow us to change the "components" as we go along instead of creating monster big systems that are tied together using all sorts of different technologies. Webservices have been a way to obtain this over the last decade. More recently a special variant has become very popular, namely the JSON based REST service.
Imagine you could extend your data out to the world outside your Domino environment? - in an easy way....! And imagine those data could easily be incorporated into other systems via standardized interfaces... Could that extend the value of your current systems further? Could this be a way to use new technologies to modernize your users' experience of working with your systems?
Come and take away knowledge about how to open your Domino/XWork based systems up to the world outside using JSON based REST services. They are going to be key to future development in Domino/XWork - whether you want to use data in browser solutions (e.g. based on angular.js or ExtJS) or native mobile apps (built in whatever technology is best).
Imagine you could extend your data out to the world outside your Domino environment? - in an easy way....! And imagine those data could easily be incorporated into other systems via standardized interfaces... Could that extend the value of your current systems further? Could this be a way to use new technologies to modernize your users' experience of working with your systems?
Come and take away knowledge about how to open your Domino/XWork based systems up to the world outside using JSON based REST services. They are going to be key to future development in Domino/XWork - whether you want to use data in browser solutions (e.g. based on angular.js or ExtJS) or native mobile apps (built in whatever technology is best).
Dev04. The Future of Web Development - Write Once, Run Everywhere with AngularJS and Domino
Mark Leusink (LinQed) @markleusink
Tuesday, March 31
09:00 - 10:00
Room: C
AngularJS is currently the most popular JavaScript MVC framework. It's driving more adoption and emphasis on the MVC/ REST API application architecture model. The ease of use, portability and re-usability of the code makes it an ideal solution for modern web developer needs.
Mark will show you how to use AngularJS to modernize your existing Domino apps, while leveraging Domino's best features. They will demonstrate how the power of architecting a solution based on AngularJS allows your Domino application to be made available through other platform interfaces. Taking "Write once, run everywhere” in the literal sense, you will see the same Angular/ Domino based app running natively in XPages, IBM Connections, Bluemix, IBM Worklight and maybe more.
Client-side JavaScript frameworks such as AngularJS are the future of web development - come and see it in action.
Mark will show you how to use AngularJS to modernize your existing Domino apps, while leveraging Domino's best features. They will demonstrate how the power of architecting a solution based on AngularJS allows your Domino application to be made available through other platform interfaces. Taking "Write once, run everywhere” in the literal sense, you will see the same Angular/ Domino based app running natively in XPages, IBM Connections, Bluemix, IBM Worklight and maybe more.
Client-side JavaScript frameworks such as AngularJS are the future of web development - come and see it in action.
Dev05. Bluemix - Now here's something NEW for Domino Developers
Martin Donnelly (IBM) @TweeterDonnelly
Niklas Heidloff (IBM) @nheidloff
Monday, March 30
13:30 - 14:30
Room: D
IBM Bluemix is a platform that enables you to build, run and manage virtually any application in the cloud without having to worry about the hardware, software, and networking needed to do so. This means that developers can be left to do what they do best ... CODE!
This session will have two parts. In the first part you will get an introduction of Bluemix, IBM's Platform as a Service offering, which will provide an overview of the various runtimes and services.
In the second part you will learn how to run XPages applications in Bluemix via the new XPages runtime and the new Domino database service that were announced at IBM ConnectED. This enables developers not only to quickly host XPages applications in the cloud, but also to mix and match various Bluemix technologies and services to build entirely new applications or to modernize existing IBM Domino applications.
This is the future.
This session will have two parts. In the first part you will get an introduction of Bluemix, IBM's Platform as a Service offering, which will provide an overview of the various runtimes and services.
In the second part you will learn how to run XPages applications in Bluemix via the new XPages runtime and the new Domino database service that were announced at IBM ConnectED. This enables developers not only to quickly host XPages applications in the cloud, but also to mix and match various Bluemix technologies and services to build entirely new applications or to modernize existing IBM Domino applications.
This is the future.
Dev06. There Is An API For That! Why And How To Build On The IBM Connections Platform
Mikkel Flindt Heisterberg (OnTime) @lekkim
Tuesday, March 31
14:45 - 15:30
Room: C
If you're a developer you are in luck as IBM Connections was designed with you in mind. Underneath the covers of IBM Connections lies a wealth of opportunities waiting to be exploited. To take full advantage of these opportunities you must understand and harness the API's available to you as a developer. Most know of the REST API's by now but there is so much more most notably the Events API which lets you hook into the innards of IBM Connections to build powerful workflows, implement compliance solutions or take your application to the next level. Then there is the activity stream, widgets and gadgets. Come to this session to learn why and how to build on the PLATFORM that is IBM Connections and see just how many options you have and be ready to leave with practical tools to start building your first application. Bring your favorite IDE and lets write some code.
Dev07. The Graph Revolution
Nathan Freeman (Red Pill Development) @NTF
Monday, March 30
13:30 - 14:30
Room: C
Your entire career, you've been told that big data needs relational databases. Graph databases have turned this idea upside down and the truly big players now use graphs in their most important systems. With the OpenNTF Domino API, you can use graphs on top of your existing NSFs to turn your Domino infrastructure into one contiguous data warehouse with no migration and no risk. Come find out how.
Dev08. Transformations - Smart Application Migration
Oliver Busse @zeromancer1972
Tuesday, March 31
13:30 - 14:30
Room: D
Migrating legacy applications with XPages without using any third party tools can be hard. Your code that was built and maintained over the years should be reused and ported to current XPages environment. Learn how to benefit from the possibilities of using Java in XPages to reproduce the functionality you already have and extend it to the next level:
User profiles - create, use and maintain
Application profiles - reinvented
Getting user and environment informations made easy and smart
Transformation of the full-text search to a so called "facetted search" all over your application(s)
User profiles - create, use and maintain
Application profiles - reinvented
Getting user and environment informations made easy and smart
Transformation of the full-text search to a so called "facetted search" all over your application(s)
Dev09. Jedi and Sith: OpenNTF Domino API and CrossWorlds
Paul Withers (Intec Systems) @paulswithers
Daniele Vistalli (Factor-y) @DanieleVistalli
Tuesday, March 31
16:00 - 17:00
Room: C
Obi Wan will show you what's new in the OpenNTF Domino API, the force that elevates XPages developers above mere mortals. Then Anakin will manipulate that force with CrossWorlds to seduce you into the dark side, Websphere Liberty Profile. But do not give into fear, because we will bring balance to the force by showing how Domino + Websphere can enable you to build a modern REST servlets as a backend for your application, which can then be used by your favourite front-end web or mobile framework.
Dev10. App.Next - The Future of Domino Application Development
Pete Janzen (IBM)
Martin Donnelly (IBM) @TweeterDonnelly
Monday, March 30
11:30 - 12:30
Room: D
The Domino application development landscape is about to get a whole lot richer. Not only are we giving developers new features that will enhance our on-premises platform, XPages runtime and Domino Designer, but we will show how we are bringing the value of Domino to the cloud with new services for IBM Bluemix. New responsive design features, RDBMS data sources, document encryption on the web and Bluemix, there's a lot to pack in!
Dev11. Beyond Xpages
Peter Presnell (Red Pill Development) @peterpresnell
Tuesday, March 31
16:00 - 17:00
Room: D
Many organizations are now investing in the development of web interfaces for their existing (and new) Notes/Domino applications. Now is the perfect time to start paying down on the technical debt we have accumulated to ensure that we don’t pass on an unsustainable software development deficit to those that will follow. With this presentation we will challenge the notion that trickle down development based on XPages is the next logical step in that evolution. While XPages still has a place in the world of modern Domino development we will explore new approaches and alternative technologies that have the potential to deliver a brighter prosperous.
Dev12. 10 Mistakes You and Every XPages Developer Make. Yes, I said YOU!
Serdar Basegmez (Developi Information Systems) @sbasegmez
Tuesday, March 31
14:45 - 15:30
Room: D
A classic learning curve for any new development paradigm involves certain tipping points. After tutorials, documentation, samples and other resources, developers experience a long period of challenges before they feel comfortable with what they use. Developing for XPages is no exception. Sometimes, it takes hours to make even a simple dialog work like you want and you find yourself copying and pasting code fragments that you don't really understand.
The purpose of this session is to provide a strong understanding of the fundamental principles of basic XPages mechanisms. Between the beginner level and knowing everything going on under the covers, we will provide a different look into the XPages paradigm, discussing common pain points including misunderstanding the browser-server interaction, partial execution/refreshes, JSF phases, SSJS, managed bean issues and user security with code samples and best practices for your development experience.
The purpose of this session is to provide a strong understanding of the fundamental principles of basic XPages mechanisms. Between the beginner level and knowing everything going on under the covers, we will provide a different look into the XPages paradigm, discussing common pain points including misunderstanding the browser-server interaction, partial execution/refreshes, JSF phases, SSJS, managed bean issues and user security with code samples and best practices for your development experience.
Dev13. Yes! You CAN Use those Cool New Frameworks in your Mobile Domino Apps!
Theo Heselmans (Xceed / Engage) @theoheselmans
Monday, March 30
16:00 - 17:00
Room: D
Did you know there is an abundance of cool CSS and JS frameworks out there? Have you ever wanted to find out how you can use them in your own (mobile) Domino apps? We'll show real world applications from our customers using some of these powerful frameworks inside Domino. Explore with us on how they integrated Bootstrap, Ratchet.js, Knockout.js, Backbone.js, Underscore.js, jQuery.js, Zepto.js and more! You'll walk away from this session excited, and full of ideas you can start to implement as soon as you get home. Let's show the world how innovative, flexible and on-the-edge Domino development still is!
Dev14. Just a View: An Introduction To Model-View-Controller Pattern in XPages
Ulrich Krause (BCC) @eknori
Tuesday, March 31
08:00 - 08:45
Room: D
The only constant in software development is CHANGE. Every piece of software that has been developed and shipped to a customer will be changed numerous times during it's life cycle. Depending on how well the code is designed, it is more or less easy to implement changes.
MVC, which is an acronym for Model - View - Controller is no new concept. In fact this design paradigm was created by Xerox in the 80's, and it is becoming THE recommended model for designing frameworks - especially on the web.
The session will give an overview of design pattern in general and MVC in particular. We will show, how to use the MVC design paradigm in an XPages application and demonstrate, how easy it is to implement changes.
Need to read/write your data from/to an XML file instead of using a Notes View. MVC makes software maintenance easy as 1-2-3.
MVC, which is an acronym for Model - View - Controller is no new concept. In fact this design paradigm was created by Xerox in the 80's, and it is becoming THE recommended model for designing frameworks - especially on the web.
The session will give an overview of design pattern in general and MVC in particular. We will show, how to use the MVC design paradigm in an XPages application and demonstrate, how easy it is to implement changes.
Need to read/write your data from/to an XML file instead of using a Notes View. MVC makes software maintenance easy as 1-2-3.
Sp1. Keynote
Uffe Sorensen (IBM) @uffesorensen
Kramer Reeves (IBM) @KramerReeves
René Schimmer (IBM)
Omar Davison (IBM) @OmarDavison
Monday, March 30
09:00 - 11:00
Aula
Important: The Keynote is being held at the 'Aula', about 300m from the main venue!
The intertwining technology trends of analytics, cloud, mobile and social are forever altering the way employees engage with one another, and with partners and customers. Join Jeff Schick as he discusses how IBM is transforming enterprise social and email solutions to help leading companies get ahead and take advantage of these trends. See how business communications can be taken to the next level with stronger analytics, integration with public social media, user-centric design, rapid cloud delivery and innovation, and broad ecosystem support. Also see some of our latest innovations come to life with onstage demos of our latest capabilities in IBM Verse, IBM Connections and more.
The intertwining technology trends of analytics, cloud, mobile and social are forever altering the way employees engage with one another, and with partners and customers. Join Jeff Schick as he discusses how IBM is transforming enterprise social and email solutions to help leading companies get ahead and take advantage of these trends. See how business communications can be taken to the next level with stronger analytics, integration with public social media, user-centric design, rapid cloud delivery and innovation, and broad ecosystem support. Also see some of our latest innovations come to life with onstage demos of our latest capabilities in IBM Verse, IBM Connections and more.
Sp2. Speedsponsoring
Engage (All Sponsors)
Monday, March 30
18:15 - 19:15
Sponsor Area
Stay for the 'Speedsponsoring' on Monday evening.
It's fast, frantic and fun - and in just 3 minutes you'll learn something cool about each of our sponsors.
On top of that: the BAR is open (serving excellent Belgian beers), and you might win something too!
It's fast, frantic and fun - and in just 3 minutes you'll learn something cool about each of our sponsors.
On top of that: the BAR is open (serving excellent Belgian beers), and you might win something too!
Sp3. Ask IBM
Kramer Reeves (IBM) @KramerReeves
Tuesday, March 31
16:00 - 17:00
Room: A
Kramer Reeves will moderate this session.
The full IBM team will be on hand to answer your questions about product strategy, market positioning, licensing and pricing, roadmaps, integration, tough developer questions and more!
We welcome those questions you could never quite figure out who to ask!
This lively session promises to provide new insights, ideas and as you'd expect: entertainment.
The full IBM team will be on hand to answer your questions about product strategy, market positioning, licensing and pricing, roadmaps, integration, tough developer questions and more!
We welcome those questions you could never quite figure out who to ask!
This lively session promises to provide new insights, ideas and as you'd expect: entertainment.
Sp4. Closing Session
Theo Heselmans (Engage) @theoheselmans
Tuesday, March 31
17:05 - 17:30
Sponsor Area
Always fun, and a big chance of winning a cool prize. We got several great giveaways.
The bar is open till 18.00h
The bar is open till 18.00h
Sp5. A consultant’s story - changing your technology
Paul Mooney @pmooneynet
Gabriella Davis (The Turtle Partnership) @gabturtle
Monday, March 30
12:45 - 13:30
Room: A
The Domino community is a vibrant, passionate world, but the market reality is now hard to ignore. You may be looking at the marketplace as it stands and thinking about the future. You may have spent a long time becoming well known in a technology set, only know to find it is going away.
In this informal session, Paul Mooney and Gab Davis will share their own stories and explain how you're a lot more valuable than you may think you are.
Expect a love of the Domino platform, a good dollop of positivity and a bit of painful honesty.
In this informal session, Paul Mooney and Gab Davis will share their own stories and explain how you're a lot more valuable than you may think you are.
Expect a love of the Domino platform, a good dollop of positivity and a bit of painful honesty.
Sp6. Lotusphere 2016?
Oliver Heinz (IBM) @oliheinz
Amanda Bauman (IBM) @amandabauman
Tuesday, March 31
12:45 - 13:30
Room: A
While we didn't get any definitive answer from IBM on the future of Lotusphere/ConnectED at the Closing General Session a couple weeks ago -- they did not share a date or future plans -- that doesn't mean there are no plans for 2016 at all.
Right now different groups of people including IBM, some IBM Champions as well as User Groups and Community Leaders all have ideas.
No promises but we’d like to hear what would be of most interest to you.
Do you want it in January in Florida again? Do you want to go to Las Vegas as a part of InterConnect?
This is not a guarantee that there will definitely be a Lotusphere/ConnectED 2016 (we can’t speak for IBM), but it's a great first step and opportunity to make your voice heard!
During this session we'll discuss our options and share our ideas.
Right now different groups of people including IBM, some IBM Champions as well as User Groups and Community Leaders all have ideas.
No promises but we’d like to hear what would be of most interest to you.
Do you want it in January in Florida again? Do you want to go to Las Vegas as a part of InterConnect?
This is not a guarantee that there will definitely be a Lotusphere/ConnectED 2016 (we can’t speak for IBM), but it's a great first step and opportunity to make your voice heard!
During this session we'll discuss our options and share our ideas.
Sp7. Coexist with Salesforce
Peter Chittum (Salesforce.com) @pchittum
Tuesday, March 31
12:45 - 13:30
Room: B
Technologies do not exist in a sterile world. Projects are rarely monolithic single-vendor experiences. Learn what to expect from Salesforce technology in that project where you will coexist, integrate, and sit side-by-side. Learn how to get the most out of your Salesforce integration.
Str01. Preparing your environment for a move to the Cloud
Alan Forbes (RPR Wyatt) @R_Alan_Forbes
Tuesday, March 31
16:00 - 17:00
Room: B
If and when the day comes to move your environment off Notes and onto Office 365, IBM SmartCloud, or other cloud service, what do you need to do on the Domino side to ensure all goes smoothly? Having helped customers do this exact thing, I'll share a couple of tips you probably hadn't thought of.
Str02. Mobilize your business, not just an app
Dan Colbert (Teamstudio, Inc.) @dannycolbert
Monday, March 30
16:00 - 17:00
Room: B
In this session we will discuss the business impact of your mobile application strategy. Are you spending the majority of your time on operational and technical decisions related to your mobilization initiatives? Here we will review some important criteria related to your lines of business and the nature of transactions taking place on mobile devices. Real customer examples will be explored and provide ideas so you can focus on mobilizing your business, not just an app.
Str03. Sharing knowledge ... Get creative !
Koen Lenaerts (IBM) @koen_lenaerts
Steve Lievens (IBM) @steve_lievens
Tuesday, March 31
09:00 - 10:00
Room: A
We all have our challenges and problems in our day to day work. How often do you lose time finding and contacting the right expert in your organization ? Don't you get confused with multiple versions of the same document circling around in different locations ? Isn't it often difficult to get good feedback and support of your colleagues ?
In this dynamic demo Steve and Koen will show you how they collaborate together with the IBM Social Platform. They will look for the right expert and contact him/her in the most efficient way. Next they will share with each other all kinds of business information in a very easy way. The entire demo will be done by Koen on a workstation and by Steve on a mobile device.
In this dynamic demo Steve and Koen will show you how they collaborate together with the IBM Social Platform. They will look for the right expert and contact him/her in the most efficient way. Next they will share with each other all kinds of business information in a very easy way. The entire demo will be done by Koen on a workstation and by Steve on a mobile device.
Str04. The world has changed, so has IBM, with Watson, Apple and Twitter!
Laurent Boes (IBM) @laurentboes
Monday, March 30
11:30 - 12:30
Room: A
In this session we will be guiding the audience through the 3 major announcements the company has made in 2014 that have entirely changed the game. Not only for IBM but for entire industries and markets.
You will also discover how these 3 investment areas will bring exponential value to clients by bringing them together.
The audience will be able to find out which innovative impact Watson, Apple and Twitter have on the IBM Social Business suite and IBM Verse specifically.
It's all about the disruption that is being created by IBM with Data, Cloud and Engagement.
You will also discover how these 3 investment areas will bring exponential value to clients by bringing them together.
The audience will be able to find out which innovative impact Watson, Apple and Twitter have on the IBM Social Business suite and IBM Verse specifically.
It's all about the disruption that is being created by IBM with Data, Cloud and Engagement.
Str05. How to Deploy and Maintain several IBM products in a large environment
Martin Meijer (Saxion) @MartinInAction
Remco Angioni (Saxion) @Angioni
Tuesday, March 31
14:45 - 15:30
Room: A
Saxion University in the Netherlands has over 35,000 users with a 30% annual turnover of accounts and very demanding requirements for technology. Such a wide range of users, requirements and skill levels across students and faculty had led Saxion to deploy many IBM collaborative products including Connections, Sametime, Domino and Traveler. How is the Development team involved. How does a company with a complex and changing environment tackle new projects, design solutions and manage deployments? How are priorities defined and how are so many pieces of technology integrated together? In this session meet the Saxion team who take on this work from scope to strategic design and custom development, user feedback , deployment and maintenance. Learn how they work together to successfully juggle so many projects and what pitfalls you can avoid.
Str06. What's New in IBM Connections and IBM Connections Mobile
René Schimmer (IBM)
Monday, March 30
16:00 - 17:00
Room: A
IBM Connections provides the platform of social tools you need to transform your organization into a social business. IBM Connections enables you to reach your customers and partners faster, drive innovation, share content and expertise, and complete work faster.
In this session, we'll describe what's new in IBM Connections and highlight the new features being planned for the next release. See first hand how IBM Connections can work for you!
In this session, we'll describe what's new in IBM Connections and highlight the new features being planned for the next release. See first hand how IBM Connections can work for you!
Str07. App Development - Where should I go now?
René Winkelmeyer (midpoints GmbH) @muenzpraeger
Tuesday, March 31
13:30 - 14:30
Room: A
Companies and developers have nowadays an giant fish tank of tools and technologies to choose from for their software development. There is no "right" or "wrong" for choosing a way to develop software - using the right tools at the right time in the right project is the key to success.
But what does that mean nowadays for Domino developers. Should they go XPages? Or AngularJS? Java? JavaScript? Ruby? Is frontend the way to go - or backend? Better always stateless development or choose a stateful approach? And what does all that mean from an infrastructure perspective? This session will cover those questions and more to enable you in making the right decisions at the right time.
But what does that mean nowadays for Domino developers. Should they go XPages? Or AngularJS? Java? JavaScript? Ruby? Is frontend the way to go - or backend? Better always stateless development or choose a stateful approach? And what does all that mean from an infrastructure perspective? This session will cover those questions and more to enable you in making the right decisions at the right time.
Str08. Change: by psychology pull or technology push
Roland Driesen (Silverside) @RolandDriesen
Duco Bergsma (Silverside)
Monday, March 30
17:15 - 18:00
Room: B
With every version the on-premise products offer great new functionality and state of the art technology. After release most IT departments are in doubt: when do we upgrade to this 'latest and greatest' version. Is there budget, when do we plan the downtime and will the end-users 'get it'. Isn't change the only constant factor in life? With cloud offerings you are no longer in control when which function will be released to your end users. In this session Duco Bergsma will explain the pro's and con's of directing the change with on-premises installations versus auto-pilot with cloud deployments from a technical push perspective. Roland Driesen will guide you through the impact of both scenarios on the user acceptance from a psychological pull perspective. Roland and Duco will share their cloud decision matrix to advice when to use cloud or on-premise and how to implement it with maximum user adoption.
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Monday, March 30
Start | End | Room A: Prior 1st floor | Room B: Old Infirmary 2nd floor | Room C: Vermeylen 2nd floor | Room D: Blancquaert 3rd floor |
09.00 |  | Sp1. Keynote by Jeff Schick, Kramer Reeves and René Schimmer (in the Aula, 300m from main venue!) | |||
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11.30 | 12.30 | Str04. IBM Watson Apple Twitter | Adm02. Mastering your Logs | Adm04. Cloud Considerations | Dev10. App.Next |
12.30 | 13.30 | Sp5. Changing your Technology | Lunch Break | ||
13.30 | 14.30 | Bus03. In Time, On Budget | Adm12. Adding Verse to Notes | Dev07. The Graph Revolution | Dev05. Bluemix for Domino Devs. |
14.45 | 15.30 | Com04. TimeToAct Know. Share. Do. | Com01. panagenda Infrastructure Assessment | Com06. LDC Via Keep your Domino Apps & Data alive | Com07. Pixelixir The Future of Publishing |
16.00 | 17.00 | Str06. Connections Next | Str02. Mobilize your Business | Adm09. IBM Traveler | Dev13. Cool Frameworks |
17.15 | 18.00 | Bus02. How to use IBM Verse | Str08. Change to the Cloud? | Adm10. Free Beer? Or Wine? | Dev03. REST and XWork |
18.15 | 19.15 | Speed Sponsoring (in the Refectory, the main Sponsor area) | |||
18.00 | 19.30 | Bar open sponsored by OpenNTF | |||
Tuesday, March 31
