[announce] OASIS Sponsors 'OASIS Forum on the Direction of WebServices'

[dee schur <dee.schur@oasis-open.org>]

OASIS is pleased to announce the 'OASIS Forum on the Direction of Web
Services' to be held on 4 March at XML/Web Services One Conference,
Santa Clara, California,
http://www.xmlconference.com/santaclara/special.asp. The forum was
developed out of the need to understand the evolving standards, trends
and hype surrounding Web services. With the agenda finalised (see
below), take advantage of this value packed information session
presented by leading visionaries.


The 'OASIS Forum on the Direction of Web Services' Agenda

8:30-9:00 Welcome, Introduction
(Karl Best, OASIS VP; Patrick Gannon, OASIS CEO)

9:00-9:45 Technical keynote: OASIS Activities as part of Web Services
(speaker: Eduardo Gutentag, Sun)

9:45-10:30 OASIS TAB conceptual model
(speaker: Karl Best, OASIS)

10:45-2:00 XML WS One Opening keynote, exhibit hall, and lunch

2:00-3:00 Security and Web Services (Panel)
(chair: Tim Moses, Entrust)

Panelists:
Marc Chanliau, Netegrity
Eve L. Maler, Sun
Tim Moses, Entrust
Rob Philpott, RSA Security

3:00-4:00 Web Services and the e-Business Era (Panel)
(chair: Angel Diaz, IBM)

Panelists:
Angel Diaz, IBM
Michael Conner, IBM
Winston Bumpus, Novell
Rich Thompson, IBM
Uday Subbarayan, Sun

4:00-5:00 The Need for Useful Web Services
(speaker: Jon Bosak, Sun)

5:00-5:30 Wrap-up
industry analyst (Shawn Willet, Current Analysis)

5:45-6:30 Conference keynote with Patrick Gannon, 'OASIS - Leading the
Web Services Standards Development'

**The OASIS Annual General Meeting and member reception will follow Mr.
Gannon's keynote. For more information, feel free to contact
dee.schur@oasis-open.org.