IBM Lotus Symphony: Sessions Summary for Lotusphere -- January 20 - 24, Orlando, Florida

[donald_harbison@us.ibm.com]

Hi,

Per interest expressed at last week's
ODF Adoption TC call, here is a summary of the IBM Lotus Symphony related
sessions and workshops planned for next week at Lotusphere 2008. After
the event, the Lotus team usually posts the presentation content on the
Web. 

1.) Exploring IBM Lotus Symphony
        
IBM Lotus Symphony is a set of rich
document editors based on the Open Document Format standard available for
no charge from the Symphony website -- and included in the IBM Lotus Notes
8 client. You'll learn about the strategy behind Lotus Symphony and how
that extends to the Lotus Notes 8 customers, making them a viable alternative
to more commonly used office applications. This session will explore the
capabilities, roadmap and new features of the word processor, spreadsheet
and presentation editors. You'll learn more about their benefits and get
a live demonstration of these powerful editors, including new plugin application
support.
https://www-926.ibm.com/events/lotus/lsph2008.nsf/sessionabstract?openform&sessionid=ID104

2.) A Jug of Wine, a Spreadsheet,
and Thee

It is not enough to have IBM Lotus Symphony,
the new productivity editors -- now you are expected to be productive.
In this session, learn how to use your IBM Lotus Notes client and the IBM
Lotus Spreadsheets, IBM Lotus Presentations and IBM Lotus Documents together,
with an emphasis on developing practical integrations. From the simple
to the sophisticated, see how to think outside the box with what you now
have in the box. At the end you'll take a tutorial back to share with your
colleagues at home.
https://www-926.ibm.com/events/lotus/lsph2008.nsf/sessionabstract?openform&sessionid=BP201

3.) Integration of IBM Lotus Notes
8 with IBM Lotus Symphony and OpenOffice.org

The inclusion of Lotus Symphony (productivity
editors) with IBM Lotus Notes 8 and the release of the IBM Lotus Symphony
product bring new and exciting integration options for Lotus Notes users
and developers. This session will cover the integration options available
today, including client provisioning of the Lotus Symphony editors. Inclusion
of the editors in Composite Applications will demonstrate the programmatic
options. This session will also cover integration of OpenOffice.org with
Lotus Notes 8 and the development options available. Applications such
as export, charting, and mail merge will be explored. This session will
wrap up with a preview of integration options with Lotus Notes 8 and the
editors as well as Lotus Symphony coming in future versions of Lotus Notes!
Expect lots of code and take-home applications.
        
https://www-926.ibm.com/events/lotus/lsph2008.nsf/sessionabstract?openform&sessionid=BP215

4.) Lotus Symphony Developer Day(s)
         
      
Are you ready to experience the freedom
of choice and learn about all the possibilities that come with it? IBM®
Lotus® Symphony Developer Day is for you. IBM Lotus Symphony is a suite
of open standards-based office productivity tools that are available for
free download. Not only does it give you free Microsoft Office-compatible
editors, but it also provides programmability that allows you to extend
Lotus Symphony or create integration between Lotus Symphony and other applications.
Lotus Symphony can fit into your enterprise IT solutions to streamline
information processing in transactional, collaborative and intelligence
systems.

During this workshop, you will learn
how this powerful product can be customized and extended for special requirements
to make your users more efficient and effective. In this four hour intensive
workshop, you will learn how to use Lotus Symphony to realize these benefits.


Additional opportunities to learn
more about Lotus Symphony at Lotusphere

    * Meet the Developer Lab
- Lotus Symphony developers with Lotus Symphony on Microsoft Windows and
Apple Macintosh
    * Solution Development
Lab - Solutions built with Lotus Symphony
    * Innovation Lab - Integrate
Lotus Symphony in Web 2.0

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/lotus/events/symphony-developer-day.html


Regards,

/don

Don Harbison
Program Director, IBM ODF Initiative
Business & Technical Strategy
IBM Software Group
tel:1-978-399-7018
Mobile: +1-978-761-0116
email: donald_harbison@us.ibm.com