OASIS News - 8 Sept 2004

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

OASIS NEWS
8 September 2004

Welcome to OASIS News, a weekly update of announcements, accomplishments,
and activities for the international standards consortium.


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OASIS Adoption Forum Early-Bird Registration Ends 15 Sept

The OASIS Adoption Forum, "Implementing e-Business Open Standards for End
Users and Public Administration," will be held on 6 Oct in Brussels. The
OASIS Adoption Forum meeting fee of 350USD includes access to all sessions,
luncheon, coffee breaks, an evening reception, and associated materials.
Members of OASIS who register by 15 September receive a 150USD discount.

http://www.oasis-open.org/events/adoption_forum/

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New Directors Join OASIS PKI Member Section Steering Committee

Steve Hanna of Funk Software, June Leung of FundSERV, David Skyberg of
RSA Security and Ross Smith of Public Works and Government Services Canada
have been elected and John Sabo of Computer Associates has been re-elected
to the OASIS PKI Member Section Steering Committee. June Leung will serve as
the Chair.

http://www.pkiforum.org/governance/

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New OASIS Members

The Consortium welcomes Systinet, http://www.systinet.com/, as its newest
Sponsor-level member. A long-time Contributor member of OASIS, Systinet
helps enterprises solve critical business problems by applying Web services
technologies to create SOAs. 

New OASIS Contributors include Ford Motor Company, RogueWave, Collation, and
NTT. 

http://www.oasis-open.org/about/index.php

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OASIS Symposium 2005 Announced

The consortium is pleased to announce the second annual OASIS Symposium will
be held in New Orleans, LA on 25-29 April. TCs are strongly encouraged to
fix this date for a TC F2F meeting; more details will follow.

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OASIS on the Agenda

14 Sept--Pim van der Eijk, OASIS European Representative, will speak at
E-PDC, Cologne, Germany. 

23 Sept--Pim van der Eijk will speak eBIF, Brussels, Belgium.

14 Sept--David Petraitis, OASIS European Representative, will keynote at the
Asia PKI Forum, Taiwan.
 
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OASIS Co-Sponsored Events

4-7 October-- Business Process eXcellence, San Diego, Calif. OASIS members
receive a 10% discount; use 'BPX24OASIS' when registering.

5 October--UNECE and TSIED host "Fostering Internet Enterprise Development
by Governments and by Large Companies through Subcontracting," Brussels,
Belgium.

6 October--OASIS hosts "Implementing eBusiness Open Standards for End Users
and Public Administration," Brussels, Belgium.
 
 http://www.oasis-open.org/events/

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