• 75 Focused Sessions
• Visionary Keynotes
• Birds-of-a-Feather Gatherings
• World Class Speakers including Scott Ambler, Chris Armstrong, Larry Constantine, Rob Daigneau, James Hobart, Robert C. Martin, Granville Miller, Terry Quatrani, Rebecca Wirfs-Brock

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Architecture & Design World focuses on the technology – not just the tools – that you need to design, model and build successful software systems. This year's revamped tracks include:

• Agile Development & Methods
• Modeling & Design
• Roll-Up-Your-Sleeves
• Service-Oriented Architecture / Web Services
• Solutions/Technical Architecture
• Traditional Development & Methods

Monday, July 21 | 5:30 PM–6:30 PM

Michael Rosen, CTO, Wilton Consulting Group

It seems that everyone has heard of IT architects, and many people have the title, yet few people seem know what an architect really does and how that adds value to the organization.

This keynote walks the audience through 10 things an architect does and the skills needed to accomplish them. The list includes: Inquire, integrate, analyze, conceptualize, abstract, visualize, formalize, communicate, enable and assist. What does an architect do? What skills do they need? How do they add value?

Tuesday, July 22 | 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM

Over the past few decades the IT industry has developed a range of approaches for modeling and documentation. Structured approaches. Data-driven approaches. Process-driven approaches. Object-oriented approaches. Unified approaches. Domain-specific approaches. Serial approaches. Agile approaches. Although the list goes on, all of these modeling approaches seem to struggle in practice -- regardless of how great they sound in theory. In this keynote Scott Ambler and Terry Quatrani explore the issues and risks surrounding modeling and documentation on IT projects, juxtaposing the traditional and agile lines of thought around this critical topic. Isn't it time we finally explored this topic in a coherent and meaningful manner?

Thursday, July 24 | 12:15 PM–1:15 PM

Herbert (Hugh) Thompson, Ph.D., Chief Security Strategist, People Security

Legislation, financially driven attackers and high profile breaches have changed the economics of security. As software developers and designers, we need to rethink the motivations of attackers and the new attacker economy given a growing stolen identity information trade and the rise of organized electronic crime. We need to study “hackernomics”, the social science concerned with description and analysis of attacker motivations, economics and business risk. In this presentation Dr. Thompson vividly illustrates the laws of hackernomics and looks at how to think like an attacker. Warning: there will be live exploits; software will be harmed during this presentation!

These evening gatherings are the perfect opportunity to chat with speakers and your fellow attendees in an informal, relaxed setting.