Ben Shoemate's Notebook

So, Lotusphere 2011 ( #ls11 ) finished a few weeks back, and IBM is already planning the next major event - the Exceptional Web Experience conference - which takes place ... in Orlando, Fla :-)

The conference registration is now open and, perhaps more importantly, the chance to submit an abstract for the event is also upon us.

Business Impact Program

Track 1: Customer Case Studies and Industry Solutions

• Detailed presentations of client solutions,including Project Goals and Analysis,Industry Specific Approaches,Implementation and Governance Techniques, Best Practices.

Track 2: Accelerating Solution Time to Value and ROI

• Proven Strategies to Build the Vision and Value of an Exceptional Web Experience
  
• Building a Portal Delivery Roadmap
  
• Paths to Success
  
• How to Successfully Justify and Deploy Portal and Social
  
• Software in Your Organization
  
• The Real Scoop on Understanding the Portal Competitive Landscape.

Track 3: Optimize Customer Experiences to Build Brand and Generate Revenue

• You are What You Market: Leveraging New Rules of Marketing
  
• Getting Smart with Retail Portals to Address the Accelerated Shift in Buyer Behavior
  
• Delivering Your Portal Solutions to Mobile Audiences: Best Practices
  
• User Experience Optimization Initiative: Understanding and Applying Web Analytics

Technology Program Track 4: Web Experience Platforms and Solutions

• Getting Started with IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Web Content Management
  
• WebSphere Portal 7
  
• Technical Overview and Strategy
  
• Leveraging Portal NOW to Deliver Exceptional Web Experiences
  
• IBM Forms Technical Deep Dive
  
• What’s New in Lotus Quickr ?
  
• Extending your Portal to Mobile Devices
  
• IBM Mashup Center Overview
  
• Exceptional Web Experience in the Cloud – How to Use IBM WebSphere Portal
  
• IBM Web Content Management
  
• Forms and Mashups in the Cloud.

Track 5: Developing Exceptional Web Experiences

• Improving the Online Experience: Building Next Generation Web sites
  
• Using Adobe FLEX to Deliver IBM
  
• WebSphere Portal and Collaboration Services
  
• Developing Web Applications using IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory, IBM Rational® Application Developer and IBM Lotus Widget Factory
  
• Powering Exceptional Web Experiences Using Industry Toolboxes
  
• Leveraging WebSphere Commerce and IBM Web Content Management
  
• Deliver Operational and Real-time Business Intelligence with Cognos® Business Intelligence
  
• IBM Forms Technical Deep Dive.

Track 6: Best Practices and Implementation

• Managing the Portal Deployment Project: Best Practices, Effective Portal Governance
  
• High Availability Designs and Implementation with WebSphere Portal, Virtualizing Portals, Successfully Managing Your WebSphere Portal, Virtualizing Portals
  
• Successfully Managing Your IBM Web Content Management Solution; Hands On Lab
  
• Administrating WebSphere Portal.

If there's something that you'd like to share, please consider submitting an abstract here.

*Note* The submission form requires a Lotus Greenhouse account, so please visit here if you don't have one.

The closing date for abstracts is two weeks away - Friday 4 March - so strike while the iron is hot.