AGILEPT 2011 - International conference on Agile Software Development and its practices, technologies, attitudes and experiences

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Category AGILEPT 2011

Deadline: April 24, 2011 | Date: June 20, 2011-June 22, 2011

Venue/Country: Porto, Portugal

Updated: 2011-03-20 15:46:49 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Call for Speakers

Agile Portugal is the premier international conference in Portugal about

Agile Software Development and its practices, technologies, attitudes and

experiences. Created with both experts and beginners in mind, Agile Portugal

is the place where the Portuguese Agile community comes together to exchange

and share their experiences about Agile development approaches.

This second edition will take place on 20-22 June, in Porto, Portugal.

Right before the city's greatest festivities (S. João), the conference

will be a superb backdrop for innovation, discussion and networking with

other national and international agilists, bringing together well-known

thought leaders, practitioners, and trainers.

You may find out more detailed information at 2011.agilept.org.

Key topics

* Agile methods: Scrum, Lean, XP, etc

* Agile project management

* Agile coaching

* Testing, TDD, BDD

* Incremental design

* Continuous integration

* Agile documentation

* Refactoring tools and patterns

* Collaborative environments

* Craftsmanship

* And more ...

Important dates

* 24 April: Submissions due

* 7 May: Notifications

* 9 May: Early registration due

* 11 June: Online registration due

* 20-22 June: Agile Portugal Conference days

Submissions

We want Agile Portugal to be an inclusive event for all agile practitioners

and enthusiasts, whether coming from small or large institutions, companies,

or academia.

We encourage you to report and share your experience on a topic of your

expertise, by submitting a high-quality proposal for one of the following

types of sessions:

* Talks - 20min presentations (+5 min questions) about a topic of your

expertise;

* Lightning talks - 5min presentation, inspiring and innovative;

* Posters - an idea, tool, or research work presented informally and

interactively.

Talks

We are looking for proposals of 20min talks, about exciting ideas, research

projects, experience reports, or lessons learned, from experienced speakers

on the relevant topics for the audience of the conference.

Lightning talks

If you have something to share about agility to the other participants of

the conference (ideas, fears, questions, concerns, etc), you are encouraged

to submit a 5min presentation, engage others to follow you, and get

immediate feedback about it.

Posters

This year's edition will feature a poster track, aimed at presenting in an

informal and interactive setting an ongoing or concluded work, be it a tool,

prototype, idea, or research. This work does not need to be complete, but

should have enough substance to be reviewed.

Open Space

In addition to the scheduled sessions, Open Space sessions will take place

throughout all the conference, providing a live and flexible place to share

questions, talk to the experts, demonstrate software and techniques, and

experiment with Agile practices and ideas. Its schedule will be defined

during the conference, by you and the other participants, and will be

continuously evolved as new topics emerge during the event.

Speaker compensation

Accepted * talks * and * posters * will be granted * free admission to both

days * of the event. Accepted * lightning-talks * will receive an exclusive

Agile Portugal gift.

How to submit

Submit a one-page abstract (400 words maximum!) To the program

committee by * April 24th *. You will receive a notification by May 7th,

inviting you to develop the final version to be presented at the

conference. Learn more about how to submit at:

http://2011.agilept.org/program/submission

Please visit the website for more information or contact us through the

email address chairsagilept.org.