Monday, May 5
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Barbarians at the Gate:
Where is Software Headed?
More than any time in its short history, the software industry is going through a dramatic change. New paradigms and issues such as software as a service, open source, integration, the Microsoft antitrust trial and much more are changing the dynamics of the industry. In this session a group of leading industry executives debates how we reached the current state of today's "NEW" software industry and the key factors impacting it and the marketplace. Learn from our past mistakes of over-promising and under-delivering.

Moderator:

• Frank Catalano, Principal, Catalano Consulting and Industry Pundit
  Panelists:
  
• John Abbott, Managing Analyst, The451
• Scott Arpajian, Senior Vice President, CNET Networks
• David Thomas, Chief Executive Officer, Intacct Corporation
• Michael Evans, Vice President, Business Development, Red Hat
• Conleth O'Connell, Chief Technology Officer, Vignette

Monday, May 5
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Web Services is the Only New Game in Town:
Can it Move Beyond Hyperventilation to Reality?
Are Web Services really ready for prime-time? They have generated considerable attention because Web Services promise to make numerous technologies and applications work together more easily, creating huge benefits to users. Companies are implementing them, but there is still much debate about technologies, platforms, standards and interoperability that could derail the promise. If they are the silver bullet, how do we convince customers to understand the benefits of a new technology solution without jeopardizing existing products and markets. This session focuses on key industry leaders views on the current state of Web Services and how it will affect the industry today and going forward.

Moderator:

• Nick Evans, Director, Integration Services, BearingPoint and Chair, SIIA Web Services Initiative
  Panelists:
  
• Gregg Bjork, SVP, Products and Services, Systinet Corporation
• Christophe Job, Vice President, Application Development Tools, Oracle Corporation
• Kirk Klasson, Vice President of Strategy, Novell
• Ron Palmeri, Vice President Strategic Alliances, Grand Central Communications

Monday, May 5
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
"Mobility:
Enterprise Applications Get Moving
Mobile computing is everywhere. Laptops, pagers, personal digital assistants and smart mobile telephones are commonplace in most enterprises. Yet information and communications technology managers face significant difficulties in deploying enterprise applications across heterogeneous computing environments. Is mobility merely an issue of GUI development, or are there more pieces of the puzzle? What are the key challenges to developing and deploying applications for the mobile enterprise environment? How do application portability, device portability and enterprise mobility relate? How do device manufacturers, software developers and providers of network connectivity work together to make mobile computing a reality?

Moderator:

• Traver Gruen-Kennedy, Vice President and Chief Evangelist, Citrix Systems and Chair, SIIA Mobile Enterprise Alliance
  Panelists:
  
• Mohamad Afshar, 9i Application Server Product Management, Oracle
• Paul Guthrie, Principal and Chief Technology Officer, PSC
• Todd Mickelsen, Vice President of Product Marketing and Management, NextPage
• Mike Munro, Director Business Development, iAnywhere Solutions

Tuesday, May 6
11: am - 12:15 pm
The Financial Outlook:
Close Shop, Survive or Move Along
With companies operating at bare bones, venture funding dry and consolidation continuing, these are tough times for new and old software companies alike. But what does the future really hold? Listen to a panel of experts - CFOs, venture capitalists, analysts, and executives - provide insights and prospects on the current and future financial marketplace for the software industry. Panelists will discuss the how companies are surviving, consolidation in the marketplace, the effect of corporate governance scandals, the venture capital and private equity markets and much more.

Moderator:

• Kevin Green, Managing Partner, TripleTree
  Panelists:
  
• John Balen, General Partner, Canaan Partners
• C.J. Fitzgerald, Principal, Summit Partners

Tuesday, May 6
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
The Next Big Thing Panel:
Five Years Hence
Okay change is coming -- but how much will it cost, what will it look like, how should we prepare? Join pundits as they speculate on the "next big thing" in software technologies that will affect the industry. Grid computing and unified systems are perennial candidates for this list, but what of storage, security, the semantic web, componentizing and other software architectures? Join industry analysts, journalists, and executives at companies working on the various technologies as they discuss what's ahead and the impact of new technological breakthroughs on the competitive environment, user expectations and how they will shape the future of the industry.

Moderator:

• John Bobowicz, Chief Technical Evangelist, Software, Sun Microsystems
  Panelists:
  
• Pali Bhat, Director of Knowledge Services, Swingtide, Inc.
• Nelson Carbonell, President and CEO, Cysive
• Dave Dunlap, SVP, Business Development and Marketing, Intraware
• Ed Peters, CEO, DataDirect Technologies
• Dan Stickel, SVP and General Manager, Enterprise Software Division, Macrovision