OMG Announces Program for Third Annual BPM Think Tank 2007

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OMG Announces Program for Third Annual BPM Think Tank 2007
Unique Event Featuring Business and Technology Roundtables Focused on
Business Process Management (BPM) to be held in Burlingame, Calif., July 23-25, 2007

Needham, MA, USA - March 12, 2007 - The Object Management Group™ (OMG™) today announced the program for BPM Think Tank 2007, to be held July 23-25, 2007 at the San Francisco Hyatt Regency in Burlingame, California. BPM Think Tank 2007 is produced by the Object Management Group in partnership with BPTrends and is sponsored by Platinum Sponsors Lombardi Software and BEA, Silver Sponsor Flow Centric, as well as organizational sponsor BPM Group and media sponsor bpm.com. Conference pricing begins at US$640.00 for the three-day event (http://www.omg.org/tt/pr.htm).

This popular annual event will once again feature presentations by leading experts and roundtable discussions actively involving attendees. BPM Think Tank 2007 will gather together experts and practitioners alike to discuss the practical application of BPM standards, technologies and practices to achieve successful business results. A unique format the two separate tracks for business and IT attendees, with roundtable discussions, as well as technology exhibits, case study presentations and expert panel sessions, will allow participants to gain uncommon insight into BPM in the real world, within the standards community, on the IT drawing board and in the process owner's office.

Program Overview

Keynote Presentations

Paul Harmon, Executive Editor and Founder, Business Process Trends, "Trends in Business Process Management"
Randy Heffner, Vice President, Forrester Research, Inc. (business analyst keynote)

Plenary Presentations

Phil Gilbert, CTO, EVP, Lombardi Software, "OMG & BPM - A Brief Summary of OMG's BPM Activities"
Derek Miers, CEO, BPM Focus, "Overview of OMG BPM Standards"
Bill Curtis, Chief Process Officer, McAfee, Inc. "The Role of the Chief Process Officer in Business Process Improvement"
Making Sense of the Standards - Business Value and Where They Fit
Panel: "BPM Standards Organizations" with participants from eTOM, OASIS, OMG, SCC, WfMC and W3C
Panel: "BPM Tools: Meeting the Needs of Industry"

Business General Session Topics

Capability Models (CMMI, BPMM), John Alden, Capability Measurement
Organizational Modeling, Lance Gibbs, Lombardi Software
BPMM - A Case Study
BPM Center of Excellence

Technical General Session Topics

Modeling Notations/Metamodels (BPMN, BPDM, UML), Stephen White, IBM
Model-Driven Business Process Platforms: Scaling SOA to the Enterprise, David Frankel, SAP
A Practitioner's Case Study
BPM & SOA: How they Complement One Another

Business Roundtable Topics

What are the Barriers to Starting a Process Improvement Program?
How Do We Get More Business Involvement in BPM?
How Do You Organize and Manage for BPM Success?
What are the Issues and Challenges in Public Sector BPM?
How Do Established Industry Frameworks (e.g. SCOR, eTOM) Improve BPM Success?
Using SBVR to Clarify Business Rules Governance
How Can BPM Metrics Help Improve Your Organization?
How Does Lean / Six Sigma Play a Role in BPM?
How Does Regulatory Compliance Fit into BPM?
What Competencies and Skills Does an Organization Require for Successful BPM Initiatives?
How Do You Develop an Effective Business Architecture that Complements EA?

Technical Roundtable Topics

Using BPDM to Implement BPMN
What are the Challenges and Approach of Creating a Model-driven Organization?
How is Process Related to Business Rules?
Where is Choreography in Current Day BPM?
Security and BPM: What are the Problems with Today's BPM Approaches?
What are the Similarities and Differences between ERP and BPM?
BPM and the Microsoft Desktop
A Discussion of Enterprise 2.0 and BPM Mash-ups
In What Ways does Open Source Impact BPM?
What Should be the Goals of BPM Standards Organizations?

The unique, highly interactive BPM Roundtables are small group sessions moderated by subject matter experts who will facilitate group discussion around diverse BPM topics, split into business and technical discussion areas. These BPM Roundtables have been a highly acclaimed feature of the BPM Think Tank in the past and clearly differentiate this event from others in the BPM marketplace.

This year's BPM Think Tank 2007 (http://www.omg.org/news/meetings/ThinkTank/program-committee.htm) is being co-chaired by Phil Gilbert, Chair of the OMG's BPMI Steering Committee and Paul Harmon, Founder and Executive Editor of BPTrends. Program committee members include: Fred A. Cummins, EDS; Derek Miers, BPM Focus; Celia Wolf, Business Process Trends; David S. Frankel, SAP Labs, LLC; Paul Vincent, TIBCO Software; Paul Harmon, Business Process Trends; Phil Gilbert, Lombardi Software; Ross Altman, Sun Microsystems; Sridhar Iyengar, IBM; John W. Alden, Capability Measurement and Fred Waskiewicz, Object Management Group.

For more information, visit http://www.omg.org/tt/pr.htm. Exhibit space is available; for more information contact Kevin Loughry at loughry@omg.org, +1-781-444 0404. Sponsorship opportunities are available; contact Ken Berk at kenberk@omg.org, +1-781-444 0404.

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