International Cloud Symposium (ICS 2011)

The first annual OASIS International Cloud Symposium (ICS) brings together standards development organisations, government, network & research organisations, and others from around the world to chart the progress and define a path to enable robust trusted cloud deployments. Hosted at the beautiful historic Ditton Manor, located outside London, the Symposium combines high-profile keynote speakers, interactive roundtable sessions, moderated debates and interoperability demonstrations.

The Interactive format of the Symposium will allow professionals responsible for developing, influencing and managing policy from public, private and academic sectors to converge in a single location to share experiences on cloud adoption challenges and barriers, as well as the latest developments in successful cloud computing implementations. International standards development organisations (SDOs), such as OASIS, will be on hand to address the significant contributions being made to address these major cloud issues. The effectiveness of current international roadmapping projects will also be explored. Networking events will complement each day’s agenda, offering opportunities for real-time collaboration.

The Symposium is organized by OASIS in partnership with the Cloud Best Practices Network and the EU-funded SIENA Initiative. The event is also supported by eema.org, ENISA, NIST, Open Data Center Alliance, and World Economic Forum.  

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
The programme is specifically directed to professionals responsible for developing, influencing or managing policy from public, private or academic sectors, including:

• policy-makers
• CIOs
• ICT administrators
• developers
• leaders
• engineers
• technology experts
• and technical managers working on the latest leading-edge technology developments, concepts, theory, and applications
  

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: 

Participation opportunities include birds-of-a-feather discussion groups, interoperability demonstrations and the solution showcase.  Further details may be found online.