The BPM Consortium and SOA Consortium Issue Call for Participation: BPM and SOA in...

The BPM Consortium and SOA Consortium Issue Call for Participation: BPM and
SOA in the Cloud

Long Beach, CA; December 8 and 9, 2009

NEEDHAM, Mass., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Business Process
Management Consortium (BPM-C), in cooperation with the SOA Consortium (SOA-C),
today issued a Call for Participation for the BPM / SOA Symposium, to be held
in Long Beach, CA USA on December 8th and 9th, 2009. BPM-C and SOA-C are
OMG(TM) managed groups. Submissions are due by October 15, 2009. For more
information, please visit http://www.bpm-consortium.org and
http://www.soa-consortium.org/.

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The BPM / SOA Symposium is one in a series of on-going events looking at ways
that management business processes can yield great benefits for enterprises.
This session is a forum for BPM-C / SOA-C members and non-members to present
and discuss experiences, recommendations and visions on the ways a business
can most effectively plan and deliver on the benefits of BPM and SOA in the
Cloud.

Submissions are limited to this focused topic and may include:

-- Real-life experience in BPM undertakings
-- Strategies and tools for managing business processes
-- Innovative use of tools, models or management approaches for same
-- Governance experience / approaches for business process management
-- Implementations of tools or services that may improve process
management

-- Innovative approaches to business and IT working together to improve
and
deliver on the promise of BPM

Submissions
The submission deadline is October 15, 2009. The program committee will
consider all submissions. BPM-C and SOA-C hold many events per year; if your
submission is not selected for this event we may still contact you for another
future opportunity. If you would only like your submission to be considered
for the Long Beach, CA event please indicate this on your paper.

All papers should be prepared in English. Submissions should be limited to one
to two pages in length and must include the title of the proposed session, a
one-paragraph summary at the top of the paper and summary professional bio
information. Submit papers to Program Director Karen Larkowski via e-mail at
Karen@omg.org.

About OMG
OMG is an international, open membership, not-for-profit computer industry
consortium that in 2009 is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. OMG Task Forces
develop enterprise integration standards for a wide range of technologies,
including: Real-time, Embedded and Specialized Systems, Analysis & Design,
Architecture-Driven Modernization and Middleware and an even wider range of
industries, including: Business Modeling and Integration, C4I, Finance,
Government, Green Computing, Healthcare, Insurance, Legal Compliance, Life
Sciences Research, Manufacturing Technology, Robotics, Software-Based
Communications and Space.

OMG's modeling standards, including the Unified Modeling Language(TM) (UML(R))
and Model Driven Architecture(R) (MDA(R)), enable powerful visual design,
execution and maintenance of software and other processes, including IT
Systems Modeling and Business Process Management. OMG's middleware standards
and profiles are based on the Common Object Request Broker Architecture
(CORBA(R)) and support a wide variety of industries.

More information about OMG can be found at www.omg.org. OMG is headquartered
in Needham, MA, USA.

Note to editors: MDA, Model Driven Architecture, OMG Logo, XMI, UML, UML logo
and CORBA are registered trademarks, and OMG, Object Management Group, MOF,
MDA Logos, BPMN and Unified Modeling Language are trademarks of Object
Management Group. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.

SOURCE OMG (Object Management Group)

Stephanie Covert of OMG (Object Management Group), +1-843-737-0637,
pr@omg.org