Who should attend?  Entrepreneurs who want to connect, investors who may find your next deal, those who want inspiration or just plain fun, business leaders who need to keep up with the local and growing tech scene.  

There will be live music, food, drinks, and good times happening at the warehouse.  See you there!

Innovate Virginia is a unique one-day conference offered to promote the use of innovative methods of delivery such as Lean and Agile. The event is sponsored by the Agile Richmond user group, whose goal is to host an event that mixes innovative ideas, passionate people and industry best practices in a unique and creative setting.

Whether you're a technologist, project manager, executive sponsor or novice Agile practitioner, Innovate Virginia has something of interest for you, so plan on bringing your entire team! 

You will have an opportunity to learn from well-respected thought leaders, an opportunity network and socialize with other progressive Agile professionals. And there are a few of us from Research Triangle Park who will be there too: Jared Richardson talking about "Tightening Your Feedback Loop", Dawn Cannan discussing "A Day In The Life Of A Tester" and I'll be there too to introduce "Pretotyping."

Please also expect to enjoy local Virginia cuisine, beverages and a hometown blue-grass band to finish up the evening. 

C'mon and join us!  See you there!!

Catherine

Attend the unparalleled Agile2011 software development conference August 8-12 in lovely Salt Lake City for the historic reunion celebration. Agile2011 provides an unrivaled opportunity for teams, testers, developers, managers and executives - from beginner to expert and from team to enterprise. 

If you haven't signed up yet, please do. Registration is here, and if you bring your team and register with a 5-Pack 

 you receive a savings of $2,000 off regular rates!

I'll be there hosting the stage "Working With Customers" with Shane Hastie. In our "Working with Customers" stage we will be exploring the interactions between the customer community and Agile development teams, focusing on the non-technology functions as well as the Agile development teams themselves.  If you are attending Agile2011, please drop by our stage, say 'hi', and check out the awesome presentations!  

And finally, if you ARE attending, have an idea to share, PLEASE DO register for the Show and Tell (10-minute lightning talks.) They are a blast, and a great way to share and learn!

See you there!

Catherine

Catherine

Where:  Research Triangle Park Headquarters: (see map of headquarters here.)

The web page for this event is in progress and will be available shortly. Once we have the official site up I'll send out an update. Meanwhile I wanted the early-bird registration and list of great sponsors we've secured to get out there, so here goes:

Speakers to include (and this isn't the full list!):

So as you can see this is becoming a one-day Agile "Pro"ference including both local Agile leaders, as well as industry greats!

The early bird event registration is available here.

And a big thanks to our RTP Agiletour key sponsor Pillar for Zach's time on the upcoming web page for advertising this event!!

Please plan on the coming, and see you there!

Catherine

There is an all-star cast of speakers: Luke Hohmann (the SERIOUS games guy!), Jeff Patton (the guy I'd talk to for how to do Story Mapping towards rapid product development), Dr. Alistair Cockburn (the co-creator of the Agile manifesto and the Crystal family of software methodologies), and Diana Larson (co-author of Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great.)