Summit Home Speakers Invited Talks Discussion Topics Testimonials Logistics Registration | Software Executive Summit 2011 Software Thought Leaders |
Steve
McConnell | 
Tom
Gilb | 
Philippe
Kruchten | 
Bill
Curtis | 
James
Whittaker | 
Ward
Cunningham |
A rare opportunity for top software executives to compare software development challenges and solutions with a highly select group of executive peers, hosted by Steve McConnell with software thought leaders Tom Gilb, James Whittaker, Bill Curtis, Philippe Kruchten, Ward Cunningham, and others. Space is Limited--Register Now! The Event The Construx Software Executive Summit provides a forum for top executives to compare, evaluate, and improve their Software Development experiences and strategies at the enterprise level. Through motivating keynote addresses and insightful small group discussions, participants will develop new insights into their own software organizations and will explore their challenges and opportunities with executive peers. | | | | | |
"I can't even begin to express how happy I am with the conference! I came with high expectations and you blew me away! Honestly I was worried my expectations were going to be too high. Now I know they were not high enough!"
-- David Halpin, VP Engineering, Quickoffice |
| | The Keynotes The 2011 Summit will feature the following keynote addresses: - Steve McConnell, The Journey to Organzation-wide Scrum
- Philippe Kruchten, Advances in Managing Technical Debt
- James Whittaker, Testing Google Chrome
- Tom Gilb, Using Quantified Value to Drive Requirements
- Bill Curtis, How Governing Code Quality Reduces Business Cost and Risk
- Ward Cunningham, Open Data in Service of Corporate Responsibility more >
The Discussions Year after year, Summit attendees report that peer discussions are the most valuable part of the Summit. This year's discussion topics include: Improving Productivity Updates in Agile Development The Cloud's Impact on Software Development Maximizing Software Development's Contribution to the Business Managing Maintenance and Sustaining Engineering Succeeding with Geographically Distributed Teams - Job Market 2012: Compensation, Recruiting, and Retention more >
Summit participants are top technical executives from companies slated to include ADP, Amazon.com, Disney, eBay, Eli Lilly, Intel, McKesson, Microsoft, Nordstrom, Rockwell, Shell, and many other top technology-intensive companies. Reserve your spot today. The Invaluable Takeaways. For the past five years, 98.7% of attendees said they would attend again within two years, and 100% said they would recommend the event to others (see comments). |
Benefits of Attending Attendees will share and compare experiences with other software executives focused on software-development issues. You will discuss challenges in-depth via peer-to-peer discussions. You can explore issues with industry thought leaders including Steve McConnell, Tom Gilb, James Whittaker, Bill Curtis, Philippe Kruchten, Ward Cunningham, and other Summit attendees. And you will have the additional opportunity to participate in monthly dial-in meetings for two years following the Summit. Register Now! "Terrific conference. Great networking event. Being able to meet and learn from all the
other software execs is a great opportunity. I've really enjoyed the conference.
It's one of the few that I reserve a year in advance."
--Peter Scott, VP Engineering, GeoMagic |
Who Should Attend At past Summits, 95% of participants have held titles of VP, CTO, Director, or higher. All participants should have multi-project responsibility for software development at the organization or enterprise level. In most organizations, executives at this level will have staffs of 50-100 or more. (In smaller organizations the total staff can be smaller.) Attendees will be assigned to discussion groups based on profiles submitted prior to the Summit. Construx reserves the right to limit participation in the Summit to participants who meet the participation criteria of multi-project oversight in a C-level, VP, or Director role or equivalent. The Summit will be held in downtown Seattle, October 24-26, 2011. Participation fee is $3495. Reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Reserve your spot today. * This offer may not be combined with any other offer including public seminar early bird registration discounts. |