We’re soon done with 2007, and so far my conference agenda (where I will speak) looks like below. I have a couple more proposals in the pipe that haven’t been approved yet.
February 12th – Software 2008 – Oslo
I’ll be talking about what agile means in 2008 – which really depends who you ask. I was asked, so this will be my story, and I’ll talk about what agile is not too.
Here in Norway the term for agile is “smidig” and one of my new year resolutions for 2008 is actually to stop using that word in conversations, because I cannot expect people to understand what I mean by it. Likewise, when I hear others using the word I feel more and more uncertain about what they mean (unless I know them well). I’m going to start asking people what they mean when I hear “agile” and “smidig”. How annoying :-)
March 14th – QCon – London
QCon is one of those “new” interesting conferences that I have yet to attend. I’ve been asked to do a Ruby tutorial in The Rise of Ruby track. I haven’t been to London for a couple of years, and I’m really looking forward to some pints of Pride with old friends and colleagues.
April 2nd – RubyFools – Copenhagen
This is Denmark’s first Ruby conference, and the agenda looks really impressive (except for this talk). I’m also cooperating with the organisers to make this a road show where the 2nd stop is Oslo from April 3rd-4th. This is going to be fun!
Early november – Smidig 2008 – Oslo
The Smidig 2007 conference was a smashing success with about 250 participants. We got so great feedback that we’re definitely arranging this next year, and we’re aiming for over 500 people this time.