******************************************************************************************************** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 12th International Conference on Agile Software Development (XP2011) 10 - 13 May, 2011, Madrid, Spain http://xp2011.org (Please visit Conference website for registration) Early Registration Deadline: 11th April, 2011. ******************************************************************************************************** The 12th edition of the International Conference on Agile Software Development (XP 2011) will feature a wide range of high quality and innovative contributions to the agile area. The conference program will include 2 keynote talks by Esther Derby and Brian Marick, 11 full research papers, 26 lightning talks, 4 experience reports, 5 posters and 5 demonstrations. In addition, there will be 6 invited talks, 13 tutorials, 11workshops and a doctoral symposium, during the XP 2011 week. XP 2011 committee invites you to join to this important event that brings together researchers and practitioners interested in agile software development and that it allow us to share solutions and problems and to identify new challenges in the field. Highlights of the XP 2011 week: - Keynote Talks - Invited Talks - Lightning Talks - Research and Experience Papers - Tutorials - Workshops - Doctoral Symposium & Posters - Bazaars - Discussions - Open Spaces KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: ----------------- ????, Esther Derby, management consultant, esther derby associates inc., Minneapolis, USA. Who shall rid me of these meddlesome assumptions? Brian Marick, Agile consultant, Champaign, IL, USA INVITED TALKS ------------- - Forty years of software engineering, ten years of Agile, now what?, Laurent Bossavit - ??????, Jurgen Appelo - Scrumban, Angel Medinilla - Leadership in Deep Legacy, Mike Hill - BDD for Life: Using the Philosophy and Patterns in Coaching, Elizabeth Keogh - When agile is not enough, Kati Vilkki TUTORIALS ---------- 1. Teaching and Learning TDD in the Coding Dojo, Emily Bache 2. Agile Software Development with Distributed Teams, Jutta Eckstein 3. A Simple Approach to Modular Design, J. B. Rainsberger 4. Self-Organizing Agile Teams: Beyond the Buzzword, Rashina Hoda and Esther Derby 5. Getting Started & Leading a Kanban Initiative, David Anderson 6. Brutal Refactoring, Michael Feathers 7. Agile Management: Leadership on an Agile environment, Angel Medinilla 8. Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) with Robot Framework, Pekka Klärck and Janne Härkönen 9. The Fit of Software Development in the Larger Organization (Tutorial), Mary Poppendieck and Tom Poppendieck 10. Silo Busting, Tom Perry and Lourdes Vidueira 11. You Get What You Measure, Ravindar Gujral and Andre Dhondt 12. Introduction to Behaviour Driven Development, Liz Keogh 13. Retrospectives in action, Patrick Kua and Nick Oostvogels. WORKSHOPS --------- 1. Making feedback work in your teams 2. Agile testing and critical systems 3. Agile Testing Journey - From Specification to Done 4. How to Sabotage the Lego City Scrum Game 5. 2nd XP Workshop about Dealing with usability in an agile domain 6. Refactoring in the 4th Dimension 7. What's in your coaching backpack? 8. Extreme Startup 9. Value-Based Software Traceability 10. How complex is software development? 11. Agile Management: Leadership on an Agile environment LIGHTNING TALKS ---------------- ?????? REGISTRATION & ACCOMMODATION ----------------------------- Registration is now open. For registration and accommodation information, please go to http://xp2011.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organizing Committee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- XP STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR: - Jutta Eckstein, Independent, Germany. GENERAL CHAIR: - Rachel Davies, Agile Experience Ltd, UK. ORGANIZING CO-CHAIRS: - Juan Garbajosa, Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain. - Agustin Yagüe, Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain. PC CO-CHAIRS: - Philippe Kruchten, U. of British Columbia, Canada. - Juan Garbajosa, Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain RESEARCH PROGRAM CHAIR: - Orit Hazzan, Technion, Israel. - Alberto Sillitti, U. of Bolzano, Italy. WORKSHOPS CO-CHAIRS: - Lasse Koskela, Reaktor Innovation, Finland. - Xiaofeng Wang, Lero, Ireland. TUTORIALS CO-CHAIRS: - Xavi Quesada,Agilar, Argentina. - Ralph Miarka, Independent, Austria. PHD. SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS: - Yael Dubinsky, IBM, Israel. - Jennifer Pérez, Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain. INDUSTRY PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS: - David Hussman, DevJam, USA. - Xavier Albaladejo, Everis, Spain. INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCES CHAIR: - Eloy Gonzalez, Indra, Spain. SPECIAL ISSUE CHAIR: - Pekka Abrahamson, U. of Helsinki, Finland. LIGHTING TALKS CO-CHAIRS: - Naresh Jain, Industrial Logic,India. - Rodrigo Corral, Plain Concepts,Spain. OPEN SPACE CO-CHAIRS: - Charlie Poole, Poole Consulting,USA. - Agustin Yagüe, Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain. PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS: - Steven Fraser, Cisco Research Center, USA. - Hironori Wazisaki, Waseda University, Japan. - Jennifer Pérez, Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain. LOCAL ARRAGEMENTS CO-CHAIRS: - Agustin Yagüe, Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain. - Pedro P. Alarcón, Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain. SPONSORSHIPS CO-CHAIRS: - Jorge Uriarte,Gailen, Spain. - Erik Lundh, Compelcon,Sweden. INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS: - Johanna Hunt, University of Sussex,UK - Angelina Espinoza, UPM, Spain --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More information about XP2011 is available at: http://xp2011.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------