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We are delighted to announce the next meeting of the WebSphere User Group, which will take place on 30th September 2014 at the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

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Provisional Agenda

Registration and Coffee begins from 8:30am, with the Chairman's Intro at 9:00am. The first session begins at 9:30am.

If you prefer a full Agenda listing with Abstracts and Speaker info, then you can view that here. Please note that this is both very long and also tends to get a lot more accurate in the days leading up to the event itself, once we're able to get hold of all the info we need!

Stream	09:30	10:45	11:40	13:30	14:25	15:30	16:25
WAS 1	WebSphere Foundation Update and Technical Direction	How to take advantage of new WebSphere development initiatives to help speed up your development!	Dive into Liberty development and the Admin Center	A discussion on Next Generation Security Threats	DevOps with Liberty and Chef	(empty)	(empty)
WAS 2	Building highly available architectures with WAS and MQ	Building a better product with data analytics and the cloud	Got Cache? Discover how IBM elastic caching for your mobile apps help deliver responsive integration with services and API’s: Demo included!	Intro to MQ v8 and JMS 2.0	(empty)	(empty)	(empty)
Mobile	Client-side mobile architecture choices	Delivering Real World Consumer Facing Worklight Apps	Need API’s? Explore the value of IBM’s API Management solution for sharing service APIs with mobile applications: Demonstration included!	Fulfilling Retail Expectations with Mobile	(empty)	(empty)	(empty)
Cloud	Developing Cloud Applications using IBM Bluemix	Enabling hybrid cloud with PureApplication System - Second Generation	Deploying workloads on the cloud with IBM SoftLayer	(empty)	(empty)	(empty)	(empty)
Integration & BPM	Trends in Integration: How Emerging Use Cases in Cloud, Mobile and Analytics are Changing the Game	Differentiating Between Web APIs, SOA, & Integration - And Why It Matters	Transaction Tracking on DataPower SOA Appliances	WebSphere MQ V8.0	Value through BPM: an IT approach	(empty)	(empty)
Digital Experience	Integrating Digital Experience with WebSphere Commerce and Connections using the Digital Data Connector	Do your business users control their own portal?	Serviceability: how Portal developers can turn administrators into friends AND have more time for development	What you need to know about ExperienceOne	(empty)	(empty)	(empty)

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Location: ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH - Edinburgh

Address

ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH - Edinburgh
22-26 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ.
Tel: (0)131 240 5000

Car Parking

If you are arriving by car please note that parking near The Royal Society is limited to meter parking only which can prove costly. The nearest car parks are at the St James centre; Leith Street or Castle Terrace, where there are 24 hour car parks. Please allow 10-15 minutes after parking to get to the venue.

By Road

Main roads into Edinburgh are the M8 from the West and the A1 from the South. From the East please follow the A90 and head for Queensferry Road

By Rail

Waverley Station is a five minute walk from the Royal Society with frequent local and national services. For Further information on train services please contact National Rail Enquiries on 08457484950

By Air

Edinburgh airport is approximately 12 kilometres from the city centre and is well served by frequent bus services and airport taxis. Car hire is available at the airport . The airport is a 20-30 minute car drive from the city centre.

Note, return flights from London are currently avaliable from budget carriers such easyJet for approx £50.

By Bus

Bus services to and from Edinburgh arrive/depart from St Andrew Square which is a five minute walk away.

By Bicycle

Main roads into Edinburgh are the M8 from the West and the A1 from the South. Cycle paths exist within Edinburgh. If you wish to come by bicycle please advise so that bike storage facilities can be arranged.