Openbravo Get Together : Miami 2008
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| 09:15 | Event Accreditation and Welcome Coffee | ||
| 10:00-10:45 | Openbravo: Opening ERP's Future | Josep Mitjà | |
| 10:45-11:30 | Openbravo Products & Success Stories | Rok Lenardic | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| 12:00-13:00 | How to do Business with Openbravo | Viktor Nordstrom | |
| 13:00-13:45 | Deploying a Business Process Management System (BPMS) | Brian Reale (Colosa Inc.) |
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| 13:45-14:15 | Ask the Expert Panel Session | Viktor Nordstrom, Josep Mitjà and Rok Lenardic |
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TOPIC |
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| 9:30-10:30 | Innovation in Openbravo & Product Roadmap | Josep Mitjà | |
| 10:30-11:30 | Developing with Openbravo | Rok Lenardic | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| 12:00-12:45 | Localization and Internationalization | Sara Rosado | |
| 12:45-13:30 | Openbravo's Community Services and Vision | Josep Mitjà | |
The conference language will be English
June 21st | Business Day
Event Accreditation and Welcome Coffee / 9:15
Openbravo: Opening ERP's Future 10:00 - 10:45
This session will give a broad overview on how the world of software is evolving and how Openbravo is a key enabler of this change in the ERP space. Topics included are: key trends in the software world; opportunities in the ERP market; Openbravo's business model; results so far; future plans; and to finally a Q&A session with all participants. Openbravo Products & Success Stories 10:45 - 11:30
Rok Lenardic This session will demonstrate Openbravo products' latest functionalities and how these can be used to increase company productivity and efficiency. Participants will receive a preview of the different modules, the added benefits of Openbravo Network, and have a first-hand look at the latest advances of our dynamic user interface. The session will also cover success stories of how Openbravo implementations have helped their company progress. Coffee Break / 11:30 - 12:00 How to do Business with Openbravo 12:00 - 13:00 Viktor Nordstrom This session will give a broad overview on how IT companies can build a professional business practice around Openbravo ERP and POS, and the benefits associated with partnering with Openbravo. An interactive Q&A session with all participants will be included. Deploying a Business Process Management System (BPMS) 13:00 - 13:45 When implementing an Openbravo ERP system, SIs and Consultants have an unprecedented number of opportunities available to them to assist their clients improve additional processes in their organizations. Thanks to the advent of simple to use BPM systems like ProcessMaker, consultants can now offer additional value added services post their ERP implementations and leverage their existing customer relationships to generate more value for the customer and more revenue for the SI. There are lots of opportunities: companies are looking to create compliant processes, improve exception handling, automate processes that feed the core ERP, etc. And for each of these processes they want to improve performance, simulate, automate, and monitor them. This conference will look at how you can "discover" these additional process automation needs and unleash new business opportunities through BPM implementations. Ask the Expert Panel Session 13:45 - 14:15 Viktor Nordstrom, Josep Mitjà and Rok Lenardic This session will give participants the opportunity to ask and comment on any Openbravo related topic to a panel of Openbravo experts. This will allow participants to gain an understanding Openbravo’s overall strategy and interact with the people involved in "opening ERP's future".June 22nd | Technology Day
Innovation in Openbravo & Product Roadmap 9:30 - 10:30 This session will provide a perspective of Openbravo's development activities. Starting with a content review for the latest 2.40 release and the lessons learned in the process, the session will conclude with a high level description of the targeted functionalities and enhancements for the next 2.50 release. Attendees' feedback will be solicited to help understand the community's most pressing needs as to prioritize features and enhancements appropriately. Developing with Openbravo 10:30 - 11:30 Rok Lenardic Openbravo reveals its power through its rapid development possibilities. Its architecture and methodologies enable developers to quickly adapt the application as well as design entirely new functionalities. This session takes a behind the scenes look at efficiency in Openbravo development and the tools required to get the job done. The following topics will be addressed: development complexity, source control, metadata issues, upgrades, eclipse integrated development environment, etc. Coffee Break / 11:30 - 12:00 Localization and Internationalization 12:00 - 12:45 Sara Rosado Adapting a product to a local market is a very long process that involves meeting technical requirements, legal requirements as well as local functional requirements and business processes. During this session, the Openbravo localization process will be explained, and how it works from a high level. Openbravo's Community Services and Vision 12:45 - 13:30 An exploration of Openbravo's community services including forums, source control system, bug tracking system, forums, Wiki, weblogs and IRC. We will get into the detail of how they work and what are they useful for. We also will explain how to contribute to Openbravo projects and the different mechanisms available to communicate with other community members.The conference language will be English
External Speaker
Brian Reale
CEO
Colosa Inc.
Colosa Inc.
Brian Reale is the co-founder and CEO of Colosa Inc., the developer of ProcessMaker® - a leading Commercial Open Source Workflow and Business Process Management Software. The ProcessMaker client list includes the World Bank, the IFC, Willis Insurance Brokers, ITAU, and other leading companies in telecom, oil and gas, and the energy sector. Mr. Reale has more than 12 years experience starting and growing high tech companies. In 1997, Mr. Reale founded Unete Telecom (www.unete.bo) - a Long Distance Telecom and Satellite Services Company in Bolivia which is now one of the largest suppliers of rural voice and data services. Mr. Reale has published several articles, including a paper on the Bolivian telecommunications industry written for the World Economic Forum in 2002, and “VoIP Market Opportunities in the Developing World,” (November 2004 CICT). Mr. Reale graduated magna cum laude from Duke University in 1993 and was a Fullbright Scholar in Ecuador in 1994.