The first Agile Conference in National Capital Region, India would be held on 8th March 2007 (Saturday) in Gurgaon. The venue is Ansal Institute of Technology, Gurgaon. It will be a day program and will intersperse technical, management and experience reports in the presentation slots of 60-70 minutes.

The tentative program for the conference is as follows:

• 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM: Registration and Opening
• 10:00 AM to 11:10 AM: Keynote Presentation
• 11:10 AM to 11:20 AM: Tea Break
• 11:30 AM to 12:30 AM: Presentation-1
• 12:40 PM to 1:40 PM: Lunch
• 1:40 PM to 2:40 PM: Presentation-2
• 2:50 PM to 3:00 PM: Presentation-3
• 3:00 PM to 3:20 PM: Tea Break
• 3:20 PM to 4:20 PM: Presentation-4
• 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM: Presentation-5
• 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM: Panel Discussion and Closing

You can send the title and the abstract of your presentation in not more than 600 words by 10th January 2008 to: agileconference@gmail.com

Here are the important dates:

• Abstract Submission Deadline: 10th January 2008
• Notification of Acceptance: 20th January 2008
• Submission of Final Presentations: 10th February 2008
• Delegates Registration Starts from: 1st February 2008
• Conference Date: 8th March 2008 [Saturday]

The following are likely speakers:

• Pete Deemer, ex-Yahoo, as Keynote
• Naresh Jain, ex-Thoughtworks, ASCI
• Vikas Hazrati, Xebia

If number of speakers/ presentations increase, organizers may opt for unconference style post Lunch.

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