Dr. Dobb's Events Now Accepting Speaking Proposals for Software Development West 2009 Conference & Expo

Software Development West (SD West 2009) today announced it is accepting speaking proposals for the 22nd annual conference -- presented by Dr. Dobb's Events, a division of United Business Media. The event will be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center March 9-13, 2009 and will attract the software development industry's top experts, visionaries and technology gurus. Speaking proposals can be submitted at: https://www.cmpevents.com/SDw9/a.asp?option=N&V=3&CPid=237 and the deadline for the speaking nominations is October 10.

For the past 22 years, SD West has provided reliable, relevant and practical training to thousands of development professionals. No other developer event matches SD West's comprehensive mix of training delivered by the industry's most respected faculty. SD West 2009 will feature educational sessions on the latest languages, tools, technologies and trends plus a multitude of networking events and an expo floor packed with the industry's most innovative vendors.

This year's topics reflect some of the most important issues affecting software development in the near future, including:

  -- Agile Processes, People & Methods
  -- Business of Software
  -- C++
  --.NET
  -- Dynamic Languages
  -- Java
  -- Mobile Development
  -- Modeling & Design
  -- Requirements & Analysis
  -- Security
  -- Testing & Quality
  -- Web 2.0 and Beyond
  -- Web Services, REST and SOA
  -- New Horizons

The esteemed SD West advisory board will review submissions and the Dr. Dobb's Events conference team will notify accepted speakers in November 2008.

Session formats this year include classes, roundtables case studies, birds-of-a-feathers, panels, keynotes and half-day or full-day tutorials. For further information and to begin the submission process, please visit https://www.cmpevents.com/SDw9/a.asp?option=N&V=3&CPid=237

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About United Business Media Limited (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/)

United Business Media Limited is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print, and with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.

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