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Alphabetized by last name and by date within each month.

May 2008

Tom DeMarco: In Cambridge, MA, (5/5-7), serves as moderator and presents the keynote "Where Do We Go From Here?" at the Cutter Consortium Summit 2008: Meeting of the Minds.

Jutta Eckstein: In Zurich, (5/6-7), serves on the panel at the Software Engineering Today (SET) Conference.

Naomi Karten: In Zurich, (5/6-7), presents the keynote "Changing How You Communicate During Change" at the Software Engineering Today (SET) Conference.

Tim Lister: In Cambridge, MA, (5/5-7), serves as panelist and presents the keynote (with Lou Mazzucchelli) "Overcoming the Dysfunction that Inhibits Enterprise Agility" at the Cutter Consortium Summit 2008: Meeting of the Minds.

Tim Lister: In Boston, (5/19-21), teaches "Mastering the Requirements Process" for Software Quality Engineering.

Tim Lister: In Boston, (5/22-23), presents "Requirements Modeling" for Software Quality Engineering.

Nathan Petschenik: In Orlando, (5/5-9), presents the tutorials "Driving Software Process Improvement Through System Testing" and "System Testing with an Attitude" at the STAR East Conference.

Randall Rice: In Orlando, (5/5-9), presents the tutorials "Becoming an Influential Test Team Leader" and "Pairwise Testing with a Twist," and at the track session "Testing Disasters and Turnarounds" at the STAR East Conference.

James Robertson: In Brisbane, (5/7-9), presents "Mastering the Requirements Process" for Software Education.

James and Suzanne Robertson: In Melbourne, (5/12-14), present "Mastering the Requirements Process" for Software Education.

Suzanne Robertson: In Melbourne, (5/15-16), teaches "Mastering the Requirements Process Part 2" for Software Education.

Johanna Rothman: (5/1) presents "Successful Software Management: 16 Lessons Learned" for the IT Metrics and Productivity Institute's Software Best Practices Webinar Series.

Karl Wiegers: In Olympia, WA, (5/6), presents "10 Traps to Avoid with Software Metrics" at the ITMPI Software Best Practices Conference.

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June 2008

Alan Davis: In Leadville, CO, (6/6), presents the keynote "The Rise and Fall of a Software Startup" at the Best Practices in Teaching Entrepreneurship Conference at Colorado Mountain College.

Alan Davis: In Seoul, (6/27), presents "Requirements Engineering Research: Both Sides of the Issues," at Sogang University.

Jutta Eckstein: In Limerick, Ireland, (6/10-14), presents the tutorials "Agile Software Development in the Large" and "How to become Agile" at the XP 2008 Conference.

Robert Galen: In Las Vegas, (6/9-12), presents the tutorials "Software Endgames: Learning to Finish What You've Started" and "Releasing Agile Projects in the Enterprise," and the workshop "Agile Leadership: Coaching Great Teams" at the Better Software Conference.

Naomi Karten: In Burlington, MA, (6/3), presents "Chatterboxes and Cave Dwellers: Demystifying Introversion and Extraversion" at a meeting of the Boston chapter of ISPI (the International Society of Performance Improvement).

Randall Rice: In Rome, Italy, (6/3-6), presents the public courses "Structured User Acceptance Testing" and "Testing SOA" for Technology Transfer.

James and Suzanne Robertson: In Sydney, (6/4-6), Wellington, (6/11-13), and Auckland, (6/ 16-18), present "Mastering the Requirements Process" for Software Education.

Suzanne Robertson: In Sydney, (6/2-3), and Auckland, (6/19-20), teaches "Mastering the Requirements Process Part 2" for Software Education.

Johanna Rothman: (6/4) presents "Schedule Games: Recognizing and Avoiding the Games We Play" for the IT Metrics and Productivity Institute's Software Best Practices Webinar Series.

Johanna Rothman: In Las Vegas, (6/9-12), presents the keynote "Lessons Learned in Project Management," and the tutorials "Discovering the Agile Project Manager Inside You" and "Fifteen Tips for Speeding Up Your Project" at the Better Software Conference.

Johanna Rothman: In Reston, VA, (6/26-28), presents "Schedule Games: Recognizing and Avoiding the Games We Play," "15 Tips for Speeding Up Your Project," "Hiring for an Agile Team," and "Becoming a Pragmatic Project Manager: Lessons Learned in Project Management" at the Agile It! conference.

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Author Calendars

Tom DeMarco: Click here for scheduled events.

Jutta Eckstein: Click here for scheduled events.

Peter Hruschka: Click here for scheduled events.

Naomi Karten: Click here for scheduled events.

Tim Lister: Click here for scheduled events.

James Robertson: Click here for scheduled events.

Suzanne Robertson: Click here for scheduled events.

Johanna Rothman: Click here for scheduled events.

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