[rules-users] ORF 2009 Keynote Speaker Announcement

[Edson Tirelli]

   Sorry for the cross-posting, but it is important.


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From: James Owen <jco2009 at att.net>
Date: 2009/9/30
Subject: [0] ORF 2009 Keynote Speaker Announcement
To: Chelanie Israel <missmac at mac.com>
Cc: Rolando Hernandez <Rolando at bizrules.com>, Greg Barton <
greg_barton at yahoo.com>


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Greetings:
This will be our penultimate email about October Rules Fest 2009 - but, even
though it follows closely on the heels of the previous email, it's
necessary.  And it's a goodie.

Our *Keynote Speaker* for ORF 2009 is *Tom Cooper*, co-author of "Rule-Based
Programming in OPS5" by Tom Cooper and Nancy Wogrin.  (Thanks to Luke Voss
and Andrew Waterman for making a last-minute agenda shuffle possible.)  The
book is long since out-of-print but is still available in slightly used
condition by many of Amazon's associated book resellers.   (I saw only four
"used but in good condition" copies at Amazon itself.)  When Dr. Forgy and I
were working on our first project together back in 1998, I asked him what
would be the one book that a person might buy to get a good foundation on
rulebased programming.  This was it and I have used it many times in my
classes that I teach on the subject.

Side note:  I also use Gary Riley's book - still in publication -  to teach
CLIPS (and Jess) and many others for reference; such as "Jess In Action" by
Dr. Ernest Friedman-Hill or the Buchanan-Shortliffe magnum opus on the MYCIN
project.  You can see my comlete list at
http://www.kbsc.com/aibooks.htmlfor more of them.  Even though some
(most?) of the books are out-of-print
none are really out-of-date.

*STUDENTS* can now register for ORF 2009 for only *$150* per person WITH a
valid photo ID and a CURRENT student photo ID card.  Last year we priced the
whole thing at student rates and did not get a single student registeration
from the USA.  (We had one from the UK.)  We have had several inquiries this
year, some from as far away as California, and decided to put the student
rate back online.  Just click on the regular ORF registration link and it
will give you the instructions for the special student registration process.

We have two (yep, 2 of them) *BOOT CAMPS* that are co-located with ORF in
The Adolphus Hotel.  There will be the *Jess Boot Camp* (taught by Jason
Morris) and the *Drools Boot Camp* (taught by Mark Proctor and Edson
Tirelli).  Even though both boot camps are headed by their individual
instructors, we are posting the curriculum of both on-line with the ORF
agenda.  (Topics are subject to change.)  Both camps have done a lot of work
the past few days one defining what to expect from each of them.  If you
like, you really CAN attend just one of the boot camps (for a small fee to
cover the cost of the meeting room and catered coffee) and not attend ORF -
but why???  ORF attendees can attend either one of the boot camps free of
charge.

I will try and send another email before the 15th but in case that I don't,
remember that the* special $129 / night room rate* for October Rules Fest
2009 attendees at The Adolphus will *EXPIRE* on the 16th !!  So I urge that
if you have not already registered for ORF as well as reserved a room at The
Adolphus, please do so this week if possible.

BTW, thanks to ALL of you who have already signed up and/or have registered
at The Adolphus.  The rooms are filling up.  Boot Camps are filling up.
 And, thankfully, October Rules Fest is filling up with some great folks
looking for answers to some really perplexing problems.  So, if you have NOT
registered, do so now.  If you know of some students who want to attend, put
them in touch with Chelanie who can get them registered.  If all you want is
one of the two greatest boot camps in the world, you can sign up just for
that.  But you need to sign up now!!

SDG
James Owen
Founder October Rules Fest
Senior Consultant / Architect KBSC
http://www.kbsc.com
http://www.OctoberRulesFest.org
Twitter: OctRulesFest
Blogs:
http://JavaRules.blogspot.com [Rulebased Systems Blog]
http://ORF2009.blogspot.com [October Rules Fest Blog]
http://exscg.blogspot.com/ [Expert Systems Consulting Group Blog]

*"If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of
giants."*
*Sir Isaac Newton in a letter to Robert Hooke, 5 Feb 1676*
*
*
*Come to October Rules Fest and stand on the shoulders of the Giants of the
industry; if only for a week.*




-- 
 Edson Tirelli
 JBoss Drools Core Development
 JBoss by Red Hat @ www.jboss.com
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